Thanks to my really good friend Suzi, I've been inspired to cook and freeze my pumpkins instead of pitching them in the trash, like I usually do.
I've cooked them a couple of times before, but it's been many many years
AND
Suzi has a way of doing it that I've never heard of before.
She cooks 'em in the microwave, instead of hassling with a big pot of boiling water.
I hate big pots of boiling water!
I had 6 of these darling little pumpkins
(that I got for free from my HOA after their pumpkin patch event).
Break the stems off (save the stems for another great project I'll show you later).
Cut the pumpkins in half.
Scoop out and save those beautiful, delicious seeds to roast.
Soak 'em in water.
This will make 'destringing' them much easier later.
You can't tell, but this bowl is also full of water.
Can you believe how many seeds I was able to get out of those pumpkins?
*happy dance*
Up until now, this is how I've always seen it done.
But here comes the 'new' part......
