Roasted pumpkin seeds

While eating my pumpkin, i also saved all the seeds (putted them in a box with water in the fridge xD) until i had all the seeds, then i looked up on internet for what to do with them and decided to test out this recipe: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds.

They turned out way better than last time i tried making roasted pumpkin seeds xD

So first you boil the pumpkin seeds in salty water for about 10 minutes, then you dry them a bit and mix them with oil and salt and spread them on a baking sheet, then you place them high in the oven and roast them on 200°C until they are ready (aka golden brown and crispy). I think mine took about 15-20 minutes.

Was really delicious =D Wanted to buy another pumpkin just for the seeds xD

Veggie soup with pumpkin

Made a pumpkin polenta dish yesterday but forgot to take picture so i'll write about todays dinner instead =p

This dish is kinda like add everything from the closets/fridge that you want, so i'll just say what i used then you can add what you want, like and have available =D

Ingredients
1 small onion, chopped in pieces
A tablespoon ginger or so, chopped in small pieces
0.5 chili in small pieces
1 carrot, in rings
2 small potatoes in pieces
1 small red beet in pieces
1 bunch of pumpin, in pieces (i wanted more pumpkin than i used xD pumpkin rocks! =D)
Leeks (think mine was 15 cm or so) in rings
Broccoli in pieces (i used 2 florets but probably yummier with more)
Water
Veggie bullion
A handful bulgur
A handful red lentils
A tablespoon or 2 of tomato paste
Lots of spices to taste, i used fennel, ginger, paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, coriander, spaghetti spice, turmeric, mint, oregano
I also added a little bit of noodles at the end =p

Directions: Chop veggies and bring to boil with water and veggie bullion. Add bulgur, lentils, spices, tomato paste, and simmer until veggies and stuffs are ready. Add noodles and simmer until they are ready. Enjoy =p

Pumpkin curry

Since i got myself a pumpkin now it's time to eat it =p (not much else interesting i can do with it xD)

So here's my first pumpkin dish of the year, inspired by the warming curry dish from vegetarbloggen.

I didnt measure anything at all, i just took something. Vegetarbloggen has however measured some stuff if you want measurements =p Also you can add anything you want ofc and how much of each ingredient that you want also.

Ingredients:
Vegan butter (i used alpro which i love =p oil is fine too or just water i guess)
Ginger, chopped
Onion, chopped
Garlic, chopped
Chili, chopped
Mushroom, in pieces, i sliced mine
Carrot, in pieces, i sliced it in rings
Pumpkin, in pieces, i had rectangles
Zucchini,in pieces, i had half moons
Water + vegetable bullion
Coconut milk
Curry powder
Bulgur (mine was whole, but other stuff like rice or so can be used also)
Chickpeas
Cherry tomatoes (or normal ones), in pieces, i cut mine in 4
Salt
Pepper
Coriander powder
Lemon

Heat butter in pan and add ginger, onion, garlic, and chili and saute on medium heat, then add mushroom, carrot, pumpkin and zucchini and saute some more. Add water, bullion, coconut milk, curry, bulgur and bring to a boil. Add chickpeas and cherry tomatoes and simmer on low heat until nice and ready xD Then taste with salt, pepper, coriander and lemon (or add them earlier whenever you feel like it).

Tadaaaa you got yummy dinner ^.^ (sorry for bad picture xD)

Halloween 2013

Sorry blog for not sharing much lately. Since last i've had my hopefully last exam, and i have travelled on vacation to Belgium to my sweet bf where i had some nice 2 weeks that passed by too fast. On the other hand it's nice being back at work again (yes i actually missed work while i was on vacation xD) and also to be home with my own family =p I wish the distance was shorter though, so i could visit my bf more often.

Anyways back to the topic of halloween. I kinda love holidays and celebrations, and ofc i had to prepare some fancy food for the occation. I also managed to acquire a pumpkin but it's still just laying on the desk, waiting to be used, no carvings or anything in it xD So gotta figure out some pumpkin recipes for next week since i'll probably end up eating pumpkin every day again or so until its gone xD

So for this years halloween i wanted colored food and heres what i came up with:

Dinner:

I guess it might look like i murdered someone ? xD Was yummy atleast =D

I sadly dont have any recipe since i didnt really measure well, but i can give a short summary of what it is in case anyone else wants to try making it =p

So the green is a pesto made of green peas (mine were thawed frozen ones), broccoli (boiled), spinach (i used frozen but fresh is probably good also), soy yoghurt, veggie bullion, salt, pepper, garlic, basilicum (i didnt have fresh so used dried), pumpkin seeds, and nutritional yeast mixed in food processor or blender (could be i forgot some ingredients too).

The red is spaghetti boiled together with a small red beet that i chopped in pieces (great for food coloring!!!).

The orange is mashed sweet potato and carrots. I boiled them to they were soft along with some onion, then mashed them together with some vegan butter, coconut milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg and possibly some other ingredients i forgot about xD


Then over to dessert:

This is a banana-blueberry marzipan cake xD

I kinda started using half of the recipe for my 17th may cake, but added some blueberries, bananas and raisins, and dropped the almonds and used a bread shape. It had to stay in oven for way longer than the other recipe and it came out quite dense when it finally wasnt dough anymore xD

For topping i used raspberry jam, bananas mixed with whipped vegan cream, and marzipan mixed with some leftover red beet water from the boiling spaghetti to get it bit more pinkish. Then i did some more jam and some candy skulls for decoration =p

In case someone wondered why i didnt decorate the whole cake it is because someone wanted to have it non-decorated. Personally i prefer with decoration =D But i guess you taste more of the cake part without decoration =p I also made a kiwi-jelly that failed (it wasnt jelly xD) but dont have a picture of it.

Then after eating my family watched the movie "White Noice" while eating some burnt popcorn (i always burn them xD). Was nice movie i think =p Not too scary xD

Hope everyone else had a nice halloween too =D