Happy Halloween Friday!
In the spirit of The Great Pumpkin/Halloween (and the fact that I’m up to ears in work), here are some of my favorite orange food creations (click the image or title for the recipe!):
Orange for the A.M.
Orange for the P.M.
Butternut Squash Drop Biscuits
Indian-Spiced Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onions
Lentil-Stuffed Acorn Squash (ok, I realize it’s more yellow… but go with it…)
If I had just one orange item to make this Halloween weekend… I’d make the following soup. It’s one of my Top 5 Favorite Creations. That’s including desserts.
Searching past recipes to write this, I realized I don’t make many orange desserts. My friends do though! Check out some of these awesome treats from the blog-world:
- Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting (by Ari @ The Diva Dish)
- Sweet Potato Cookies – vegan and gluten-free! (by Lisa @ Healthful Sense)
- Pumpkin Bread with Booze and Chocolate (by Katherine @ Rufus’ Food and Spirits Guide)
- Pumpkin Goo(p) (by Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen)
- Baked Oranges in Vanilla Rum Cream (by Kelly @ Inspired Edibles)
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I just realized almost everything I ate yesterday was unintentionally orange. Creepy.
What are some of your favorite orange/Halloween creations?
Who is doing something fun this weekend? Tell me about it so I can live vicariously!
Im going to a Halloween party tonight. I don’t know anyone (it’s one of Jason’s co-workers), so I’m not exactly sure if that counts as fun. The race will be fun, in a painful sort of way.
Sweet Potato Greek Yogurt! Whoa! I’m very curious about this! I’m sorry you’re too busy to enjoy the Halloweening fun 🙁 I’m putting the finishing touches on our costumes tonight before the big party at Treasure Island on Saturday. Woo hoo!
Buzzed!
Wow, everything pictured looks fantastic. Thanks for the shout out!
We were invited to a spontaneous birthday party tonight that requires costumes, so I’ll just whip out my Dirndl and “disguise” as a German. We made meringues for it, with orange food coloring and black sprinkles! Not the prettiest shapes, but nicely Halloween-themed and delicious.
Ohhhh… love the meringues idea! Hope it was fun!
I was JUST thinking about my Pumpkin Goo(p) this morning and wondering about making it vegan…it was SO amazing…
Do it!!!! I’m scared to make it because I’m just going to devour it all in one sitting. LOL!
Mmm. It all looks so good. The sweet potato falafel and sweet potato greek yogurt are very intriguing.
Thank you! I’m particularly in love with that yogurt. Perfect airplane food. 🙂
Mmm…there are so many delicious orange foods. I’d have to say kabocha is my favorite.
Yum!! All these things look so delicious!! i can’t wait to try a few of the recipes out. We’re heading up to Helen for Saturday/Sunday and will be a huge group all with homemade costumes! I might be wearing long johns… Should be fun!
Heck yes I’m glad! I had spag squash and marinara last night. It sort of looked orange when you mixed it all together. 🙂
I will be doing a date night tonight and a Halloween party tomorrow. Livin’ for the weekend!
These recipes look so good!!
I don’t even know where to start…
sweet potato falafels and stuffed acorn squash, oh my =)
Hope you get caught up on work today… I know how u feel!
Thanks for the recipe love girl <3
Everything looks amazing!! I have just realised that pretty much the first really orange dish I have ever made (apart from carrot soup) was last nights moroccan style stuffed pumpkin! My new fave!! 🙂 Good luck with all your work, if it makes you feel any better I’m doing two fifths of f$%! all as well this weekend! Lets unite in our misery! Ha!
Sweet potato falafel….I’m liking the sound of that.
Have a great weekend!
I’ll trade you for some of those oatmeal cookies! 🙂
Yay for Halloween! I’m planning on doing a “Halloween Hustle” 5K and Fall Festival with Mike. We’ll probably be walking it, but it’ll be fun. 🙂
you’re going to turn orange <3 and i will totally join you in that! i remember a few of these and am loooving the new to me ones too!
which reminds me, that falafel is on my to do list!
Ahh soo many tasty things here! Thank you for sharing all of the good eats 🙂
I will be trick-of-treating with the kids tonight, which is always fun (they are 9, 4, and 2). I don’t have a favorite treat but I like just about anything with sweet potato in it 🙂