If you've never tried pumpkin butter [1], run to your local Trader Joe's and stock up because it won't be around forever. Once you taste it, you'll wonder how you lived without this simple, yet decadent-tasting condiment that can be used for so much more than just spreading on a warm pice of toast or home-baked pumpkin bread [2]. Here are 10 healthy and delicious ways to use this spreadable pumpkin pie Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter.
Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter Nutritional Info
Before using this Pumpkin Butter in your healthy recipes, you're probably curious to know the nutritional info. The ingredients in Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter don't actually contain butter, so while it is dairy-free, it contains honey so it's technically not vegan [4]. A one-tablespoon serving is 40 calories, 10 grams of carbs, nine grams of sugar, and offers 20 percent of your daily vitamin A. It tastes sweet and perfectly spiced.
Oatmeal
Forget the brown sugar or maple syrup and add a small spoonful of pumpkin butter, almond butter, cinnamon, and some chopped pecans to your cooked oatmeal.
Pancakes or Waffles
Skip the maple syrup and spread a little pumpkin butter on your homemade gingerbread pancakes [5] or waffles.
Roasted Root Veggies
Mix your cut up root veggies like carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, and parsnips with a little pumpkin butter before roasting.
Nut Butter
Take almond, peanut, or cashew butter and mix in a little pumpkin butter to spread on toast, crackers, or banana or apple slices.
Add to Mashed Sweet Potato
Mash some sweet potato [6] with a little pumpkin butter for a treat that's healthier than topping yours with marshmallows.
Smoothies
Jazz up a pumpkin protein smoothie [7] by adding a dollop of pumpkin butter to the blender.
Top Baked Sweet Potatoes
Add a sweet and spiced flavour to plain baked sweet potatoes. It would taste amazing on this almond butter banana breakfast recipe [8].
Soup
Add a little sweetness to savory soups like coconut curried butternut squash [9] and pumpkin bisque [10] by stirring in a spoonful of pumpkin butter to your bowl before eating.
Salad dressing
Mix a little pumpkin butter with apple cider vinegar, olive oil, dijon mustard, and diced shallots to make a sweet and tangy salad dressing [11].
Yoghurt
Flavour plain yoghurt (any kind) with pumpkin butter and top with fruit and granola.