Delicious: Celebrate Halloween in your kitchen

On the one hand, Halloween is all about the delicious, delicious candy. On the other hand, if you eat nothing except delicious, delicious candy, you will go into sugar shock and your heart will seize up and your eyes will roll back in your head, and in that condition, how can you eat even more candy? So I would suggest that maybe it is prudent to save a little room in your stomach and a little piece of your heart for actual, nutritious food. If you can make it Halloween-themed, it might even be just as good! Nearly.

Heidi of 101 Cookbooks, a site that is as dear to our heart as candy, has pulled together a collection of Halloweenesque recipes from the misty, water-colored archives. Start with a roasted pumpkin salad, move on to Thai-spiced pumpkin soup, and then, who are we kidding? Back to the sugar, with caramel apples and pumpkin pies. You have to save some of that candy for the kids, right? But they can't have any pie.

For another great pumpkin recipe, check out SELF's Spicy Pumpkin and Split Pea Soup.

image via 101 Cookbooks

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