At my house, after we sacrifice the pumpkin in honour of Halloween, we roast the seeds and enjoy.
Did you know...
- Even though the pumpkin is grown as a field vegetable, and is viewed as such, it's really a fruit.
- The seeds contain good quality protein. 100 g seeds provide 30 g or 54% of recommended daily allowance. In addition, the seeds are excellent source of amino acids tryptophan and glutamate. Tryptophan is converted in to serotonin and niacin. Serotonin is a beneficial neuro-chemical often labeled as nature's sleeping pill. Further, tryptophan is precursor of B-complex vitamin, niacin (60 mg of tryptophan = 1mg niacin).
- The pumpkin contains lots of anti-oxidant vitamins A and C, as well as zinc and beneficial alpha-hydroxy acids...that's right it can make a great skin treatment too!
Well, it's good to be back blogging. I don't know about the rest of you, but I've been having a lot of trouble leaving comments. It doesn't seem to matter what browser I use, I've been having problems or only allowed to post as "anonymous"!
Marnie xo
