Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Giorgio Celmo

Now is the time of year to make those delicious toasted seeds. I’m no health food freak but I can tell you pumpkin seeds have a lot of vitamins, not so much on the protein side but enough to make worth wild to toast up some from your pumpkin.

Ingredients:

Seeds of one or two pumpkins

2-3 Tablespoons of vegetable oil

Sea salt course ground to taste

Directions:

In a colander, rinse seeds to remove any pieces of the stringy parts of the pumpkin, and pat dry with paper towels. Spread seeds out on a cookie sheet and let dry, you can speed this process up by setting your oven for a very low temperature and leaving the door ajar. Once seeds are dry, Pre heat oven to 350 degrees, toss seeds with oil and salt to taste. Toast seeds in the oven stirring every 5 minutes until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool completely and add more salt if desired

Have some fun. Carving that pumpkin is fun but the seeds inside are delicious, and nutritious, I’m no health fanatic but these seeds are loaded with vitamins. Clean them bake them up and enjoy, a great treat.