Pumpkins and the Best Pumpkin Seed Recipe

First I must share the carved pumpkins: Sleeping Beauty did Dorothy and Toto from "The Wizard of Oz" and Cinderella did an Ariel pumpkin from "The Little Mermaid."  I will have some better pictures when we take them tomorrow night.  :)

Is anyone else noticing how grown up lil Sprite looks?!

I cook the pumpkin seeds every year and have tried a ton of recipes.  Here is the best recipe I have come across.  Go here or see below for the recipe for Spiced Pumpkin Seeds from allrecipes.com.  It is so easy and yummy to the tummy!


Spiced Pumpkin Seeds

1 1/2 Tablespoons margarine, salted
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt (I just use garlic powder.)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds


Directions:


Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
Combine the margarine, salt, garlic salt (OR garlic powder), Worcestershire sauce and pumpkin seeds.  Mix thoroughly and place in a shallow baking dish.
Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.


Enjoy and have a safe and fun Halloween!

Halloween Party Foods

When we had Sleeping Beauty's 4th birthday party she wanted to have a Halloween themed birthday party, complete with scary foods and having everyone come in costume.  She picked out every detail and every item on the menu.  A picture of all of this is at the bottom.  Below are the links.

Jack O Lantern Quesadillas- I did these with cheddar cheese

Source: All You

Hog Dog Mummies

Witch Hats - For these I melted some butter and put some colored sugar on them.

Potato Skin Ghosts

Source: Family Fun

Pizza Mummies

Monster Mouths - My mom did a variation of this recipe.

Source: TLC

We had veggies and dip also.

Rotten Apple Punch - Some of the "worms" had already been eaten at this point.

The spread:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Styling by Sleeping Beauty...

Monster chic?

Pumpkin Patch

Sleeping Beauty As We Know and Love Her

In a princess dress (Little Mermaid Ariel), with a snake tattoo, a gun, an evil twinkle in her eyes and a maniacal laugh.  :)  This photo is the epitome of Sleeping Beauty.