Dinner in a Pumpkin

Here's a little recipe that might be fun to try this year. It's one my mom would make every year at Halloween and we loved it. If you have picky eaters as discussed below, however, this might not go over very well! But it's worth a try and makes a fun Halloween night dinner. Here goes...


Dinner in a Pumpkin

1 medium/small pumpkin, cleaned out, rinsed, with a good size top cut out for scooping out the casserole
1 1/2 pounds lean ground turkey or beef
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can mushrooms (sliced), drained
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. soy sauce (key to the flavor)
3/4 cups chopped onions
1 tbs. oil
1 1/2 cup cooked brown or white rice

Sautee onions in oil. Add ground meat, brown. Then add brown sugar, soy sauce and soup- simmer 10 minutes. Add cooked rice. Fill pumpkin with mixture and put top on. Bake at 350 for at least 1 hour.