Chili Lemon Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
I thought with it being Halloween week and all I would do a recipe a little more seasonal. This one is easy and fun for all. I went pumpkin picking over the last week with Ades. I love going pumpkin picking in the fall. I know it’s the cliché thing to do but fiddle sticks I like it. Ades is quite the pumpkin carver creating all sorts of crazy creations. After she took all the insides out of the pumpkin it left me with tons of seeds. I saved all the insides for a possible attempt at pumpkin pie from scratch. Roasted pumpkin seeds make a great snack. Usually I just do them with some salt, pepper and butter but this recipe is more of a Mexican take on pumpkin seeds.
Total Cost: $10 (that was what I paid for the pumpkin)
Feeds as many as you want to pass them around to
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin Seeds – 1 medium sized pumpkins worth
- Lemon – 1
- Chili Powder – 2 tablespoons
- Salt – 1 teaspoon
- Pepper – 1 teaspoon
- Butter – 4 tablespoons
- Olive Oil – 1 teaspoon
- Vegetable nonstick spray
Step 1: Remove seeds from pumpkin – take seeds out of pumpkin being sure to clean them of any pumpkin pulp residue. Then put into a medium sized bowl.
The Extracted Seeds
Step 2: Season Seeds – In mixing bowl Squeeze lemon juice over seeds. Add chili Powder, salt, Pepper, Olive oil. In a small boiling pot melt butter, then pour into bowl also. Mix together till evenly coated.
Step 3: Roast Seeds – In a backing pan large enough for all the seeds to lay flat spray surface of pan with vegetable spray accordingly. Add seeds into pan evenly spreading them. Roast at 325 degrees F in oven for 20-25 minutes or till golden brown.
The Jack o'lantern
Surfing Ruined My Life 
I carved Natty Bo into my pumpkin, the picture looks like shit, but I will try to take a better one tomorrow. Anyways my room mates puppy ate all my roasted pumpkin seeds, and I found out when that little bitch puked them all over my floor.
And that is why dogs suck.
UCB, how do you like your eggs?
Thats more of a question then a UCB but I would have to say I enjoy my eggs scrambled. A good omelet will satisfy me any day as well.
see I figured it would turn into an almost recipe d’jour, with all the nuances of making what you consider the perfect eggs.
I was thinking about doing a Recipe D’Jour on eggs at some point, like scamblers, omlets, burritos etc
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