pumpkin seeds

Thanksgiving

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Come Party With Me: Pumpkin Patch Picnic —Dessert

When planning a picnic always select an easy-to-eat, portable dessert.

When planning a picnic always select an easy-to-eat, portable dessert. Cakes and pies are a show-stopping finish to a meal, but save those for the dinner party.

Pumpkin seed brittle is an appropriately sweet treat for a picnic at a pumpkin patch. The brittle can be made well in advance and it doesn't matter if it breaks while in transit.

This recipe is also fun to make at a pumpkin carving party: It uses up the pumpkin seeds and guests can take some home as a favor.

To check out the technique behind pumpkin seed brittle, read more

parmesan

What Would You Make?

Okay, here's the deal: You are at home and hungry for food.

Okay, here's the deal: You are at home and hungry for food. You have to cook up something scrumptious for you and your boyfriend/ girlfriend/ spouse/ child/ friend, but the ingredients you have on hand are limited.

Since today is Halloween, you're bound to have pumpkin seeds on hand. You also have fresh leeks and a thick chunk of Parmesan reggiano cheese. Using these ingredients, along with whatever staples you currently have in your cupboard and refrigerator, what would you make? Tell me in the comments section below!

To see what I would make, read more