Dinner in a Pumpkin
This Dinner in a Pumpkin recipe is a family-favorite tradition and it's just as delicious as it is fun to make! The pumpkin is filled with veggies, wild rice, Italian sausage and fresh herbs.
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Prep Pumpkin: Cut the top off of the pumpkin, leaving a large enough opening to fit hand and spoon inside to remove seeds (like you would a Jack-o-lantern). Clean out the seeds and insides of the pumpkin until the inner walls of the pumpkin are smooth. Season the inside of the pumpkin with some salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Brown Meat: Remove casings from sausage and add to a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, breaking it into small pieces, until browned. Use paper towels to blot out some of the grease, if necessary.
Add Veggies: Add onion, carrots, bell pepper and celery and sauté for 8-10 minutes. Add garlic, thyme, rosemary, sage and salt and pepper. Stir in cooked wild rice.
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NotesYield: Each 6 inch pumpkin will serve two people. (Recipes serves 6)
Make Ahead Instructions: The meat and rice filling mixture can be made up to 2 days ahead of time, stored in the fridge. Add to pumpkin before baking. The entire pumpkin, with filling could be assembled a day ahead of time, stored in the fridge.
Freezing Instructions: Spoon the mixture in a freezer-safe container and freeze for up to 2 months.
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I made this recipe last week for my lunch meal prep. It was delicious!! Very happy that it did not contain any cream of yuck soup! I will be making this recipe again. Thank you for sharing it!
Love this recipe and a great way to get me teen to better! I used a larger pumpkin this time and seemed to have a lot of pumpkin left over. Any thoughts guy ya on what I. Am so with it? Hate to throw it out.
I’ve made this recipe several times and I like it! But I made it again tonight and it feels like it’s missing something. Was there a sauce that binds it all together because I swear there was? Am I going crazy?
Love the idea! But we weren't huge fans of this recipe. Maybe I was expecting a bit more of a wild rice soup?
I only had part of a pumpkin so I just cut it up and sauteed with the rest of the veggies, then added the meat back and added sauce cooked down in the pan. It was delicious!
Love this idea!
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