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21 Pumpkin Recipes Perfect for the Jack-O-Lantern Aftermath
And so it officially begins: Halloween weekend! Today, tomorrow and Sunday are all about costumes, candy, pumpkin carving and jack-o-lanterns. Then Monday will come and you’ll be left with the aftermath. The costumes are easy. Pack ‘em up, hand them down. The candy? Well, if you’ve got leftovers, get cooking! Try making this Halloween Candy Bark or these Choco-Marshmallow Peanut Butter Cupcakes.
But the pumpkins? ALL of the pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns! What to do about them?
Fear not—we’ve got you covered! Babble is treating you to a gorgeous slideshow with 21 Pumpkin Recipes that’ll not only make use of all those pumpkins, but may even inspire you to buy more! Yup. These recipes are that good. Think I’m tricking? Tell me you don’t want to treat yourself to…
Quinoa Pumpkin Pancakes,
Pumpkin Spice Bread,
A Pumpkin Spice Latte,
Pumpkin Bacon Pasta, or
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls!!
And that’s only FIVE of TWENTY ONE recipes!
So, go ahead, book mark away. You’ll thank me on Monday!
Photo of Quinoa Pumpkin Panckaes reprinted with permission from Quinoa 365 – the Everyday Superfood, by Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming (Whitecap)
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3 Comments
Keith commented on Oct 29 10 at 6:18 pmWe just made this amazing Thai Beef and Pumpkin curry. Turned out so well! http://www.wenniesaffairs.com/journal/2010/10/29/recipe-beef-and-pumpkin-massaman-curry.html
marla {family fresh cooking} commented on Oct 30 10 at 10:08 amExcellent selection of pumpkin goodies here!
Liz the Chef commented on Oct 31 10 at 1:45 pmOK, I’m finally inspired to use “real” pumpkin!
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