Pumpkin Recipes

Want to reduce your household food waste and get savvy with leftover pumpkin seeds after you've carved your creation? Try growing your own at-home pumpkin patch in time for next Halloween — it only requires a few simple steps!

Choose an area of your garden that gets plenty of sun, and mark spaces for planting about eight feet apart to give your pumpkins the best chance to grow. Ensure that the holes that you've plotted are around 12 inches deep and 12 inches wide, then add a layer of aged compost to the hole. Do this shortly after Halloween to begin prepping the soil.

Pumpkin season starts around mid-September, so keep your seeds safe and plant them around six months before - roughly March/April. When pumpkins come into season, watch as your patch produces goods that are perfect for carving some spooky designs for fun!

Enjoy the vegetable of Halloween in many ways this year, and experiment with your own pumpkin creations - from carving exciting designs to cooking up a pumpkin-based feast with your leftovers! Enjoy new flavours every day with HelloFresh — order your first food box delivery today, and be tempted by our recipes.