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                          DINNER IN A PUMPKIN

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Serving Size  : 10   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Stews

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  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.



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