{"id":591,"date":"2009-11-06T15:04:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T15:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2009-11-06T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T15:04:55","slug":"how-to-use-up-halloween-pumpkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/how-to-use-up-halloween-pumpkins\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Up Halloween Pumpkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sugar Pie Pumpkins\" src=\"http:\/\/i722.photobucket.com\/albums\/ww230\/mcolletterogers\/Pumpkins_Sugar_Pie_Cut_Whole300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar Pie Pumpkins\" width=\"284\" height=\"172\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small, round sugar pie pumpkins pack a lot more flavor than the big Jack-O-Lantern varieties<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Picture Recipe:\u00a0 Pumpkin Red Bean Tostadas<\/h2>\n<p>About now, there are likely a lot of pumpkins sitting around having the post-Halloween blues. \u00a0 While most are the big Jack-O-Lantern variety with little flavor (and many of those are coated in candle wax), you may have a couple of the small, round sugar pumpkins left over from the day of the pumpkin.\u00a0 Roast them and you have a good start on this easy recipe.<\/p>\n<p>This recipe is a skillet recipe&#8211;the best kind in my mind.\u00a0 Just throw everything in one pan, cook a while and voila! you have a complete meal.\u00a0 It&#8217;s shared here in picture format.\u00a0 See how you like that:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-597 alignleft\" title=\"PumpkinTostadaRecipe\" src=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe1.png\" alt=\"PumpkinTostadaRecipe\" width=\"460\" height=\"673\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe-part23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-603\" title=\"PumpkinTostadaRecipe-Part2\" src=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe-part23.png\" alt=\"Pumpkin Red Bean Tostadas--Part 2\" width=\"460\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe-part23.png 675w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe-part23-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe-part3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-606\" title=\"PumpkinTostadaRecipe-Part3\" src=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipe-part3.png\" alt=\"Ppumpkin Red Bean Tostadas--Part 3\" width=\"460\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipepart5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-608\" title=\"PumpkinTostadaRecipePart5\" src=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipepart5.png?w=640\" alt=\"Pumpkin Red Bean Tostadas-Part 4\" width=\"460\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipepart5.png 675w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipepart5-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/pumpkintostadarecipepart5-640x1024.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutions and Variations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><strong>Squash: <\/strong><\/span> Roasted acorn could be substituted for pumpkins<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><strong>Tomatoes<\/strong>:<\/span> A 28-oz. can of diced Muir Glen (or comparable quality) tomatoes could be substituted for fresh.\u00a0 Include the juices.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#008000;\">Jalapeno:<\/span><\/strong> Canned diced chiles could be substituted, mild or hot and in an amount that suits your spice tolerance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#008000;\">Tortillas:<\/span><\/strong> Use hard shell tostadas; warm on a pancake griddle or in the microwave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture Recipe:\u00a0 Pumpkin Red Bean Tostadas About now, there are likely a lot of pumpkins sitting around having the post-Halloween blues. \u00a0 While most are the big Jack-O-Lantern variety with little flavor (and many of those are coated in candle wax), you may have a couple of the small, round sugar pumpkins left over from &#8230; <a title=\"How to Use Up Halloween Pumpkins\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/how-to-use-up-halloween-pumpkins\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}