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We all know that pumpkins can become pumpkin butter, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, or perhaps pumpkin soup, but what else? I'm not a big pumpkin chef, myself. Still, this recipe for pumpkin steaks caught my eye, especially as pumpkins are pretty much omnipresent during this week leading up to Halloween. My 9 year-old saw the recipe, too, and he wants to give it a go.

Before ever getting to pumpkin steaks, we do, of course, have Jack O'Lanterns to carve. And we will cook our pumpkin seeds in the oven for Halloween evening nourishment. How do you make tasty seeds? Just drizzle a little olive oil and some salt and bake at 400 degrees until brown. Or use Tamari instead of salt.

As the author of this link suggests, the recipe for pumpkin steaks is a natural for Thanksgiving -- which is right around the corner.

As a side note (not to digress too much), a great picture book about cooking with pumpkins is Pumpkin Soup, by Helen Cooper, is a good seasonal choice.