This pumpkin seed nut bread is a hearty, chewy and dense fall bread great for a high protein snack.

This is not some fluffy, melt in your mouth, sweet kind of bread.

This is a bread that will put hair on your chest.

Ok, not really.

Or at least I hope not.

I don’t need hair there and neither does my balding but hairy beast everywhere else husband. #thankyouGreekgenes

But seriously, this is a bread with some legit chew factor.

It’s nutty, seedy (thank you, pepitas), hearty and makes for an awesome pre or post workout snack.

I’ve had a really good 4 days back at crossfit this week after almost 2 weeks off while in Italy and I’m thanking the bread.

It’s been my go to “I’m so hungry but if I eat a real meal before crossfit I’ll puke” snack come 5pm every day.

Because clearly the bread is everything and the fact that I had 2 full weeks of rest has nothing to do with it.

It’s funny because a month ago I promised not to start the pumpkin thing too early and so even though I had already opened a can of it for myself, I refused to post anything pumpkin related until October.

Then, I go away and avoid the internet for 2 weeks, accumulate over 500 unread posts (omg, anxiety attack) in my reader and like 300 of them have “pumpkin” in the title.

So without ever having even made something myself for the blog, I’m sick of it and have no desire to get all pumpkinified on you.

Pumpkin seeds, however, seem different enough to not annoy me and fit with the whole fall “must do pumpkin” thing.

Plus, they’re a million times more nutritious than pumpkin puree any way.

And if you miss the actual pumpkin, spread it on a piece of toasted bread and call it a day. But, I highly recommend making some pumpkin seed butter instead and using that as your spread on this hearty bread.

It’s pumpkin seeds on pumpkin seeds but man, is it delicious!