Pumpkin Carving: The Dark Side

Tis the season of harry potter, hot chocolate, and lugging pumpkins back from the supermarket to carve. Whilst pumpkin carving seems like a fun and harmless activity, like all things Halloween, there is a dark side. Research done by Hubbub found that 14.5 million pumpkins go to waste/landfill after October is over. That amount of waste could make every single person in the UK a bowl of soup! This blog post is a reminder that pumpkins aren’t just a decoration and can/should be used as food. Research showed that 47% of people still don’t know you can eat pumpkins. We want to celebrate how fun, versatile and eco-friendly eating your pumpkin can be.

Top tip: Even when pumpkins are labelled as ‘carving pumpkins’ in the supermarket they are still edible.

Don’t throw away any of your pumpkin:

Don’t throw away any part of your pumpkins. You can eat all of it, except the stalk, which you can compost!

Recipes

Here are 5 super delicious pumpkin recipes you can make this autumn:

1. Harry Potter inspired pasties

Make some magic this autumn by recreating these pumpkin pasties. We’ve always wanted to take a ride on the Hogwarts express, now we can feel like we have.

@merlins___beard

Pumpkin pasties! #harrypotter #YerAWizard #potterhead #hptiktok #hptok #hogwartsismyhome #pumpkinpasties

♬ Cornfield Chase – Dorian Marko

2. A cult classic soup

The ultimate pumpkin dish. Soup and autumn go hand in hand. A warming, and an easy lunch for when the days get shorter.

@mai.mtn

Warm your heart & soul with this creamy pumpkin soup recipe 🎃🍂 #easyrecipe #pumpkinsoup #fypシ

♬ original sound – Mai Nguyen

3. Spicy Thai curry

Impress you friends by cooking them this fiery dish next time you host. Full of spice, a hearty weeknight evening stable.

@chilipeppercooks

Pumpkin Thai Curry #pumpkin #pumpkinseason #pumpkinrecipes #pumpkincurry #easyrecipes

♬ Better Days – NEIKED & Mae Muller

4. Autumn Muffins

For those with a sweet tooth, these jumbo muffins look delicious. Baking and autumn really do go hand in hand, check out our blog post on eco-friendly baking. For lots of tips and tricks to bake more sustainably.

@kittylimepie

Summer is over, the time for pumpkin is now. 🎃 #pumpkin #baking #cottagecore #halloween #fallaesthetic #autumn #autumnaesthetic #bakewithme #recipe

♬ Haunted, witch, comical Halloween songs(880306) – Shoya Kitagawa

5. Instagramable Gnocchi

Impress on date night with this BEAUTIFUL pumpkin gnocchi. The effort is worth it for the cute looking results.

@foodwithliz

pumpkin gnocchi with vegan brown butter parmesan sauce, fried sage, toasted pine nuts 🧡 the ultimate fall meal #pumpkinseason #hellofall #fallrecipes #easyrecipe

♬ Into the Unknown (feat. Jack Jones) – Over the Garden Wall & The Blasting Company

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