Recipe: Baked Pumpkin Seeds

Baked pumpkin seeds are a healthy Halloween or Thanksgiving snack.

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They are high in iron content and polyunsaturated fats, which help control blood cholesterol levels.

The only down side to baking pumpkin seeds might be considerations of serving size. One cup of seeds provides a day's worth of dietary fat requirements for the average person.

Ingredients: Pumpkin Seeds, Polyunsaturated oil, seasoning of choice.

Directions:

• Wash and remove all the excess pumpkin strings on the seeds. Allow them to dry.
• Place the seeds on a baking sheet (tinfoil optional)
• Brush some oil on the seeds. Using pumpkin seed oil maintains the pumpkin seed taste. If you do not have pumpkin seed oil, use polyunsaturated oil, such as sunflower seed oil.
• Sprinkle some of your favorite seasoning on top of the oiled seeds.
• Bake at 325^o or until the seed turns a bit brown. Check after 20 minutes.

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