It’s that time of year.
In case you hadn’t noticed, Halloween is on it’s way.
We are not big into Halloween, and I am resisting Trick or Treating for as long as I possibly can. BUT we have got quite into pumpkin carving in the last couple of years.
We are not great-I get the kids to draw a face onto their pumpkin, and then hack away ineffectually until some kind of semblance of a face is carved.
Needless to say, this isn’t one of our attempts….
Pic from DeviantArt
After hollowing out the pumpkin, there is obviously the small matter of what to do with it, so that it’s not wasted.
So, here’s my Top 10 Pumpkin recipes:
The Classics
1) Pumpkin Pie-try out this recipe from Good Food, for the traditional American treat
2) Pumpkin soup-how about Roasted Pumpkin Soup from Martha Stewart
Baking
3) Pumpkin bread-from Simply Recipes. This is more of a loaf cake than a bread, but has a good bit about using real pumpkin instead of puree
4) Pumpkin muffins with streusel topping-this recipe is from All Recipes
5) Pumpkin Passion Cupcakes from Good Food
Savoury
6) Pumpkin and pancetta risotto-from Nigella.com
7) Baked Stuffed Pumpkin from Country Living
8) Pumpkin Gnocchi from Taste.com.au
Other
9) Pumpkin Butter-this recipe from Martha Stewart makes a spread for toast and bread
10) Toasted Pumpkin seeds-these make a thrifty cheeky snack. Recipe from Simply Recipes
Enjoy!
If you have a favourite pumpkin recipe, do leave it in the comments-I’d love to hear what you all make with your pumpkin ‘innards’!
My Make Do and Mend Year 
Simply – D E L I C I O U S…x
Indeed!
I love Pumpkin ice-cream (vegan friendly of course) which is made using coconut milk, brown sugar, pureed pumpkin and some spices like cinnamon and nutmeg (optional) YUM!
That sounds delicious Trudi!
Don’t throw out the pumpkin rind, here is an easy way you can repurpose it: http://growingsnowballs.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/3-ways-to-produce-profit/
Hi Glenda
What a great idea! Thanks for linking up 🙂