Roasted Pumpkin Seeds (gluten free, vegan, soy free, oil free, nut free, refined sugar free)

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

(gluten free, vegan, soy free, oil free, nut free, refined sugar free)

Who hasn't ever cut open a pumpkin, scraped out the seeds and put them into the trash? I guess we all didn't like the feeling when throwing them away.

So what if I tell you, that you don't have to do that ever again?

These roasted pumpkin seeds are super easy to make, don't have to be peeled and can be made in every flavor you're dreaming of.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Serves: depending on your serving size and pumpkin
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Preparation time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• seeds of 1 pumpkin
• water for washing
• (paper) towels
• an oven

Instructions

• wash your seeds until there is no rest of pumpkin on anymore
• dry on some (paper) towels and remove the last bits of pumpkin (they don't have to be 100% dry)
• place on to a lined baking tray, season as preferred and place in the oven for 10 minutes
• open the oven, let the steam out, turn the seeds around as good as possible and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes until the part of the skin on the outer side (it's really thin) comes off easily
• let cool and store them in a dry place or enjoy hot

Chocolate Sweet Potato Boats (gluten free, vegan, oil free, refined sugar free, soy free)

Chocolate Sweet Potato Boats

(vegan, gluten free, oil free, soy free, refined sugar free)

Okay, who has never had the craving after a hot, comforting, filling, creamy chocolate cake? And who was either too lazy or found it too much of a guilt to treat this craving? And who kept thinking it's too complicated to make a single serving?

Well, this recipe is perfect for everyone who said yes, and for everyone who didn't!

All you need is a sweet potato in the size of your choice and your favorite toppings. And as this is a recipe for chocolate sweet potato boats, I'm gonna show you how to treat yourself with a chocolaty sweet breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert.

And as so many of you asked on my Instagram, I'm going to share the recipe for my dark chocolate cream again right here.

Make sure to tag me on Instagram, if you make any of my recipes. I hope you'll give this one a try, as it's for sure the best sweet treat for a cold autumn day I've made so far.

Sweet Potato Boats

Serves: 1
Cooking time: 35 to 50 minutes (depending on the size of your potato)

Ingredients

• 1 sweet potato of your choice (I used a purple sweet potato which had a weight of around 700g)

Instructions

1. with a fork, poke some holes into your potato
2. place on a baking tray 
3. bake in the oven at 200°C until a fork slides through easily (mine took 50 minutes)
4. slice lengthwise
5. put your favorite toppings on top

Dark Chocolate Cream

Serves: 1
Total time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 100g unsweetened plant based yogurt (I used Ja!Natürlich almond yogurt)
• 5g cacao powder

Instructions

1. mix the cacao powder under the yogurt
2. optional: add sweetener of choice

Note: The cacao powder will give your yogurt a thick, pudding like texture. If you want your cream to be more like a sauce, you may want to add some plant milk to this.