While winter squash plants are known to take up a lot of space in the garden, here's a selection of more compact varieties ...

Lauren O’Connor, MS, RDN, is a health and lifestyle writer and five-time cookbook author based in Los Angeles. She is a registered dietitian with over 15 years of experience in the field, specializing ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Butternut squash and sweet potatoes are both rich in vitamin A, ...

Pumpkin seeds (or pepitas) are full of various vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fiber, and healthy fats. There are numerous creative and flavorful ways to enjoy pumpkin seeds. 1. Eat Them Raw Pumpkin ...

We've all believed our precious cans of pumpkin puree come from magical fields of orange gourds that bask in the sun until they're ripe for the picking. But there's just one problem with that story: ...

Butternut squash and pumpkin, both from the squash family, have beneficial health compounds. Butternut squash is rich in nutrients that support heart, eye, digestive, and brain health, lower cancer ...

Pumpkins are favorites for being used in fall decorations, Halloween jack-o'-lanterns, and the famous Thanksgiving pie. But underneath their happy, often bumpy outside is a complex botanical identity.

Pumpkins are the bookends of autumn. Headlines about the arrival of pumpkin spice lattes signal summer's end. And soon after the last bites of pumpkin pie at the Thanksgiving table, we turn to plans ...