What a wonderful Friday night we had. It started with the girls blowing bubbles in the sink while I fixed dinner. We had my favorite, breakfast for dinner! French toast and bacon hit the spot at the end of this busy week! After cleaning up dinner, we started pumpkin carving! The pumpkin Emily picked was not ripe and I have never had such a hard time cutting through a pumpkin. Since it was so hard to cut through Emily decided to use the drill and make polka dots all over it. We started out in the house but after a few holes and pumpkin goo shooting all over the dining room...we took it outside. Erin had fun running the pumpkin goo through her hands!
After picking pumpkin goo from my hair, we got the pumpkin seeds ready for roasting. I love to eat them and can't imagine throwing the seeds away. I know so many people that do. If you are unsure how to roast them, it is so easy! Here is what I do:
Wash the seeds in cold water and drain well. Mix 2 tbsp. vegetable oil and 1 tsp. salt in the bowl with about 3 cups of the pumpkin seeds. Line a cookies sheet with foil and dump the seeds on the cookie sheet. Spread them out and put them in a 300 degree oven. It takes about an hour to get them a nice golden brown. Be sure to stir them often during that time to ensure that they all brown evenly. When they are cool they will keep nicely in an air tight container for a week. Honestly...we have never had them in our house that long but I am sure they would still be good! Enjoy.
I hope you will roast your pumpkin seeds this year and maybe try using a drill on that pumpkin. It was great fun to watch pumpkin goo fly all over the place!
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