Using Pumpkins After Halloween

We carved our pumpkins, Halloween came and went. Then it's time to cook the pumpkin! Pumpkins are food after all. They're a squash.

I should note before this year I haven't had outdoor space so I only cooked tiny pumpkins, usually for pumpkin bread or something.

This year though, we had two big pumpkins! And I had no idea how much pumpkin you get from one. I was planning to use both for a pumpkin mac and cheese. After one the crockpot was overflowing...

I might use the other for a pumpkin soup or something.

I cut off the carved part and threw that away, cleaned out the inside and worked on cutting off the skin, just like any squash. Be careful when you do this, I slice my thumb a bit, which was unfortunate.

For pumpkin #1 I ended up combining these recipes a bit: Crockpot Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese Recipe and Creamy Crock Pot Butternut Mac & Cheese. Essentially I wanted to use spices that make sense with pumpkin, but I liked some of the other ingredients with the butternut mac & cheese.

Add the same amount of water as butternut squash.

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