Stuffed Thanksgiving Pumpkin

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Stuffed Thanksgiving Pumpkin

 

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Barbara

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 small pretty pumpkin

1 package frozen tiny peas -- (10oz)

1 package frozen sugar pod peas -- (9oz)

1 tablespoon butter or olive oil

1/2 cup chopped onion or whole pear -- up to 3/4

1 onions

3/4 cup sliced mushrooms

1/2 teaspoon dried basil or mint

or 2 tsp fresh chopped basil or mint

salt and pepper to taste

 

Cut lid off pumpkin and clean out seeds. Cook pumpkin and lid in oven (or

microwave) until pumpkin flesh is barely soft. Check often to avoid

overcooking which will cause pumpkin to collapse. Begin with 8 minutes

cooking time in microwave and then cook for several shorter intervals until

pumpkin is done.

 

To make stuffing for pumpkin, cook peas and pods according to package

directions. Saute onions and mushrooms in butter or oil until barely tender.

Stir in mint, peas and pods. Salt and pepper to taste. Fill pumpkin with

this mixture.

 

Just before serving, reheat stuffed pumpkin 3 to 4 minutes in microwave.

(Longer heating will be required if the pumpkin has been refrigerated.) This

looks very pretty and the pumpkin is delicious scooped out and eaten along

with the peas. Invent your own filling for the pumpkin, using cooked apples

or pears with cranberries, sugar and cinnamon, or, try a combination of

cooked meats and vegetables, well-seasoned with pepper and herbs.

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 55 Calories; trace Fat (5.7% calories

from fat); 2g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol;

5mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Vegetable.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[Guest guest]

I forgot to add my note on this one before I sent it.

 

Tomorrow is thanksgiving here in Canada, so it's not a month early as some

of you might think.

 

 

Walter Gorlitz [walter]

October 13, 2002 4:59 PM

Veg-Recipes (AT) (DOT) com

Stuffed Thanksgiving Pumpkin