Trick or Treat! Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Trick or Treat!

Today's post  is a super quick and easy recipe for a delicious and tasty treat; Toasted pumpkin seeds I really am utilising every part of my pumpkins this year ;)

Here's what you will need,

A baking sheet,
Baking parchment,
Fresh pumpkin seeds,
Salt and pepper,
Olive oil,

There is only 3 steps to this recipe!

Pre-heat your oven to 180o

Lay out your pumpkin seeds on a baking sheet covered in parchment, drizzle with a little olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Bake in the oven  for 10 minutes or until they just start to turn in colour

and that's it! toasted pumpkin seeds!

You can even add a little chili powder for a

Spooktacular Tag

Today's tag comes from Elle aka AllThatGlitters21 on YT. I know you all know who she is ;)

Lets jump right in!

1. Do you still Trick or Treat?

No! erm I think it would be weird if a 24 yr old was Trick or Treating, but if it was acceptable I totally would.

2. Do you like going to haunted attractions?

If its a Disney attraction then yes! otherwise its a difinative NO! 

3. Favorite Halloween Candy

Two days ago I would have said Cinder Toffee or Reeces, that was until I discovered Dairy Milk and Oreo!!!!

4. Favorite Halloween Movie

The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow

5. Favorite Scary Movie

Guillermo del Toro El Orfanato

6. Favorite costume you ever wore as a child

Pocahontas 

7. First costume you can remember wearing

probably a witch costume, everyone always dressed as witches or wizards at my school, we weren't very imaginative. That or it was just cheap!

8. Favorite Fall Food and Beverage

I love lentil soup to warm me up on a cold winters day, the spicier the better! as for a fall beverage, I like Cafe Nero's Caramelatte.

9. Do you have a festive background on your phone?

Yes! 

10. What are you going to dress up as this year?

Susan Sto Helit

11. What would Pinecone be? (NYAN Cat?!)

My cats don't really like to dressed up :( I have two cats, a Persian named Felix and Louis a British Short hair but they both live with my parents.

I would love it if I could dress them up, they would look so cute. I'd like to dress them as lil' pumpkins. In my mind they would look like this ...

 

But it would probably look more like this ...

12. What candy do you have left in your stash after you eat everything else?

Gummy eye balls, they are just gross!

13. Do you decorate your house?

Yes! Every year religiously!

I wish my house looked like a cross between Disneyland and Pier One

14. Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes, or Hayrides?

I'd have to say Corn Maze. 

I've never done any of the above, but we are thinking of going to a corm maze this year!

15. Going to a Corn Maze, what do you wear?

I'm planning on wearing jeans, warm boots and a big comfy jumper, not glamorous at all but who cares when your having fun!

The Questions

1. Do you still Trick or Treat?

2. Do you like going to haunted attractions?

3. Favorite Halloween Candy

4. Favorite Halloween Movie
5. Favorite Scary Movie

6. Favorite costume you ever wore as a child

7. First costume you can remember wearing

8. Favorite Fall Food and Beverage

9. Do you have a festive background on your phone?

10. What are you going to dress up as this year?

11. What would Pinecone be? (NYAN Cat?!)

12. What candy do you have left in your stash after you eat everything else?

13. Do you decorate your house?

14. Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes, or Hayrides?

15. Going to a Corn Maze, what do you wear?

As always I tag all of you! but to name a few, I tag...

ChesterLovesMakeup
BethsBeautyBlog
Zoenewlove
Cottonbuddle
LouLouLand



please leave your links in the comments, on FB or Twitter

Trick or Treat! Peanut Butter Cookies

Todays treat is Peanut Butter Cookies.  This was my first time making this American classic recipe and I was so happy with how they turned out! they are delicious.

Heres what you will need for this recipe:
3/4 cup butter at room temerature,
1/2 cup light brown sugar,
1/2 cup caster sugar,
1 large egg,
1 tsp vanilla extract,
3/4 cup peanut butter,
2 cups plain flour,
1/2 tsp Bicarbanate of soda,
A pinch of salt,
Chocolate chips (optional).

Lets get started!

Into a bowl add the butter and sofen with a hand mixer.

Add to the butter the light brown sugar and the caster sugar, beat together with a hand mixer until light a fluffy.

Add in the peanut butter, you can use smooth or crunchy, whichever you prefer. Mix until fully combined.

Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.

In a sperate bowl, mix together the flour, salt and bicarb. 

Add the flour mixture to the butter and mix until it forms a dough.

I am going to make half a batch choc chip. If you want to do this separate the dough into two bowls and add the chocolate chips to one half of the dough

Chill both doughs in the fridge for 2-3 hours, or overnight.

Preheat oven to 180o and line a baking sheet with baking parchment.

Roll your cookie dough into balls approx 2.5 cm and place on the baking parchment.

Take a fork to and press into each dough ball, turn the fork 90o and press into the dough ball again. There we have our cookies!

Bake for 10-12 minutes, take out of the oven and leave to cool.

Eat immediately! Yummy!

Let me know if you try this recipe!

xoxo

Trick or Treat?! How to Remove Glitter Polish

Everyone should be able to enjoy wearing glitter nail polish at this festive time of year without being afraid of the removal process. Today I am going to show you a quick, easy and efficient removal method, using household items that everybody should have to hand.

You will need:
Nail Polish Remover
Cotton Wool
Kitchen Foil

and that's all you'll need!

Fist we will need to tear off 10 equal squares of kitchen foil, they need to be large enough to wrap around your finger nail and accommodate the cotton wool.

Next you will need to saturate your cotton wool in nail polish remover, I am using Cutex Moisture Guard with nail whitening formula. This is the one I like, any will do, but I find this one quick and easy to work with. I am also using balls of cotton wool instead of the pads as I find these soak up the polish remover better.

Lay the cotton wool in the middle of the foil, place your nail over the cotton wool and wrap around your finger, ensuring a tight as possible seal to prevent the nail varnish seeping out.

When you have wrapped all 10 fingers, relax ....

and do the robot!

Leave for about 2 minutes, then carefully, without tearing or ripping the foil, rub the cotton wool over your nails, if it moves with ease it is ready to be removed, if not leave for a further minute and try again.

Hey Presto! Glitter free nails!

I hope this was helpful to some of you! enjoy your festive glitter nails!

xoxo

Trick Or Treat! Pumpkin, Cheese and Chive Muffins

Todays Treat is a recipe ...

Pumpkin, Cheese and Chive Muffins

Have you ever wondered what to do with all that excess pumpkin after carving Jack-o'-lanterns?

Heres a fun recipe for savoury muffins, why not give them a spin?



You will need:




275 g Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tbsp Caster Sugar
100 g Grated Cheese
275 g Grated Pumpkin
2 tbsp Chives
85 g Melted Butter
2 eggs
175 ml Skimmed Milk 
Pumpkin Seeds to Sprinkle



Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 190 ºC (Gas Mark 5).

2. In a bowl, sift the dry ingredients.

3. Stir in the cheese, chives and pumpkin into the dry mixture.

    

(I wish I had used a larger bowl now)!

4. In another bowl beat together the eggs, melted butter (allow to cool) and the milk.

5. Add into the dry mixture and stir until just combined.

    (Defiantly needed a larger bowl).

6. Distribute the mixture evenly into muffin cases and sprinkle over the pumpkin seeds
(oops I forgot the pumpkin seeds)!

7. Cook for 25-30 minutes

Don't they smell wonderful?!

Let me know if you try this recipe and how they turn out!

I found this recipe here