We love pumpkins!!! You can use pumpkins for almost everything: breads, butter, decorations, soups, muffins, pancakes, waffles, cakes, custards, cookies, just as is, or even leftovers as a face mask. Oh, yes, roast your seeds up for an additional nutritional snack for you or your hubby.

1) A pumpkin is a gourd-like squash

2) Native to Central America and Mexico

3) Gourd family examples: cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelons, zucchini

4) Pumpkins now grow on 6 continents, even the state of Alaska, but not on Antarctica

5) In Texas, farmers start planting in June or July, giving 90-120 days for maturity

6) Indigenous to the Western hemisphere: Pilgrims learned how to grow pumpkins from the Native Americans and then brought seeds back to Europe where they quickly spread from there and became popular

7) High antioxidant beta-carotene improving immune function , reduce risks of cancer and heart disease makes pumpkin loved even more by us wisemommies!!!

8) Low in calories, fat and sodium but high in fiber vit A, vit B, potassium, protein and iron

Also contains calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, niacin, folate, vit C and vit E

How to: 5 Ways to Roast Pumpkin Seeds

Seed the Pumpkin: scrape the pulp and seeds out of your pumpkin in to a bowl.

Clean the Seeds: separate the seeds from the pulp and rinse in colander under cold water. Shake dry!

Bake Seeds: grease baking sheet with olive oil and spread the seeds on it in a single layer. bake for 30 min. at 300°F.

Add Spices: toss seeds with olive oil in a bowl and add spices as desired. Bake for another 20 min at 300°F. 

Design your Pumpkin Seeds: ( 5 Ways to spice up your Seeds )

Barbeque: add brown sugar, chipotle, chile powder, salt and ground cumin. 

Spanish: add smoked Paprika and salt.

Italien: add grated parmesan, salt and dried oregano.

Sweet: add cinnamon and sugar.

* More awesome recipes coming soon, with pumpkin

* Pumpkin seeds should not be fed to young children as it could be an allergen or chocking factor