A Meal In A Pumpkin Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Brown and drain beef along with onions and sausage.
• Cook until no longer pink and drain well.
• Cut top off of pumpkin and reserve.
• Clean seeds and strings from pumpkin.
• Clean well.
• Coat pumpkin skin with shortening.
• Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Spoon ingredients into pumpkin.
• Place top back on pumpkin.
• Wrap foil over the stem.
• Bake on a cookie sheet for 2 to 3 hours depending on the size of pumpkin.
• DO NOT OVERBAKE. The pumpkin should not begin to brown.

Steps:

• Wash each pumpkin; cut a 4-in. circle around stem. Remove top and set aside; discard seeds and loose fibers from inside. Place pumpkins in a shallow sturdy baking pan; set aside., In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion, celery and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender; drain. Stir in the soup, mushrooms, soy sauce and brown sugar. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until heated through. Fold in rice; spoon into pumpkins and replace tops. Brush outsides of pumpkins with oil. , Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or just until pumpkin is tender (do not overbake). Place on individual serving plates.

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, mix ground beef and sausage. Cook and stir until evenly browned. Mix in salt and pepper, pumpkin pie spice, and brown sugar.
• Drain meats, and mix in chicken stock and rice. Cover, and cook 25 to 30 minutes, until rice is tender.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Remove and reserve top of pumpkin. Scoop out seeds and stringy pulp.
• Mix cream of celery soup, cream of mushroom soup, mushroom stems and pieces, and green beans into the beef and sausage mixture. Spoon mixture into the pumpkin, and replace pumpkin top.
• Place pumpkin on a large baking sheet, and bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until pumpkin is tender. Scoop out portions of filling and parts of the cooked pulp to serve.