Fall food favorites
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 07:40PM Every year my son, Sam, looks forward to oven roasted pumpkin seeds. I always make them the same way--spread them out on a sheet pan with melted butter and sprinkle with Lawry's seasoned salt. This year I did it a little different and the seeds are better than ever. First, I roasted a whole pie pumpkin to make pumpkin puree for my little punkin', Maddie. Once the pumpkin was soft, I let it cool, then scooped out the seeds (I was amazed that a small pie pumpkin has almost as many seeds as a huge jack o' latern sized pumpkin!) and scraped the pulp from the skin. I pureed the pumpkin for Maddie and bottled into saved baby food jars and froze it.
The seeds were really easy to clean. I just put them into a colander and rubbed them under cold water to rinse off the remnant of pumpkin. Then I roasted them at 350 degrees until they were browned and crispy. They turned out much tastier and the skins were softer and less chewy.
That put me in the mood for another fall favorite--home made cake donuts. I've got the donuts mixed up and in the refrigerator and I'll fry them up in the morning for breakfast.
And while we're at it, here's a picture of another fall favorite that I made for dinner last night:
What are your favorite fall foods?
Reader Comments (2)
I'll be over for those doughnuts and then maybe have some left over chicken pie for lunch! YUM!
Soup! Chicken tortilla, potato, tomato, turkey rice, split pea.....and lots more!