Dinner in a Pumpkin

From Sheri



1 medium pumpkin, at least 4 pounds
1 ½ pounds lean ground beef
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
¾ cup chopped celery
¾ cup chopped onion
1 t. salt
¼ t. pepper
¼ cup soy sauce
2 T brown sugar
1 can (4 ounces) mushrooms, undrained
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups cooked rice

Optional decorations
Olives
Steamed carrots
Whole cloves
Fresh parsley

Wash, dry and cut lid from pumpkin; set lid aside. Scrape out the inside of the pumpkin well, discarding all seeds and membrane; set pumpkin aside.

In a large skillet, brown hamburger, green pepper, celery and onion. In mixing bowl, mix together, salt, pepper, soy sauce, brown sugar, mushroom, soup and rice, then add to the hamburger mixture.

Mix well and turn into the prepared pumpkin. Put lid on, place pumpkin on foil lined, rimmed cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 1 ½ hours.

To serve, be sure to scrape some of the inside of the cooked pumpkin along with the hamburger mixture.