Dinner In A Pumpkin is such a wonderful family tradition for your family.

 

 

Dinner In A Pumpkin

 

 

What Ingredients Do I Need For Dinner in a Pumpkin?

Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make this dinner (scroll down for the full recipe):

 

  • Medium Sized Pumpkin
  • Ground beef
  • Onion
  • Brown sugar
  • Soy sauce
  • Cream of chicken or mushroom soup
  • Milk
  • Green beans or corn or both
  • Mushrooms (optional)
  • Rice
  • Water chestnuts

 

 

What Ingredients Do I Need For Dinner in a Pumpkin?

Here’s the simple steps you’ll follow to make this dinner (scroll down for the full recipe):

 

  • Find a pumpkin that sits nice and level. If you can, find one that isn’t too thick so it is easier to clean out.
  • Cut off the top, I like to cut a little V shape in the front and also angle the knife inward at a slant, so the top doesn’t fall in when cooking.
  • With a permanent marker draw a cute face on the pumpkin.
  • In a large skillet, brown the ground beef and the onion. Remove any excess oil with paper towels.
  • Add brown sugar, soy sauce, soup, milk, green beans or corn or both, and mushrooms.Stir well. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add rice that has been cooked, and chestnuts.
  • Place mixture into the cleaned out pumpkin. Set the top of the pumpkin on and place pumpkin on a baking sheet.
  • Place on the bottom rack of oven that has been preheated to 375 degrees. Bake 1 1/2 hours or until the inside of the pumpkin is soft. You can test it by removing the lid and poking with a fork.
  • Place pumpkin on a large thick plate and serve the casserole that is inside the pumpkin.
  • We also like to eat the pumpkin. We just eat it like squash; with butter, salt and pepper.

 

 

Family Traditions for Halloween:

 

This is a fun meal for this time of year.  We love to make this every year around Halloween.  It has become a treasured family tradition that we all look forward to.

 

Dinner In A Pumpkin

 

 

Tips to Making Dinner in a Pumpkin a Fun Meal:

 

  • Look for just the right Pumpkin
  • Draw a face on Your Pumpkin
  • Share your Dinner in a Pumpkin

 

Have fun with this dish!

 

You Can Find More Halloween Recipes Here:

 

Witch Fingers

Home made Root Beer

Tootsie Pop Popcorn Balls

Caramel Apple Dip

 

Here is Another Fun Little Halloween Treat From my Blogging Friend, Rachel’s Blog, Kitchen Cents:

 

Creepy Peanut Butter Eyeballs

 

Yield: 8

Dinner In A Pumpkin

Dinner In A Pumpkin

Dinner In A Pumpkin is such a wonderful family tradition for your family. This will be a family tradition that your family will want to keep forever.

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 medium pumpkin (thoroughly cleaned inside and out)
  • 1-2 lbs ground beef (cooked)
  • 1 small onion or 2 Tbsps dried onion
  • 2 Tbsps brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsps soy sauce
  • 1 (10 1/2 oz) can cream of chicken soup or mushroom
  • 1/2 soup can of milk
  • 1 (15 oz) can green beans or corn or both
  • 1 (4 oz) can mushrooms (drained) optional
  • 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
  • 1 (8 oz) can water chestnuts (drained)

Instructions

  1. Find a pumpkin that sits nice and level. If you can, find one that isn't too thick so it is easier to clean out.
  2. Cut off the top, I like to cut a little V shape in the front and also angle the knife inward at a slant, so the top doesn't fall in when cooking.
  3. With a permanent marker draw a cute face on the pumpkin.
  4. In a large skillet, brown the ground beef and the onion. Remove any excess oil with paper towels.
  5. Add brown sugar, soy sauce, soup, milk, green beans or corn or both, and mushrooms.Stir well. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
  6. Add rice that has been cooked, and chestnuts.
  7. Place mixture into the cleaned out pumpkin. Set the top of the pumpkin on and place pumpkin on a baking sheet.
  8. Place on the bottom rack of oven that has been preheated to 375 degrees. Bake 1 1/2 hours or until the inside of the pumpkin is soft. You can test it by removing the lid and poking with a fork.
  9. Place pumpkin on a large thick plate and serve the casserole that is inside the pumpkin.
  10. We also like to eat the pumpkin. We just eat it like squash; with butter, salt and pepper.

Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 429Total Fat 22gSaturated Fat 8gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 105mgSodium 515mgCarbohydrates 23gFiber 2gSugar 5gProtein 35g

This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix

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