Want to spice up the way you use organic pumpkin seeds?
Aside from eating them raw, you can cook, roast, bake, and even puree pumpkin seeds. As such a versatile ingredient, you can use them in any meal or plant-based snack.
Plus, adding Styrian pumpkin seeds to your food increases its nutritional value. That’s because they’re rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and nutrients. If you want to have a more well-balanced diet, they’re a simple way to do just that.
Today, we’ll show you 6 different ways you can eat pumpkin seeds.
#1 Use Pumpkin Seeds as Garnish
One of the easiest ways to add pumpkin seeds to your dishes is to use them as a garnish. You can sprinkle them on your salads, pasta, rice dishes, and soups. What's more: you can even add them to your tacos or pizza to get an extra crunch.
You can also top your oatmeal, chia pudding, pancakes, and other breakfast meals with pumpkin seeds to give your morning an extra boost.
And don’t forget desserts! From cakes to cornbread—you can garnish any baked good with pumpkin seeds. It’s a simple way to add a layer of taste, texture, and nutrition.
Pro Tip: You can also use chocolate-coated pumpkin seeds as a garnish for your desserts to give them that sweet crunch.
#2 Blend Pumpkin Seeds into Sauces
For people with peanut allergies, pumpkin seeds can be a great nut substitute in recipes. Not only do they contain a similar nutrient profile to many nuts, but they can also help imitate the consistency of nut-based sauces and dips.
Here are a few sauces that work well with pumpkin seeds:
- Pestos
- Hummus
- Dressings and vinaigrettes
- Guacamole
- Moles
#3 Create Plant-Based Snacks
There are dozens of ways to turn organic pumpkin seeds into a snack. And we’re not just talking about roasting them. You can bake them into granolas, cookies, cakes, pies, and bread recipes. You can also make pumpkin seed brittle, caramel balls, chocolate bark, and peanut butter cups.
If you’re not into sweets, you can use pumpkin seeds for savoury snacks as well. You can create cheeseballs, seed crackers, and even barbecue-flavoured pumpkin seeds.
#4 Use Pumpkin Seeds for Crumbles and Crusts
Because pumpkin seeds become crispy when cooked, baked, or roasted, they make amazing crusts and crumbles. You can coat your fish, seafood, lamb, or any other meat dish in pumpkin seeds to give them a crunchy crust. Or you can incorporate them in the crumbles of your pies and desserts.
#5 Make Your Own Butter
Pumpkin seeds are such versatile ingredients, you can use them to make your very own pumpkin seed butter. Plus, the pumpkin seed butter pairs well with toast and crackers. This is also a great alternative for anyone with nut allergies.
#6 Make Pumpkin Seed Flour
You can also turn pumpkin seeds into flour. Do this by grinding organic pumpkin seeds until they have the consistency of regular flour.
Then, you can use your pumpkin seed flour to make focaccia, bread, cakes, and other baked goods. However, if you’re not used to the taste of pumpkin seed flour, you can also mix it with regular flour.
There you have it! Today, we have all kinds of pumpkin seeds uses—like in desserts, hearty meals, breakfast bowls, snacks, and so much more. At the end of the day, the only limitation is your imagination.
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