Pomegranates, Cranberries, & Artichokes

For decorations of course!


Not only are these all delicious, but they are awesome holiday decos, too!

Here's a quick trick to getting the pomegranate seeds out.  Soak the pomegranates in water first.  It's much easier getting the seeds out if you do this.  Trust me.  I soaked mine for a full 24 hours first.  Not on purpose, I just didn't have time to get to them before that.  I'm not sure what the least amount of soaking time would be.  But it's worth it.  My kids LOVE to snack on these.  I guess I do, too.  They are really yummy

Pumpkin Pancakes

I was going to do this for our Halloween breakfast, but we were dragging in the morning and let's be honest, it was just easier to have cereal.  But for lunch, I made Pumpkin Pancakes.  The idea had actually just come to me early early that morning and I didn't have a recipe.  But I figured, how hard could it be?  It was super easy and they were actually really good.  I was scared they would be awful but everybody loved them!

 If I had been better prepared, I would have tried to actually make them look like pumpkins.  My kids thought that was more of the idea vs. taste.  So after this first batch, I added red and yellow food coloring to make theirs orange.  Sorry, no pics of that.

Ingredients:

2 Cups Bisquick

1 Cup Milk

2 Eggs

1/4 Cup canned Pumpkin

1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

1/4 tsp. Cloves

1/4 tsp. Ginger

1/4 tsp. Nutmeg

And a couple drops of Vanilla

Mix it all together and cook on your greased griddle.  Serve with Maple Syrup. 

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Place pumpkin seeds on baking sheet and cover with olive oil or butter. I used olive oil since my husband is lactose intolerant but I think it would have tasted better with butter.

Half of them I put salt on (top picture)

The other half (bottom picture) I put cinnamon and sugar on. I think next time I'll do cinnamon and brown sugar. Bake at 300 degrees for a half an hour or until browned.