Pumpkin Seed Snack

Let's talk about pumpkin seeds. After you've carved your pumpkin, or are prepping it's goodness for a future pie -- you are left with a mass of slimy seeds.

Don't throw them out! Either save them and plant some pumpkins, or eaaat them.

the incredible edible, uh pumpkin seed

Now that we're talking about pumpkin seeds, let's get fun and factual.

Did you know? That pumpkin seeds are a great source of zinc, and vitamin E! They're also a great source of healthy fats, proving to have about 13 grams of fat per one ounce serving.

Anyways, let's hop to it.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds:

Set your oven to bake at 400°.

I melted 1/2 tbs of coconut oil, and poured it into a small bowl.
Then place your seeds into the bowl (I had about a handful, increase/decrease measurements based on how many seeds you have). Add salt, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp cloves and 1/2 tsp sea salt.

Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, spread seeds evenly across the foil. Put 'em in the oven for 15-20 minutes. They'll start to pop, check on them occasionally, stir. Do your thang.

Take them out and let them cool! or eat them. Howevz

Thingskilling: Rant II

Int - Home Office - Night:

Same old same old. I smell like spices.

Let's talk about breakfast, let's talk about you and me.

I started my day off "right". I heated a pat of coconut oil in the frying pan, threw some cayenne pepper, 3 slices of a tomato, and some capers. Let 'em fry for awhile. I whisked two eggs in a separate bowl with a little coconut milk and probably about half a tsp of hot sauce. Once those tomatoes looked fried real nice, I poured the egg mixture onto the pan and, that's it really. From pan to plate to paleolithic palette. Ooh, that was clever. Biite me.

A tall cup o' pumpkin spice joe, sans lactose/and sugar.

Blasted off to this here home office suite, and did some "school work" and by that I mean, downloaded Mika's two recent albums and listened to them on repeat while designing and redesigning the layout for this silly page. 

See Also: Grew antsy, found old spandex pants and old running sneakers and blasted out my front door and down the street and around the lake for 2.5 mountainous miles, and then I turned around. Mika sang to me the whole way. 

I've been pretty awful about keeping up with running lately so as I left my house, I acknowledged that I may not be able to make it all the way up the ridiculously steep hills I knew were to come...but then, I saw another girl along the way who couldn't make it all the way up the hill...and naturally, I needed to one up her. So, I ran the entire 5 miles. It's nice to know my muscles and endurance don't just evaporate into the heavens.

Things

INT - HOME OFFICE - NIGHT: 

SANS PIZZA, 21, long dark hair, and dark eyes to match; sits in an office chair at a desk. At her feet sleeps a large spotted pit bull, and to the left of her sits her FATHER, 60, grey hair and thin, at a separate computer. She's typing.

I don't know how to use Blogger

I do know what I want to say though.

Things involving twisted food related thoughts, progress on films, my day, my meals, recipes, poetry, education, life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.

Here, watch this super ambiguous/profound vid I made for class. 

"Experimental Self Portrait"

I woke up this morning, in the house I grew up in, on the mattress I've had for the majority of my life, and I went for a short 3 mile run. I came home, lifted the heaviest weights I could find in the house and then enjoyed a protein packed recovery meal. Scrambled eggs and left over gluten-free Paleo stuffing. 

It's been barely 24 hours on Thanksgiving Break and I'm ready to return to the Cusey.

CUT TO: BLACK