October 31

Baja Fresh & Pumpkin Seeds

It was a busy day between gymnastics and our daughter's Halloween party at school. We didn't have much time to prepare a real meal, but we wanted to do something special to celebrate one of the family's favorite holidays. It took us a while to come up with something, but then we had it - take out from Baja Fresh. Many things might better reflect Halloween spirit than Baja Fresh so we make up for it with some roasted pumpkin seeds.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds [View Recipe]
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Ingredients

1 large pumpkin
1/2 tablespoon oil
salt

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We start by carving our jack-o-lantern. We scoop out the seeds, we have about a cup and a half, with some pulp attached to a large bowl. When we are done carving, we rinse the seeds by covering them with water in the bowl and then scoop out the seeds to a colander (trying to leave behind any pulp).
We spread the seeds out in a single layer on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet to dry for an hour or two.
We pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees. We remove the parchment paper and seeds and put the canola oil on the cookie sheet. We mix the seeds with the oil, discarding the parchment paper, and spread them out in a single layer. We sprinkle the seeds with kosher salt and bake for 40 minutes. We want the seeds golden and crunchy.
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Baja Fresh & Pumpkin Seeds

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