October the Thirtieth: One More Pumpkin #Blogtober2021

 

Here's a way to finish off the Halloween month. 

One medium sized pumpkin

1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef

1/3 cup chopped green pepper

3/4 cup chopped celery

 3/4 cup chopped onion

1 teasoon salt

1/4teaspoon pepper

1/4 cup soy sauce

2Tablespoons brown sugar

1 4 oz can mushrooms

1 can cream of chicken soup

2 cups cooked rice

Black olives

Steamed carrot

Whole cloves

Fresh parsley

Cut lid from pumpkin and scoop out seeds. In a large skillet, combine ground beef, chopped pepper, celery, and onion and cook over medium heat. Add next seven ingredients to skillet. Mix well and place mixture into pumpkin cavity. Place lid on pumpkin. Place pumpkin on a foil-lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 1 and 1/2 hours.

Just before serving, embellish pumpkin by placing black olives (using toothpicks), to make eyes, a steamed carrot to make a nose, and whole cloves to make a mouth. Use fresh parsley leaves to make hair.

Or, just draw on a face with a marker. To serve, scoop out part of the baked pumpkin, along with the meat mixture, onto each plate.