There are many things that I like about Fall, but I think the best part is changing over from our summer supper menu to our wintry menu!! I really love to cook and try new recipes. This year I have seen so many new recipes for soups and stews!! Can't wait to get cooking and now since the weather has started to turn colder it is time.
I started our fall cooking festivities with the cooking of our pumpkin seeds after we carved our pumpkins for Halloween. I usually just pull off most of the chunks and cook them in the oven with some butter and salt, but this year I was looking for other pumpkin recipes and found that there is another step. There was a thread that suggested boiling the seeds in some salted water for about 10 minutes before toasting in the oven which would allow the salty flavor to infuse into the seed some. I tried this with our seeds this year and was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. The rest of the family thought they were excellent too and they were not around long! So here's to starting off a fall of new culinary adventures.....I think we should have roasted chicken tonight!
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