Kids recipe: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
After choosing your pumpkin for any recipe or project you have planned, remember to save the seeds.
Pumpkin seeds
Salt*
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Remove seeds from the pumpkin and separate the seeds from the meat or stringy fiber
- Wash the seeds and dry with a paper towel
- Spread the seeds on a baking sheet and sprinkle generously with salt
- Bake for 15-30 minutes or until the seed's shell is crispy but not brown
*You may want to experiment with flavors and try other kinds of seasoning such as garlic salt.
RECIPE SOURCE: Jemellee Ambrose Loma Linda University Medical Center's marketing department
Heart Healthy Food Sponsored by the Loma Linda International Heart Institute
September/October 2002 issue