Don't Waste 'Em, Roast 'Em

For those of you who are in the habit of throwing away those gross pumpkin insides post Hallowe'en pumpkin carving sessions - halt! 

Don't throw the seeds away - roast them!! 

I'm telling you that they are delicious. 

Just rinse them in a collander to get all the pumpkin guck off.

 Spread them out on a baking sheet. 

Drizzle with olive oil and mix around. 

Drizzle with sea salt. 

That's it. Cook at 325F for 20 minutes and they are perfect! 

Of course you can always be more creative then us and add seasoning salt, or taco seasoning, or chili powder, or anything really instead. 

But we like the tried and true method :)

Don't waste 'em - roast 'em!

{yumm}

Brain Blood Clot Hallowe'en Cupcakes

How does that cupcake look?!?

Frightfully delicious? It should! 

We were challenged to bring a "spooky snack" to our work potluck on Hallowe'en and I was very tempted by this spooky looking recipe.
Brain cupcakes with blood clots on the inside :) 

Here's some pics of the baking process: 

Each cupcake was baked with jam in the middle, and then topped with homemade buttercream icing. 

I tinted the icing so that it was a nice pinkish colour using red and brown gel food colouring. 

Next time I would use a jam that's a bit runnier... bloodier when the cupcakes open up! 

All ready for work :) They were well received! 

And here are some pics of the other creative treats brought to work! 

Witches hat cheese ball, pumpkin puking spinach dip, cheesy spider chip dip, spooky chocolate chip cookies, mummy cupcakes, & more! 

{yumm}

Happy Hallowe'en!

For your viewing pleasure... 

here are the lovely jack-o'-lanterns that the husband and I made :) 

Together: 

His Dodge Ram:

My Daisy the Rottweiler:

 Both pumpkins in their dark glory :)

Hope you have a frightfully wonderful Hallowe-en! 

{xoxo}

Hallowe'en in the New House

It's Hallowe'en!! 

First time giving out candy in the new house. 

It was fairly uneventful. 

The costumes were not that creative... all store bought ketchup bottles and angry birds. 

A couple of really cute little unicorns, princesses, and batmans though :) 

 These are the pumpkins Mr. A and I carved :) Mine is the smiling one! 

These are the puppies being all sad about not being able to greet the trick-or-treaters. 

Look at their little feet! 

Puppies trying to peek under the gate.  

Chocolate I gave away! 

Mr. A couldn't be here so I gave away the candy all by my lonesome. 

Had 76 kids total. 

Lots of leftover chocolate for me to munch on.

This is the weather today from my backyard. 

Snow everywhere and -20 degrees for Hallowe'en in GP! 

Good thing they make costumes to fit over snowsuits.  

Hope you enjoyed your Hallowe'en!