7 tips for a healthy Halloween – RED | Big Size Pumpkin Seeds

“Ever, not just this year. Ever,” said Woody Lancaster, the northeast representative for the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth, an organization that serves as the worldwide governing body for competitive pumpkin-growing. “It is a big deal.”

The rules were simple: the venue had to have opened in 2018 (December ’17 at a stretch) with major revamps also getting a hall pass. And the dish (or drink) must be one we can’t get out of our heads.

There’s a new biggest pumpkin in town, and it’s a whopping 2,528 pounds — making it the largest pumpkin in North America. Steve Geddes of Boscawen, New Hampshire, a farmer who has been growing pumpkins for a decade now, grew the enormous squash and won $6,000 in prize money at the Deerfield Fair in New Hampshire on Sept. 27.

“It was important to learn day-to-day operations and the ins and outs of running the machinery in the mill,” he explains.

“It’s a pumpkin baked bread pudding that is sliced and crisped on our flat top, finished with local Wigle whiskey maple syrup, sweet whipped cream and fresh berries. Just a subtle fall twist to a breakfast classic,” he says.

Preheat your oven to 200˚C/Gas 6. Place the squash in a baking dish, drizzle with oil and season. Turn cut-side down and bake for approx. 45 mins, until the flesh is tender when pierced with a knife. 

It doesn’t get much simpler than this when you wanna prepare a wholesome, easy, delicious recipe for yourself. In this Salad recipe by Emily von Euw, got oven-baked sweet potatoes, potatoes, eggplant and garlic paired with a spinach salad, all topped off with tomatoes, sunflower seeds and bell peppers.

The health benefits of carrots have been known for long to be miraculous. It is actually a wonder for both men and women.

Lenia Patsi‘s Date Pudding isn’t a pudding as in a custard, but an English-style pudding! Made from gooey dates, coconut sugar, and whole wheat flour, this delicious cinnamon-spiced pudding is moist and sweet. It’s the perfect sweet treat to bring to meetings or to snack on with a cup of tea at the end of the day.

Remember how as a child you would swallow a watermelon seed and people would scare you with the thought of a watermelon tree growing inside you? As you grew up, you did realize that it was a hoax but watermelon seeds continued to carry a bad name with them. But even if we keep the childhood memories aside, let’s admit that we all hate it when a watermelon seed suddenly turns up and interferes with the true flavor of the fruit. Well, the truth of these seeds may come to you by surprise. Spitting out, removing or throwing away watermelon seeds is a way of dampening the nutritional value of this fruit. Yes, the black seeds of the brightly-colored fruit are a combination of delicious and healthy and can be the perfect snack for you. All you need to do is dry some watermelon seeds and roast them and your snack is ready. Pack some of these with your box of nuts to give your body the additional boost of nutrition.Also read: These 10 Seeds Have Tremendous Nutritional Value

According to North Carolina State University’s research blog, The Abstract, when young watermelon plants are treated with colchicine,

With a lot of health benefits, carrots are not only used for preventing cancer or maintaining skin tone, they can also be used for curing premature ejaculation.