Pumpkin pinning...

So...it's Halloween tomorrow!!

What does that mean??

...an excuse to dress in horrendous fancy dress...

...an excuse to force people to watch gory, horrifically scary films...

...an excuse to gobble down all those leftover {or even before they arrive} chocolate and sweets for trick-or-treaters...

{I confess to all of the above}

AND 

...pumpkins!!

I personally LOVE pumpkins, not only are they fun to chop up and carve successful {or rather unsuccessful} works of art, they are taste-teeeey! 

I've spent the last week or so, procrastinating, and doing it well. I've been on Pinterest pinning all the yummy looking recipes ready for when the day is over and I can finally cook with the pumpkins. {The one request to my mother upon seeing her next weekend, is to bring her pumpkins for me!}

There's so much variety, you won't get bored using up your pumpkin!

These are my favourite looking recipes from my mood-board starting with irresistible-looking chocolate pumpkin peanut butter cups. I am a BIG lover of Reese's Pieces so I think these little treats would go down a delight!

These pumpkin spice latte cupcakes are a great twist on traditional cupcakes and everyone who knows me, knows that I love baking cupcakes, so these will be on the to-bake list for sure!

Two savoury recipes that I can vouch for that are literally mouthwatering are the garlicky pumpkin risotto and Thai pumpkin soup. Both these recipes I have made over and over and over again and are DELICIOUS! The Thai pumpkin soup became a staple in our diet in Paris and we often took our own twist on the original recipe. It's such an inside warming delight when it's winter-y and cold outside. Oooooh I could do with a bowl right now!

Both the baked pumpkin doughnuts and the pumpkin spiced latte pancakes look interesting, and I'm intrigued to know how they would turn out...I'll let you know!

...and of course, you can't have post-Halloween baking without a traditional pumpkin pieeee!!

One thing - don't forget to keep the seeds! Most people tend to scoop out the seeds when carving. Tip: put them in a bowl for later, you can roast them with different seasoning's and then eat them! Pumpkin seeds are such a lost cause over Halloween, so try it - you might just like them!

Well that's it for me on Halloween, is it sad that the most exciting part about the American phenomenon is what comes after - the cooking!?

I'd love to hear if you have any exciting pumpkin based recipes!

E x

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