A Seedy Halloweeny!

I promised myself that I wouldn't write anything else about pumpkins. I mean, Christina and I went through about 3 pounds of pumpkin puree. Overkill. BUT I had to make an exception when my cousin and I decided to carve pumpkins. One of my favorite things about Halloween is PUMPKIN SEEDS. They're healthy, tasty, and fun to remove from the gooey gourd. We used the seeds from two pumpkins, washed them in a colander to remove excess goo, and dried them on paper towels.

My pumpkin, a little lompsided. Think along the lines of "Sloth" from The Goonies.

Once the seeds were dry, we decided to make three batches of seeds: One with salt, one with cayenne pepper, and one with soy sauce.

1. Preheat the over to 300 degrees.
2. For the salt batch, drizzle olive oil and salt (to taste) on the seeds laid out on a baking sheet. Mix seeds with hands on the sheet for even coverage.
3. For the cayenne pepper batch, again drizzle olive oil on the seeds, and add a dusting of cayenne pepper. Also mix with hands to coat.
4. For the soy sauce batch, add seeds to a ziplock bag. Pour in a drizzle of olive oil along with a hefty amount of low sodium soy sauce. Mix seeds, and allow to sit (we only let it sit for about ten minutes and they still tasted delicious). Spread evenly along baking sheet.
5. Bake seeds 20-30 mins, until crispy.

These taste great on top of salads, especially the soy sauce seeds! The cayenne pepper had a really great kick, and the salt and olive oil is the classic favorite.

I would have posted a picture of the finished product, but I honestly ate them all. In a day. So much for a "light, healthy snack".