Many pumpkin recipes are sky high in cholesterol. The reason for this is the recipe calls for several eggs. Try substituting with a cholesterol free substitute or reduce the number or size of eggs you use.
We also suggest that those on low salt diets look to use reduced salt or use less of this ingredient.
As for pumpkins themselves, they are just plain good for you. They are low in fat, low in calories, loaded with vitamins and just plain good.
Here's some stats on what's in one cup of pumpkin puree:
- Calories: 80
- Carbohydrates: 19 gram
- Cholesterol: 0
- Fat: less than 1 gram
- Potassium: 588 milligrams
- Protein: 2.4 grams
- Vitamin A: 310% of RDA
- Vitamin C: 20% of RDA
