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cream

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk

Coconut milk adds creaminess with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and adds flavor.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey offers natural sweetness.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: no cheese

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor without dairy.

Contestants are assigned to work with fresh or canned pumpkin.

One contestant decides to make a pumpkin cheesecake.

Another contestant is making a pumpkin soup flavored with apple and ginger.

A contestant is preparing pumpkin gnocchi with blue cheese sauce and crispy sage.

Contestants are blending their pumpkin to create a puree.

One contestant is making a pumpkin ratoo, incorporating freshly grated nutmeg.

Contestants have 5 minutes left to finish their dishes.

Dishes are presented to the judges for tasting.

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