Pumpkin Recipes: A Little Mission To Cosy Up Your Autumn.

16 October, 2025 | Lifestyle, Recipes, Seasonal Living

It’s Pumpkin Season! here’s a little mission for you to try this week: three heartwarming pumpkin recipes to tickle your tastebuds and they’ll solve your dilemma of what to do with your pumpkin flesh once you’ve carved your pumpkins.

Love foods in season? Butternut squash works just as well too!

Pumpkin Soup in a white bowl for Pumpkin Season recipes, on a blue napkin. Granary bread on a rustic bread board in the background

Pumpkin Soup Recipe

This velvety, naturally creamy soup adapted from Good Housekeeping, keeps well for a day or two in the fridge.

Ingredients

850g pumpkin or squash, peeled and cut into 2-3cm chunks

200g banana shallots, skin on, halved lengthways

1 small head garlic, skin on top cm sliced off

3 sprigs rosemary

2 teaspoons dried chilli flakes (optional)

4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

 Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

750ml good chicken or vegetable stock, plus extra if needed

For the Garnish: 3 tablespoons pumpkin seeds and 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil.

To Serve: 100g crumbly goats, fresh rosemary, toasted pumpkin seed oil (optional) with chucks of granary bread.

Method

pink star indicating a point Heat the oven to 180˚C/fan oven 160˚C/mark 4. Scatter the pumpkin in a large roasting tin with the shallots, garlic-cut-side down – rosemary, chilli (if using), olive oil and seasoning to toss to coat in the oil.

pink star indicating a point Roast for 45 minutes until mostly tender and golden in places, but not too browned – if it starts to brown, cover with foil. For the garnish, toss the pumpkin seeds on a baking tray with the olive oil and toast in the oven for 5 minutes. 

pink star indicating a point When the pumpkin is ready, remove the rosemary – reserve for a garnish unless blackened – and squeeze the softened garlic shallots from their skins into the roasting tray, discarding the skins.

pink star indicating a point Heat the stock in a saucepan large enough to fit the pumpkin, then add the contents of the roasting tray and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

pink star indicating a point Blend to a smooth purée using a stick blender, thinning with more hot stock if necessary. Alternatively, cool slightly and blend in batches in a jug blender or food processor (a processor won’t give as smooth a result).

pink star indicating a point Reheat gently to serve, season and ladle into warm bowls. Crumble over the goats’ cheese and scatter with pumpkin seeds. If using, break over the crisp rosemary needles and drizzle with a little pumpkin-seed oil. 

Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Roasted Pumpkin Wedges Recipe with Chestnut, Cinnamon and Fresh Bay Leaves.

Pumpkin season recipes  : close up of roasted pumpkin with bay leaves cinnamon and chestnuts

A simple and gratifying dish from Ottolenghi looks fabulous and is very easy to make.

Lay out on a flat serving dish and bring to the table. It doesn’t get much more Autumnal than this (and would be perfect at Christmas too!) A super addition to almost any main course.

Ingredients (serves 4-6)

1 medium pumpkin, about 1.3kg

6 tbsp olive oil 

4 cinnamon sticks

4 tbsp maple syrup 

3 garlic cloves, crushed

20 fresh sage leaves

10 fresh bay leaves

Salt and black pepper

150g cooked chestnuts

Method

pink star indicating a point Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/ gas mark 6. Cut the unpeeled pumpkin into wedges (1-2cm at the thick end) and discard the seeds; leave the skin on.

pink star indicating a point In a large bowl, toss the pumpkin pieces with four tablespoons of olive oil, the cinnamon, three tablespoons of maple syrup, the garlic, sage, half the bay leaves, and salt and pepper.

pink star indicating a point Lay out in a single layer in a large roasting tray and roast for 20-25 minutes, until the pumpkin is soft and golden. Add the chestnuts five minutes before the end.

pink star indicating a point Arrange the tray’s contents on a serving platter and scatter the remaining bay leaves over the top. Stir together the remaining syrup and oil, and drizzle on top. Serve warm.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Hippocrates

Pumpkin Pie Muffins Recipe

Pumpkin season recipes  ; two muffins freshly cooked on a grey napkin in the foreground, a large pumpkin in the background.
Pumpkin Pie Muffins

These muffins are easy to make and will fill your kitchen with the wonderful smell of autumn. Moist, fragrant, gluten-free muffins. Perfect for family snacks or after activities.

Ingredients

¼ teaspoon sea salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup fresh baked pumpkin (or winter squash), well packed

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

1 pinch ground cloves

2 tablespoons rapeseed oil

½ cup agave nectar

2 large eggs

Method

pink star indicating a point In a large bowl combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves

pink star indicating a point In a food processor,  puree the oil, agave, eggs and pumpkin until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and stir well.

pink star indicating a point Spoon the mixture into muffin cases Place paper liners in muffin pan and bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes

pink star indicating a point Cool for 2-3 hours (if you can wait that long!) and serve.

pumpkin season for pumpkin season recipe ; tiny orange pumpkin on a natural hessian cloth. if you look closely, you'll see a little kitten paw!

These treats are perfect after a training run or after the children’s football or rugby training or even as a little snack whilst relaxing over the papers on Sunday.

Super, simple family recipes make life so much easier and so I hope you enjoy these. Let me know in the comments or join the conversation on Instagram!

For more simple, family-friendly meals, check out my other recipe pages: Supper Without The Stress and Seasonal Family Recipes.

White Pumpkins on a white bowl for Pumpkin Season recipes

What is your favourite meal or treat to make during Pumpkin Season? Please do let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear your ideas and tips, please leave a comment below and join the conversation.

Wherever or however you enjoy this warming bites, hope you’ll be able to relax and take a moment for you.  

Stay happy and healthy, 

Hi, I'm Claire

I’m the creator of Woman on a Mission, a lifestyle space dedicated to helping women bring more calm, confidence and balance into everyday life. Born from my own journey to slow down and live with greater intention, it offers inspiration around wellbeing, organisation, home and mindset, one meaningful mission at a time

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