Leftovers inspiration - open pesto, haloumi and roast pumpkin sandwich

Ever wondered what to do with leftover roast veggies? Roast pumpkin is delicious on open sandwiches the next day, and goes beautifully with cheese and herbs.

Ingredients (serves 1)

2 slices Bread of choice (I use olive sourdough)
2 tsp Pesto
1 tsp Butter
60g Haloumi cheese (thickly sliced)
2-4 pieces Roast pumpkin (leftovers)

Method

Lightly toast bread in toaster and spread on pesto.
Pan fry the haloumi in butter until golden brown (approx 2-3 mins each side). Place cheese slices on top of bread.
Top with leftover roast pumpkin and enjoy!!

Notes

Next time you roast pumpkin, sprinkle some cinnamon and sea salt on top before you pop it in the oven. Absolutely moorish!!

45 Comments

- - mom492156 said
  - 02 Aug 2023
    8:58 pm
I find pumpkin bland and boring, maybe this will spice it up for me. Thanks for sharing!

- - meedee said
  - 25 Feb 2022
    11:56 am
Sounds very tasty. I love pumpkin.

- - happymum2018 said
  - 24 May 2019
    1:22 am
My five favourite things put together tha ks for sharing would love to try this recipe!!!!!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    8:34 pm
Always love fried halloumi especially on the bbq tha ks I also love pumkin favourite recipe yet

- - mom112023 said
  - 11 Apr 2017
    8:49 am
Always have some leftovers. Will try your recipe. Yum.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 21 Feb 2017
    4:10 pm
Thank you for the recipe and that note at the end must try it.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    6:43 pm
Mmmm, right in my food alley, love this kind of dish!

- - ella12 said
  - 11 Jan 2017
    4:27 pm
This sounds fabulous to me. Yum!

- - tessie said
  - 27 Dec 2016
    3:07 pm
Different way to use up the roast pumpkin and a different type of sandwich. Can never have too many varieties

- - rovermum said
  - 27 Dec 2016
    12:46 pm
These are all new ingredients for me from Christmas Day – the only think we had left was roast pumpkin – but I’m taking this recipe for another day. Yum.

- - Ellen said
  - 27 Dec 2016
    3:26 am
Nice one ! My kids finally start to appreciate haloumi as well
I would be happy to ditch the bread.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 13 Sep 2016
    10:02 am
sounds good – love all the ingredients

- - Dreaming mummy said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    9:02 am
Wow great idea! This looks so good. I always need ideas to use up the rest of the pumpkin too!

- - Nas01 said
  - 08 Jun 2016
    11:14 am
Great leftover idea. This looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.

- - serotonin said
  - 17 Mar 2016
    11:28 am
What a delicious idea! Never tried anything like this before. looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 01 Feb 2016
    8:16 pm
this would be a great weekend lunch – being European, we had open sandwiches every Friday night, with chilled wine, and all the family… super fun memories xxx

- - meljware said
  - 05 Jan 2016
    5:16 pm
I love haloumi and always after new ways to eat it. Plus pumpkin and pesto are always delicious together.

- - mom134803 said
  - 26 Dec 2015
    1:14 pm
Mmm, I love pumpkin and pesto !

- - mom81879 said
  - 18 Nov 2015
    7:33 am
Oh yummy! There are so many fantastic recipes on MoMs, makes it hard to choose

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 14 Nov 2015
    4:37 pm
This ticks all the boxes!