The Great Pumpkin
October 13, 2008 by Noel Boehm
Filed under Beauty Products
Most people either love or hate Halloween. I hate it, like a lot. The hubs considers it his high holy day on the other hand. Our storage is currently filled to the brim with rubber rats and spiders, cauldrons and a fog machine. About the only thing I can get down with about the “holiday” is pumpkin. I’ll cook up all the pies and spiced pumpkin seeds you want but just don’t ask me to wear a costume.
Pumpkin (and butternut squash) is actually really good for you to eat as it’s chock fulla antioxidants and vitamins. The small pie pumpkins will taste much better and require less work than the decorating kind. The canned version you find in stores is actually a variety of butternut squash. The large jack-o-lantern kind can still be used for homemade beauty treatments and for the seeds. By the way the seeds are rich in zinc, which has many benefits, including helping your reproductive organs. Especially if you’re a man. I’m just saying.
Here’s a great recipe for a homemade scrub that looks so good I don’t know if I should eat it or slather on my knees. I guess I could do both. It would sure make your house smell like Autumn. Now excuse me while I go destroy a fog machine.
