Title: Dinner in a Pumpkin
Categories: Stew
Yield: 10 Servings
| 1 | md | Pumpkin |
| 1 | lb | Sausage, hot |
| 1 | lg | Onion; chopped |
| 1 | | Bell pepper, green; chopped |
| 1/2 | pk | Chicken noodle soup mix |
| 1/2 | c | Almonds, blanched |
| 1/2 | bn | Celery; chopped |
| 6 | oz | Chicken; boned |
| 1 | c | Rice; uncooked |
| 4 1/2 | c | ;Water |
Cut off the top of the pumpkin and thoroughly clean out the seeds and pulp.
Preheat the oven to 250 F. Brown the sausage, breaking into small pieces
as it cooks. Drain grease and add onion, celery and green pepper. Cook a
few minutes. Add soup mix to boiling water and cook a few minutes. Combine
all ingredients and pour into the clean pumpkin shell. Replace pumpkin top
and place pumpkin on a baking sheet. Bake one hour or until pumpkin is
tender. Stir once halfway through. Remove pumpkin lid and serve, scooping
out some of the cooked pumpkin into each bowl.