Comments on: Toasted Butternut Squash Seeds

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:30:54 +0000

I'm not sure where you live, but in Dallas, TX, I can find raw pumpkin seeds at HEB Central Market. Here's their other Texas locations: http://www.centralmarket.com/Stores.aspx

By: mitch

mitch — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:42:41 +0000

I’ve been cooking roasted squash seeds all my life. I was introduced to these tasty morsels as a child growing up in a mideastern family. I always thought they were pumpmkin seeds, till later on when the man at the mideast store told me they were squash seeds. My problem now is finding raw pumkin seeds to purchase. Any help out there?

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:33:52 +0000

Hi Suki!
I am very curious about the lifestyle of eating raw foods. Do you have a cookbook you really like to follow? Well, not a COOKbook, but you know what I mean.

By: Suki

Suki — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:20:51 +0000

I made butternut squash for my spouse last night and since I am eating raw foods, I decided to save the seeds and let them air dry. I knew raw pumpkin seeds were fine but never heard of eating seeds from other squash. While the roasting sounds delicious, I can verify that the raw dried seeds are also good.

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:24:15 +0000

YEAAAH Laurie!
I know just how you felt, all those seeds we could’ve eaten. Oh but all the seeds we’ll enjoy from now on! ;D
I’ll have to try my next batch your way. I like sweet & spicy crunchy snacks.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:35:24 +0000

I’ve just made them and they were absolutely gorgeous. I didn’t have any nutmeg in the end (half of my spices got lost when I moved house), so I ended up roasting them with brown sugar, cinnamon, a bit of chili and a bit of salt. The result was divine. Sweet and spicy and salty, and they tasted a bit like popcorn. I even managed to hook the notoriously picky flatmates on them, who had previously looked at the squash as if it was some alien being.

I can’t believe I’d wasted all those seeds when cooking with butternut squash before! Thanks so much for this lovely page

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:13:39 +0000

Let me know how they turn out, Laurie!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:41:37 +0000

I was just about to make some soup (butternut squash and roasted peppers) and wondered whether I could toast the seeds like a pumpkin, so I googled and here I am. I usually toast pumpkin seeds with some cumin, but I was thinking of trying a sweet version with brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.

I’ll let you know how it goes after I’ve made them

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:17:45 +0000

Oh Terri! I’m am definitely trying that next squash I get. Not that I have a problem eating all the seeds. They are very hard to stop eating. And you’re right, far healthier for us all.

Do you use microwave popcorn or do you buy it by the bag?

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:12 +0000

Besides putting just salt on them, I use a little salt and a little brown sugar…once they’re done, I can’t stop eating them….actually tastes like caramel popcorn, but much better for you….