This is a fun dinner that the kids will love: soup in a pumpkin! I used beef wild rice soup to fill our pumpkin. Other soups to try might include chicken and rice, navy bean, beef vegetable, or, of course, pumpkin soup. However, you don't have to limit yourself to soup. I'm thinking casseroles, stews, or chili would cook up just fine in a pumpkin as well. Any casserole that you would bake in a covered casserole dish should work fine in a pumpkin, though you will probably need to cook it longer than usual. You also need a pumpkin large enough to hold your recipe--preferably a pie pumpkin (sugar pumpkin), but a regular pumpkin will work just fine too. Dinner in a Pumpkin Ingredients: 1 batch of your favorite soup, stew, or casserole, mixed and ready to be baked 1 large pumpkin 1. Preheat over to 375 degrees F. 2. Cut the top few inches of the pumpkin off. Scoop out the pulp and seeds, being careful to leave the sh...
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