Posted By Kimberly Turner on Nov 9, 2014 in Cooking How-To Videos, Cooking Shows, Cooking with Kimberly, Featured, Fruit & Vegetables, Halloween, Healthy, How To Cook, Kids Recipes, Pumpkin, Snacks Recipes, Squash, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggies | 0 comments

I am very please to show you How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds, and I think you will find them to be a great snack.

Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are full of healthy goodness for the kids and adults in your family.

When I was last at Harvest Barn Country Market in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was fortunate enough to find some beautiful sugar pumpkins.

These beautiful, little pumpkins are perfect for pumpkin puree, and the seeds, are nice, big and plump with a great nutty flavor that hits the spot for a healthy snack at any time of the day.

Don’t discard pumpkin seeds, or squash seeds because they toast up very nicely and make fantastic, inexpensive snacks.

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds:

The pumpkin has to be cut in half, and the stringy matter needs to be scraped out and separated from the seeds.

I place the seeds into a strainer to rinse them under cold water.

Tips: I saved and set aside about a dozen of the seeds for planting next spring. They need to be dried out, and kept at room temperature, in a paper container or in an envelope, so they stay dry and don’t get moldy.

Type: Snack Recipe

Prep Time: about 10 min
Toast Time: 40 min
Yield: 1/2 – 3/4 cup of toasted seeds

The ingredients & instructions are listed below the video for measurements & directions. Please enjoy this webisode of Cooking with Kimberly:

Ingredients:

pumpkin seeds from 1 sugar pumpkin
1 tbsp olive oil
sprinkling of salt
dash of freshly cracked pepper

Optional Seasonings:

Instructions

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
Have ready a sprayed or greased baking sheet.

Remove seeds from pumpkin and separate them from the stringy stuff inside the pumpkin. Rinse and strain seeds in a colander. Place seeds between paper toweling to dry off.
In a small bowl, combine seeds with olive oil, salt and pepper and other seasonings, as desired. Toss seeds in olive oil mixture making sure each seed is coated.
Transfer seeds to the prepared baking sheet and arrange them, so they all lay flat.
Toast in 275 degree F oven for about 20 min. Turn them over, and keep toasting for another 20 min, or until they are dried out, crisp, and slightly browned.
Taste one seed and see if it is crisp enough for you. If not, allow to toast for 5 min at a time longer. Correct the seasonings if needed, and toast until done to your liking.