{"id":14759,"date":"2016-11-06T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T10:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2023-10-06T15:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:39:42","slug":"five-things-to-do-with-a-pumpkin-including-soup-pie-roasted-seed-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/five-things-to-do-with-a-pumpkin-including-soup-pie-roasted-seed-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Do With a Pumpkin and One Thing Not to Do, Ever."},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n As we head into October, pumpkins are very much in season and many look forward to carving them out and decorating them as we approach Halloween<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a>Pumpkins are colourful vegetables in the squash family and they come in all shapes and sizes. They’re versatile and will last for months in a cool, dry environment. Sadly, it’s been estimated that 18,000 tonnes of pumpkin are wasted in the UK every year<\/a>, the equivalent of 360 million portions of pumpkin pie!<\/strong> In the US, a staggering 900,000 tonnes are trashed rather than eaten or composted.<\/p>\n If you add those figures to households in Ireland and the rest of the world that decorate their Halloween homes and gardens, that’s a colossal amount of food waste, never mind the resources that go into growing pumpkins. Can we do something about it?<\/p>\n Pumpkins are inexpensive and make tasty, sweet or savoury dishes yet we undervalue them. One average size pumpkin can provide a snack, soup and dessert and they are far from bland once they’ve been roasted in the oven with oil and seasoning.<\/p>\nFOOD WASTE<\/h2>\n