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When it’s time to carve your pumpkin or make some puree, a lot of people throw out the guts. Well, those guts contain seeds that make for not only a tasty but pretty darn healthy snack! Pumpkin seeds have been shown to have all kinds of health benefits from helping you sleep better, potentially lowering LDL cholesterol and are rich in B vitamins! In this video, I’ll show you how to make this seasonal snack two ways both savory and sweet! It can even be a fun add in for a seasonal trail mix!
Let’s get to making some pumpkin magic!
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Ingredients
- Seeds from pumpkin
- Savory Spices: Garlic Powder, smoked salt and pepper
- Sweet Spices: Pumpkin Pie Spice, Cardamom, Cinnamon
- (Or your preferred spices)
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Scoop out the "guts" of your pumpkin(s) and place into a bowl.
- Fill the bowl with water and allow the seeds to float to the top. Scoop them out and place into another bowl, removing all of the fibrous strands.
- Dry the seeds with a paper towel and if you're doing a sweet and savory batch, divide the seeds in half and put half of them into a bowl.
- Sprinkle Garlic powder, smoked salt and pepper over the seeds, toss and reapply the spices so it sticks.
- Spray cooking spray onto a cookie sheet and spread the seeds out evenly over the area.
- Repeat with the other half of the seeds this time using sweet spices like Pumpkin pie spice, cardamom, Cinnamon and/or maple sugar.
- Spray the sheet and spread those out as well.
- Put in the oven and bake for 10 minutes then flip the seeds and spread out again. Place back in the oven for 7-10 minutes or until the seeds are done to your liking.
© 2024 Mrs Kringles Kitchen
16 Comments
Yum! Never would have thought to do this!
A good way to make sure you’re getting your money’s worth! 😉
I roasted pumpkin seeds once and they were so tasty. Thanks for reminding me what to do with the pumpkin insides this year.
It’s definitely one of those things you can easily forget about but it uses every yummy bit of the pumpkin!
Mmm this looks delicious! Pumpkin seeds are a great source of fats and minerals. Thanks for sharing!
They are so healthy and this recipe helps scratch the sweet or savory itch! 🙂
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Thanks Sheri!
I love pumpkin seeds! Thank you for sharing your recipe.
You’re very welcome!
Great idea, and such a healthy snack too. We’ll have to do this when we carve our pumpkins later. #fortheloveofBLOG
Thanks! It’s a good way to use the whole pumpkin. Can’t count how many times I threw the guts out and THEN remembered about the seeds!
A good video thanks. I love pumpkin seeds. I use them when I make meatloaf.
Kathleen
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You’re very welcome! I’m intrigued by using them in meatloaf!
Wow I never would have thought to do anything with pumpkin seeds! This looks really great. Thanks for sharing with #fortheloveofBLOG
Thanks so much! Plus they’re healthy so they’re worth the little extra effort!