Toasted Squash Seeds

Toasted Squash Seeds

I always grew up eating pumpkin seeds post-carving at Halloween time. I had no idea you could use the same method with butternut squash and spaghetti squash seeds! If you follow my blog, you know how obsessed I am with butternut and spaghetti squash. Next time, don't throw away those seeds! Use this simple recipe to make a delicious salty snack!

Ingredients:

Seeds from one butternut/spaghetti squash, cleaned

1 tbsp. salt

1 cup hot water

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Dissolve salt in hot water. Add seeds and allow to soak overnight or about 8 hours.

2. Remove seeds from water and pay dry with towel. 

3. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Spread out seeds on baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Bake 5 minutes, stir seeds and bake another 5 minutes. Let cool, season as desired and enjoy! 

Home Made Calzones

Home Made Calzones

Ingredients:

1 Batch Garlic Herb Pizza Crust (recipe here)

1 cup marinara sauce

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Additional fillings of choice (I used 1 cup ground turkey and 1/2 cup ricotta cheese)

1 egg

1 tbsp. water 

1/2 tsp. garlic salt

1/2 tsp. dried parsley

Additional marinara sauce for dipping

Directions:

1. Make crust per instructions and separate in to fourths. 

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Spaghetti

Who says you can't have spaghetti for breakfast?!? Bacon, eggs, American cheese and onions make it totally breakfast-worthy! This recipe is a classic from my childhood! It was a favorite of my family and was often my mother's go-to fish for Christmas morning. You could totally lighten this recipe up and use whole wheat pasta, turkey bacon, and light cheese. But sometimes you gotta splurge! Enjoy!

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Spaghetti

Ingredients:

1 16oz. package spaghetti noodles

8 slices bacon, cut up

1 medium onion, diced

4 eggs, slightly beaten

4 oz. American cheese, shredded

Directions:

1.