Saturday, 31 January 2009

Spiced seeds

Spiced seeds are a lunchbox essential for my husband and a batch lasts a week. So a weekend job is to make a new lot for the week ahead. They are dead easy to make and it takes less than 10 minutes so it's not that big a deal. The most time consuming part of it is trying to figure out which spice is which in my food cupboard as they all have the same black lid.

Spiced seeds

100-150g mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower and pine nuts)
A pinch of celery salt
A pinch of cumin
A pinch of turmeric
A pinch of paprika
Freshly ground black pepper
Salt
Olive oil

Place the seeds in a bowl and add all the other ingredients except for the oil and stir. Put some oil in a frying pan and heat. Add the seeds and stir. Fry for a few minutes until the pine nuts begin to brown and the pumpkin seeds begin to pop. Line the same bowl with a piece of kitchen towel and tip the seeds into the bowl and leave to cool. Store in an airtight container and eat as a snack.

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