Recipes from the October meeting

Healthy Snack Muffins
1 box devil’s food cake mix (you can use any flavor of cake mix)
1 can solid pack pumpkin (15 oz.)
½ package chocolate chips

Directions: Mix the three ingredients together. Don't add anything else that may be mentioned on the box, such as eggs, oil, or water. The mixture will be very thick. Place batter into muffin tins (or mini muffin tins) lined with paper, or sprayed with non-stick spray. Follow baking instructions on cake mix.

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
One medium sized pumpkin
Salt
Seasoning of your choice
Olive oil

Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut open the pumpkin and use a strong metal spoon to scoop out the insides. Separate the seeds from the stringy core. Rinse the seeds.

Scatter pumpkin seeds onto a sheet pan in a single layer and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and seasoning on seeds, and toss to coat. Bake until the seeds begin to brown, 10-20 minutes. When browned to your satisfaction, remove from the oven and let the pan cool on a rack. Let the seeds cool all the way down before eating. Either crack to remove the inner seed or eat whole.

Enjoy!

Next meeting: November 17, 2009
On the Menu: Biscuits!