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Dinner in a Pumpkin II
Joan
"The beef, rice and vegetables will be a dinner surprise when this pumpkin dish is placed on your table!"
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Ingredients
servings 1382 calsOriginal recipe yields 6 servings
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 Degrees C). Cut off top of pumpkin, scrape out seeds and pith.
- In a large deep skillet, saute vegetables in 1/4 cup shortening until soft. Add beef; cook and crumble until evenly brown. Add the pepper, ketchup, garlic, salt, Worcestershire sauce and tomato sauce. Simmer 15-20 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups of the beef mixture, soy sauce, mushrooms, brown sugar, soup and rice. Mix well, pour into pumpkin and replace lid. Cover and freeze remaining beef mixture.
- Place filled pumpkin on a baking sheet and bake for one hour or until pumpkin is tender. As you serve dinner, be sure to scoop out a little of the cooked pumpkin too.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 1382 calories; 90 g fat; 67.5 g carbohydrates; 75.1 g protein; 289 mg cholesterol; 5168 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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10/16/2003
This took a long time to make, and why would you use that much ground beef only to freeze over half of it? The measurements need to be adjusted, and the taste was odd. Not really bad, but not th...
12/30/2010
I used to make this for the assisted living center residents where I worked. It was a very colorful, yummy autumn dinner. Granted depending on the size of the pumpkin the timing to get it done...