It’s easy to make pumpkin puree from scratch w/just one ingredient. It’s lighter in color, fresher & doesn’t have that tin can flavor.

Nothing says autumn like this delicious stuffed acorn squash with ground turkey, vegetables, and rice. A perfect family meal!

Brown sugar and chili roasted butternut squash. The easiest and most perfect fall side.

Koftas made of grated lauki or Bottle Gourd is served with a tomato-based mildly spicy gravy.

This recipe for Parmesan Butternut Squash Soup creates a perfect comfort dinner. Nutty parmesan brings out the best of butternut squash.

Tinda masala – apple gourd wedges cooked with onions, tomatoes and Indian spices.

Parwal chokha – in which pointed gourd is boiled, mashed and seasoned with chilies, mustard and lime. A Bihari cuisine favorite!

Bottle gourd, tomato and potato stew – simple vegetable curry to go with rice.

Pointed gourd (parval) bhujiya, cooked in mustard oil with a tempering of fenugreek.

Healthful bitter-gourds (karela) stuffed with tangy onion masala and pan-fried in mustard oil.

Exotic dahi wali lauki – bottle gourd wedges shallow-fried and simmered in fennel-flavored yogurt curry.

Pavakkai Gojju, spicy, tangy and sweet curry with bitter gourds.

Roasted Rainbow Winter Salad with Broccoli and Squash.

Besan Kundru: Ivy gourd roundels cooked with gram flour and Indian spices.

Tasty potato curry to go with roti, naan, pita bread or pilaf

You’ll love these potato stuffed bitter gourds so much. They’re crispy, not bitter and very tasty.

Delicious curry with gourds and chickpeas, very flavorful and rich in protein.

Stuffed ivy gourds with onion masala.

Ivy gourd rice – a simple lunch box vegan recipe.

Easy and flavorful curry with snake gourd (vegetable) and peanuts.