This is one of my favorite holiday traditions! Every Halloween growing up we would have dinner in a pumpkin and pumpkin roll. Now Sam and I do the same thing. Pumpkin roll is my favorite dessert although it is tied with strawberry cheesecake. Anyways, I will post the recipes. I would have both of these any time of the year!
Dinner in a Pumpkin
- 1 small to medium pumpkin
- 1 onion copped
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
-1 1/2 to 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
-1(4oz.) can slices mushrooms
- 1(10 3/4oz.) can cream of chicken
- 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
- 1(8oz.) can sliced water chestnuts
Cut off the top of the pumpkin and thoroughly clean out the seeds and pulp. Paint a face on the front of the pumpkin with a permanent marker. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet, saute onions in oil until tender. Add meat and brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms and soup. Simmer 10 minutes, stir-ing occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture into the cleaned pumpkin shell, replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin, with filling, on a baking sheet. Bake for a hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender. Put pumpkin on a plate. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat. For your vegetable, score out cooked pumpkin and serve. Serves 6.
Pumpkin Roll
(from the back of the Libby's Pumpkin Can paper)
Not the greatest picture but, Happy Halloween from the Solo's and Yoda!
