{"id":315,"date":"2010-10-22T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/post\/DINNER-IN-A-PUMPKIN-(Spooktacular!!!).aspx"},"modified":"2010-10-22T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T23:34:00","slug":"dinner-in-a-pumpkin-spooktacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"DINNER IN A PUMPKIN (Spooktacular!!!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Fresh Pumpkin  <\/span>(8 to 12 inches in diameter)  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cut circle on top around stem.  <\/span>Remove top, and clean out  <\/span>fiber and seeds from inside.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In large pot,  <\/span>brown:<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span>2 lbs. Ground Beef                      <\/span>1 Green Pepper (chopped)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span>1 med. Onion (chopped)             <\/span>1 ½  <\/span>tsp. fresh minced Garlic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Add:    <\/span>1 can Stewed Tomatoes                       <\/span>1 ¼  <\/span>tsp. Salt<\/span><\/p>\n

             <\/span>1 can Tomato Paste                          <\/span>  <\/span>¼  <\/span>tsp. Pepper  <\/span>(or to taste)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

             <\/span>2  <\/span>(4 oz) cans Tomato Sauce              <\/span> <\/span>5  <\/span>T. Butter                       <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

       <\/span>      <\/span>1 can Corn (drained)                          <\/span> <\/span>1 can condensed Beef Broth       <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

             <\/span>1 ½ cups INSTANT  <\/span>Rice                  <\/span>    <\/span>1 soup can full of  <\/span>Water<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

             <\/span>1 ½ cups frozen Green Beans<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Bring mixture to a boil.  <\/span>Cook for 2 min.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then fill cleaned out pumpkin with mixture.  <\/span>Replace pumpkin top.<\/span><\/p>\n

Place pumpkin in shallow, greased baking pan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bake at 350* for 1 ½  <\/span>to 2 hours.  <\/span>(Pumpkin should be tender, but firm so it won’t collapse).<\/span><\/p>\n

Remove from oven, and take the lid off.  <\/span>Sprinkle ½ cup grated Cheddar Cheese<\/span> on top of mixture.  <\/span>Return pumpkin to oven WITHOUT LID until cheese melts.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Garnish with Parsley and Cherry Tomatoes<\/span>  <\/span>around base of pumpkin if desired.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

(SCOOP OUT SOME OF THE COOKED PUMPKIN WITH EACH SERVING ….. YUMMY!)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Fresh Pumpkin  (8 to 12 inches in diameter)  Cut circle on top around stem.  Remove top, and clean out  fiber and seeds from inside.   In large pot,  brown:      2 lbs. Ground Beef                      1 Green Pepper (chopped)      1 med. Onion (chopped)             1 ½  tsp. fresh minced Garlic      Add:    1 can Stewed Tomatoes                       […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}