Roast pumpkin seeds: Healthy snack from the air fryer
Created: 10/05/2022, 2:30 p.m
By: Jasmine Farah
Pumpkin seeds are true nutrient bombs.
If you want to get through the fall healthy, you can nibble on them in between.
Roasting is particularly gentle.
It only takes a few minutes to create something delicious and healthy to snack on.
Air fryers have been very popular for a number of years.
After all, it can be used to prepare healthy, low-fat crunchy foods, for example fatty foods such as fries and the like. It also gives other foods such as vegetables or seeds a certain roasted aroma.
Roast pumpkin seeds: Healthy snack from the air fryer
Roasted pumpkin seeds taste classic with salt and pepper.
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Fall is just around the corner and pumpkins are everywhere.
Many only use the pulp and throw away the seeds.
They are so healthy and true fuel packages.
The small edible seeds of the vegetable are rich in vitamins, including vitamin E, vitamin B1, B2, B6, vitamin C and vitamin D. In addition, the dark green seeds contain a lot of magnesium, iron, zinc, selenium and phosphorus.
They're also bursting with healthy fats and protein.
The contained amino acid tryptophan, for example, ensures a good mood, which can also help against the autumn blues, as it promotes the production of the "happiness hormone" serotonin.
Secondary plant ingredients contained have a beneficial effect on cholesterol levels and counteract prostate and bladder problems.
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Roasting pumpkin seeds: How to do it - with variation
Depending on your taste and preferences, you can prepare the pumpkin seeds in the air fryer with various spices: either classic with salt and pepper, spicy or sweet with sugar and cinnamon.
The basic recipe is always the same:
Half a cup of pumpkin seeds
A tablespoon of vegetable oil
A pinch of salt
A pinch of spices (optional: paprika, cinnamon, etc.)
A pinch of pepper
If you want it even spicier or hotter, you can also add 2 tablespoons of chili sauce.
If you have a sweet tooth, leave out the salt and pepper and add a tablespoon of butter in addition to the sugar and cinnamon.
Mix everything in a bowl.
Preheat the hot air fryer to 180 degrees Celsius for about five minutes.
Now put the mixture in the Airfryer for about ten minutes.
Increase the temperature to 200 degrees Celsius and roast the kernels for another eight minutes.
Then let the seeds cool down a bit before you eat them.
And then: Bon appetit!
