Spiced Pumpkin Seeds!

I know Halloween was quite a while ago now, but I have only just got around to making this post! I love Halloween, its always good fun and one of the best bits (other than the copious amounts of chocolate) is carving a pumpkin! 

You can't eat much of a carved pumpkin, but the seeds, they are fantastic roasted! They are really simple to do and they only need a few seasonings to taste delicious. You can use any spices you like depending on your taste!

Give them a go! (you can also roast other squash seeds, I roasted spaghetti squash seeds the other day and they were just as good!)

Recipe: (makes enough for a bowl full)

- One large Pumpkin

- Good glug of Olive Oil (can use melted coconut oil too)

- Salt

- Pepper

- Garlic Granules (dried garlic)

- Cayenne Pepper

To make:

- Preheat the oven to 200c. Make sure the pumpkin seeds are dry, tip them on to the baking tray and add the oil and spices and then mix.

- Spread the seeds out so they cover the tray evenly. Then roast them for about 15-20mins, but keep an eye on them as the ones around the edge will brown more quickly.

- Roast until light golden brown, try one to see that they are slightly crisp. Then allow them to cool and tip them in to a pretty bowl and enjoy!

Photo how to:

Mix the seeds with the oil and spices

Spread the seeds evenly on the baking tray and then roast

The spices I used and my pumpkin hiding behind!

The finished seeds should look a bit like this

Then serve them in a little bowl with some drinks!

My pumpkin this year! Happy (belated) Halloween! 

xXx

Halloween Weekend at Home!

This weekend I came back from university and spent the Halloween weekend at home! I went to Whole foods in South Kensington in London on Friday and bought this Spelt Penne pasta to try! It looked really good as apparently it is gluten free and wholegrain which I like. I had them in a mozzarella, pesto, tomato and basil pasta bake which was delicious! The pasta was had a nutty flavour which I really liked- I highly recommend them! And I wasn't left feeling horribly bloated after eating them as well!

Whilst at home I also tucked in to the christmas crisps that are out already!! I absolutely LOVE Cheeselets! They are amazing - my all time favourite cracker/crisp thing! If you havent already tried them, then you need to, you dont know what your missing!

Heres a photo of my pre-dinner snack of Rose Champange and a bowl of Cheeselets, Twiglets and smoked almonds (also another love of mine!!) in front of the fire reading magazines- perfect!!

Pumpkins and Snog!

So its that time of the year again.. Halloween!! I find it so exciting, carving pumpkins and baking halloween treats! Below is my pumpkin that I carved at the weekend! I wanted to try something different this year, I think it looks quite scarey! 

Below is Sarah's pumpkin that she carved- I love the starry eyes! 

Also this weekend I met up with Eva and Sarah in London and we had another dinner date at Itsu Sushi, then on to Snog after! We also got ourselves some Ben's Cookies to have, but I'm afraid I ate them before I remembered to take a photo! I had peanut butter and triple chocolate flavour! So yummy.

Below are Eva and my Snog's!