dinner in a pumpkin, or...

...pumpking brains. or goblin guts. or whatever you want to call it.

with halloween only a week away, this goodness has been on my mind. you can be sure that if you stop by on october 31st, you will find us eating this.

the funny thing is, my husband and i both grew up eating this on halloween. when we asked our mom's for the recipe, we got different versions. both are similar and delish, and here is the combination of the two. it may sound random, but it is delish. i know it doesn't look too appetizing, but i promise it is!

don't knock it 'til you try it!

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ingredients:

1 medium punkin--cleaned out
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 C. chopped onion (i just use dehydrated onion)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 can mushrooms
1 1/2 C. cooked rice
1 can sliced water chestnuts, drained (i will NOT be adding these)
and this isn't on the recipe, but i think i am going to throw in some peas because i love them

brown the hamburger with the onion and then mix with soup, brown sugar, soy sauce, and mushrooms. simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. add cooked rice and water chestnuts (if you're really gross enough to like them). put the entire mixture into a cleaned-out punkin. put the top/lid back on the punkin, place on baking sheet, and bake at 350* for 1-2 hours or until "meat" of punkin is soft.

my husband likes to scrap the pumpkin off the insides and eat it with the mixture, but i like it just fine without the punkin guts. you choose.

happy booking! (a ghost's version of cooking).

okay. that was lame. pretend i didn't say that.