By Jessie Gambrell

A&E Co-Editor

It’s pumpkin season! After carving your Jack-o-lanterns, keep those pumpkin seeds to make a tasty snack for you and your friends to share in celebrating the season. What you’ll need:

One or two pumpkins (depending on how many seeds they produce)

Paprika

Salt

Pepper

A dash of garlic powder

A cooking sheet with foil and spray oil (Pam) on it

Instructions:

(1) Clear out all seeds from pumpkin(s) and put into a strainer and rinse.

(2) Dump seeds into a mixing bowl and season with about 10 dashes of paprika, a pinch of salt, a few dashes of pepper, and a dash of garlic powder. Mix together. (3) Place in cooking sheet (that has foil and is sprayed with oil on it) and spread out.

(4) Place into oven at 250 degrees for one hour.

(5) Stir two or three times during that hour until seeds become hot and crispy.

(6) Remove from oven and let cool, remove from sheet and serve as a delectable snack. It’s as easy as that!