Happy Halloween weekend!
Al and I love Halloween, we spent our 1st one as friends in Plymouth, I was a bat, he was a zombie version of his best friend. It was a great night filled with laughter, shots and music. Next Halloween we were madly in love, living in Ireland in our 1st home together...
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
Every year since we've got into the spirit and this year is no different, I've planned a Halloween party at work and got my outfit sorted (you'll just have to wait for that!), we've got all sorts of fun and spooky games planned, I can't wait.
At home we were waiting to get a pumpkin for a reasonable price, yesterday at tesco's we found one for 75p! It had so many seeds in it too, I can't believe people throw away the seeds, seems crazy to me. I roasted all the seeds from my works' pumpkins too, with vanilla and brown sugar - the kids loved them :)
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Al getting stuck in sorting Pumpy's innards! |
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In the background is the start of our kitchen jar collection :) |
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Thats salt not sugar by the way :) |
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Mixed in salt then in 180 fan oven. |
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Pumpy gets eyebrows... |
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I'm not sure he likes them lol |
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Meet Batty :) |
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Mix after 20 mins |
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Mmmm crispy salty pumpkin seeds (about 35mins) |
Does anyone eat the pumpkin after? I'm not sure that it'll still be OK after 3 days but I hate to waste food... What do you think?
I hope you all have a brilliant weekend and get into the spooky spirit! xx
Welcome from across the pond. Halloween is fun! I enjoyed it as much as the kids when we were growing up.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't grow any pumpkins this year, but I dehydrated squash seeds. They make a good snack.
Thanks John, I think it's great when as adults we can still have fun like kids, some people take themselves too seriously! I have never grown pumpkins, I hear they are easy so I'll be giving it a go soon, I tried butternut squash last year and it was an epic fail LOL x
ReplyDeleteGreat recipe Astra!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love that bat! Just great!
Have a super time with your lovely hubby!
Sft x
Thanks Sft we did have a lovely weekend, did you do anything spooky? We made bats like batty at Pre School, the kids loved them :) xx
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