Recipe of the Week: Pumpkin Fritters for Halloween (2024)

FAQs

What are 5 ways pumpkins can be used? ›

Smaller pumpkins grown for eating are generally sweeter than those cultivated specifically for carving, and can be less stringy in texture, too.

Brush the pumpkin flesh with oil, sprinkle with salt, and place flesh down on the baking sheet. Pierce skin a few times with a fork or knife to let steam escape. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a fork easily pierces the skin.

Roast at 350ºF until tender, about 45 minutes. A fork should easily piece through the shell, and it should look visibly darker in color. Let the pumpkin cool until you can handle it, then scoop out the tender insides and puree in a food processor until smooth.

1. Choose The Right Kind. For cooking, you'll want to use sugar pumpkins (also called pie or sweet pumpkins), which are small and round.

Yes, dogs can eat pumpkin and it is actually often added to dog foods. Check the label of some dog treats and you may find pumpkin on the ingredient list there too. However, if you are feeding fresh pumpkin, you will need to be careful about which part you're feeding as the stem and leaves are covered in prickly hairs.

Each fritter is about 300 calories, according to CalorieKing.com. Here are some ways a 145-pound person could burn off 600 calories.

There are 111 calories in 1 Banana Fritter. * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet.

How do you dispose of pumpkins after Halloween? ›

Instead of tossing it into the garbage can, pumpkins can be dropped into the green bin along with your food scraps so it can be turned into compost. Farmers in the U.S. have harvested more than 1 billion pounds of pumpkins combined per year, according to recent data by the U.S Department of Agriculture.

Everything from inside your pumpkin can be recycled or used. Pumpkin innards, the stringy orange mess which you scoop out with a spoon ahead of carving, can be roasted, or pureed for cooking in soups. And the pumpkin seeds can easily be roasted (see below).

Cooking the Pumpkin

If you're roasting, roast at 400 F for 35 to 45 minutes or until the flesh is soft. If you're steaming, fill your steamer pot with a few inches of water, bring it to a boil.

Roast up a halved squash or whole pumpkin slice in a buttered or oiled baking pan. 350ºF oven 'til easily pierced with a fork, maybe 20-60 minutes depending on the size of your pieces. – OR – Steam it cut side down in half an inch of water in a covered skillet until the skin is soft/piercable with a fork.

Once you've carved your jack-o'-lantern gather the sections that you removed from the walls of the pumpkin. Peel the orange outer skin and the inner orange pulp and what you have left is called the flesh. Roasting these pieces in the oven will make the flesh soft and sweet.