Make My Day Camp: November 2024

Monday, November 4, 2024

Roasted Pumpkin

I told you on Friday (click here for the 'Everything Pumpkin Seed' post) that I painted a pie pumpkin black and couldn't wash it off so threw it out after removing the seeds - before I tossed it tho Dave asked why no one roasts pumpkin and I said they do, we just haven't for some reason. Well since I had a pumpkin with the seeds already removed I figured I'd roast it and we really liked it, it tastes very much like other winter squash (I scrubbed harder and removed all the black off the shell first even tho you don't eat that part!).

I put the 2 halves face down on a foil lined baking sheet and baked at 400' for 40 minutes. Flip over and continue roasting until the flesh is soft. To serve I halved the halves, added butter and salt/pepper.

I will still put my big pumpkins out for the wildlife but they are out of luck now with the small pie pumpkins hahaha.

11.4.23: words

11.4.22: simple shortcake

11.4.21: Indian corn

11.4.20: chicken with sun-dried tomato cream sauce

11.4.19: pumpkin spice latte
11.4.18: 🔥 week 44

11.4.17: make and take wood signs

11.4.16: scarecrow curvy keepsake box

11.4.15: brussels sprouts chips

Sunday, November 3, 2024

🔥 Around the Campfire (week 44)

Dear Campers ~

Here's a quick recap in case you missed anything at camp last week:

Posts ~

10/27: 🔥 week 43

10/28: kid craft: painting pumpkins

10/29: TT adding images to cricut

10/30: blueberry coffee cake (light)

10/31: Italian style frittata

11/1: everything pumpkin seeds

11/2: words (awesome)

What's Cooking ~

grilled bone-in chicken breast, stuffed portobellos, caesar salad
dry-rubbed pork tenderloin, baked pumpkin, roasted green beans
meatloaf, roasted baby potatoes, steamed asparagus
street tacos (Costco), spanish rice
grilled thin-cut chicken, chickpea pasta with tomato sauce, roasted broccoli

That's it for this week! See you next week for more projects, crafts, recipes, whatever we can think of to make at camp - bye :)

Sincerely ~

Jill

camp counselor

11.3.23: MSTI: mishmash meatballs and mac n cheese

11.3.22: no-peek beef tips

11.3.21: spinach salad with beets and quinoa

11.3.20: TT: pumpkin spice cookies

11.3.19: 🔥 week 44

11.3.18: Jane's candied bacon (yum!)

11.3.17: make a button bouquet

11.3.2016: fall paper chain garland

11.3.2015: fall wreath

Saturday, November 2, 2024

11/2 ~ Words

11.2.23: crockpot meatballs in mushroom sauce

11.2.22: yarn storage

11.2.21: j crew rolled sleeves

11.2.20: flamingo donut cake

11.2.19: cranberry vodka punch

11.2.18: pineapple upside down cupcakes

11.2.17: golf corner bracelet

11.2.16: mini pumpkin whoopee pies
11.2.15: organizing costumes

Friday, November 1, 2024

Everything Pumpkin Seeds

I painted a small pie pumpkin black a couple weeks ago - I planned to add big white eyeballs once the black paint dried but I forgot to finish it haha and now Halloween is over and I don't need a black pumpkin with eyeballs anymore! So today I thought I'd just wash the paint off and go back to having an orange pumpkin but it wouldn't all come off. Normally I smash the pumpkins in the side yard once I'm done with them so the animals can eat them, but I don't think even small amounts of craft paint would be good for them to ingest so I decided to just cut it open and get the seeds, and threw the rest of the pumpkin out.

I've posted a few different roasted pumpkin seed recipes, this time I'm going to do something a little different and toast them in a skillet with melted butter and everything bagel seasoning - sounds good, right? The seeds have to dry before I can toast them so I'll update this next week and let you know how they turned out! They'll be good, why wouldn't they?

Update: the everything seasoning got close to burning, but it tastes good with those little bits in the mix! I'd probably wait to add the seasoning next time until closer to the end but it's still really good. I added just a sprinkle of garlic powder and some coarse salt along with the seasoning blend. Yum.