Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

I love, love, love roasted pumpkin seeds. It seems like it’s a tradition in our house to carve up pumpkins and roast the seeds every year. It’s so much fun to scoop the seeds out of the pumpkins with the kids.  I even just recently found out the health benefits of pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds are full of iron, vitamins and can even help lower cholesterol.  I won’t tell the kids all that because if they thought they were eating something healthy they’d probably stop. ☺ So here’s my roasted pumpkin seeds recipe;

Ok the 1st thing you want to do is wash your seeds really well. (They’re kind of slimy after they come out of the pumpkin) After you wash them you can dump them on a couple of layers of paper towels.  Now that you’ve drained the majority of the water off of the seeds it’s time to grease your pan with a heavy layer of olive oil. Use a pan with sides like this. Now dump your seeds into the olive oil covered pan and use a spatula to mix the seeds in the oil.  Add sea salt and now bake on 400 degrees for 4 to 6 minutes – keep checking your oven – one’s they’re done they can burn really fast. If your oven wasn’t pre-heated you’ll need to cook them longer. They come out lightly browned but burnt. Enjoy!