Halloween

I love all holidays.  I love the anticipation, the preparation, the festive moods, the friendly people...  Although Halloween is one of my least favorite holidays, I still love it.  I love that today we worked outside in our yard, carved a pumpkin, cooked the seeds, prepared the candy bowl for trick-or-treaters and now we answer our door as dozens of kids come to our house dressed in costumes such as: Spiderman, Batman, The Man in the Yellow Hat, Curious George, Minnie Mouse, Tron, Harry Potter... (by the way, Man In the Yellow Hat you are my favorite:).
Here is our expertly carved Jack-o-Lantern by Jeremy

Last year was the first time I cooked the seeds of our pumpkin and I was quite pleased with the result.  However, last year we covered them in honey which was a little bit of a sticky mess.  So this year I went for something a less messy :)

1. Remove seeds from pumpkin and clean as much as possible
2. Pat seeds dry with paper towel
3. Put seeds in a bowl and sprinkle with a little bit of olive oil, garlic salt and pepper and mix.
4. Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 250 for 45 minutes

***Pumpkin seeds are believed to:

• promote prostate health
• improve cholesterol levels
• decrease inflammation related to arthritis
• be a good source of magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, copper and protein

P.S. Our summer CSA ended last week, so we didn't have any vegetables this week.  But next week we start our CSA winter edition!