pumpkin seeds

[Guest guest]

I never thought of sprouting them - good idea.

 

Jo

 

 

> Hi all.Pumpkin seeds are rich in minerals especially high in zinc.I

> sprout them which increases nutrient content & taste! Also put them

> in stirfry & bread.

[Guest guest]

I just roasted a batch yesterday.....we picked pumpkins at our nursery (my

older DD is making fairy houses out of some of them.) Both kids love the

seeds, roasted (lightly, I guess toasted would be a better phrase). I very

lightly

salt them.

 

My kids eat less junk stuff than the average kids their age. I have never

known another child to ask for brussel sprouts as a bedtime snack.....AmyF

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>

> My kids eat less junk stuff than the average kids their age. I

have never

> known another child to ask for brussel sprouts as a bedtime

snack.....AmyF

>

 

Amy,

 

this so reminds me of when mine were young (3 & 5). All the girls I

worked with had invited me out to a movie, and one of the young

airmen who I worked with volunteered to watch the children (I had

just moved there and didn't have a babysitter yet). He came to the

house just as I needed to leave, so I left no detailed instructions -

simply that I had ordered them a cheese pizza and he didn't need to

get them into bed. After the movie he headed out to meet his friends

for a Saturday night out. On Monday at work everyone was standing

around his cubicle saying " really? " . After the kids ate dinner my

daughter looked up at him and told him that if they ate all their

dinner I allowed them to have desert. My son quickly chimmed in and

say that yes, I did allow them desert. Seth wasn't going to have the

wool pulled over his eyes - " what does your mother let you have for

desert? " ..... " she lets us have apples, and carrots " " and sometimes

we can even have rasins " .

 

And my kids still ask for the brussel sprouts.....

 

Thanks for the lovely trip down memory lane,

Beth

[Guest guest]

--- Beth,

eww sticky and icky and lets make plenty! hahah

This is a Martha Stewart recipe.. you will know that

by the last direction!

 

PUMPKIN SEED CANDY

 

Makes 30 pieces

These wrapped candies are perfect treats for

celebrating Halloween. Pepitas, or pumpkin seeds, are

available hulled or unhulled at health-food stores.

Paper candy cups are available at baking supply

stores.

 

 1 cup hulled pepitas

 1/4 cup sugar

 2/3 cup good-quality honey

 3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, plus 2

tablespoons melted for brushing

 

1.   Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add

pepitas; toast, stirring constantly until seeds pop

and become slightly golden, about 3 minutes. Transfer

to a bowl to cool.

 2.   Place sugar and honey in a small saucepan. Bring

to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve

sugar, about 3 minutes. Add pepitas, and continue

cooking until temperature registers 285° on a candy

thermometer, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and

stir in cold butter.

 3.   Let the mixture cool to 240°, about 4 minutes.

Meanwhile, brush the inside of fifteen 1-inch-diameter

black paper cups with melted butter, reserving 1

tablespoon. Spoon a scant tablespoon of the honey

mixture into each cup. Brush a clean work surface with

the remaining butter, and spoon the remaining honey

mixture on it so mixture will continue to cool.

 4.   When remaining candy is stiff and cool enough to

handle, about 6 minutes, cut into 3/4-inch pieces with

a greased knife. Put one piece of candy in center of

each of fifteen 4-by-4-inch pieces of orange

cellophane wrap, gather cellophane at the top, and

secure with a twist of a 4 1/2-inch piece of floral

wire. Wrap the ends of floral wire around a skewer to

form tendrils.

 

 

 

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