Waste not want not! Turn your pumpkin carving into tasty treats! Every October, millions of pumpkins meet the same sad fate. They're carved into grinning jack-o'-lanterns, admired for a night or two, then tossed in the bin once November arrives. A staggering amount of food waste generated by a holiday that's supposed to be about fun, not rubbish. Here's the irony: pumpkins are food. The same orange squash that sits on your porch is packed with fibre, vitamin A, and potassium.