Jack O Lantern Soup For Halloween Food

JACK O'LANTERN STEW

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I first had this dinner 42 years ago when I went to my first Halloween Party. It was originally called Grandma's Stuff in a Pumpkin, but that doesn't sound very scary. When my own kids started having Halloween parties, I began making this for them, with a little tweaking. I have also bought small pumpkins and made individual servings for each child at the party, it doesn't take that much longer to do, and the kids loved drawing the faces on their pumpkins and watched while I did the carving. My oldest son is now 21, and starting a cooking career - last October he called me and begged for this recipe. This is now a 3rd generation favorite- and who knows- may be passed onto more.

Provided by Food Network

Categories main-dish

Time 1h55m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 (9 to 12-inch) pumpkin
1 large onion, chopped
1 green pepper, cored, seeded, and diced
1 red pepper, cored, seeded, and diced
4 carrots, thinly sliced into rounds
3 celery sticks, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound ground chicken or turkey
2 cups cooked rice (instant is okay)
1 large can diced tomatoes
1 large can tomato soup

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut the top off the pumpkin and scoop out the insides. Rinse well. Carve a spooky face onto the pumpkin, without going all the way through the flesh. Rinse well, oil outside of pumpkin. Bake the pumpkin shell for 30 minutes.
While shell is baking: saute the onion, green and red peppers, carrots, celery, and garlic until the vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside. Brown ground beef and chicken. Add the veggies and cooked rice and cook over low heat, stirring often, for 10 to 15 minutes to let the flavors meld.
Remove pumpkin from oven and let stand 15 minutes. Stir the tomatoes and soup into the meat mixture. Place meat mixture into pumpkin. Put back in oven for 20 minutes. Serve on a platter with cheesy biscuits- -very yummy.

JACK-O-LANTERN SUPPER CASSEROLE

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A "Taste of Home" recipe I found years ago, which has become a family tradition for our Halloween table. I also make it for potlucks during the month of October and it always gets lots of requests for the recipe.

Provided by Bambo

Categories One Dish Meal

Time 1h20m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 medium pumpkin, cleaned out
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 (10 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
3 tablespoons brown sugar (optional)
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 (4 ounce) can mushroom stems and pieces
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1 (4 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts

Steps:

Paint face on pumpkin with marker.
Brown beef and onion. Drain.
Add soup, sugar, soy sauce and mushrooms and simmer 10 minute
Add rice and waterchestnuts.
Spoon into pumpkin. Replace top. Bake on cookie sheet in center of oven at 350 degrees for 1-2 hours or until inside of pumpkin is tender.
Serve on plate. Scoop cooked pumpkin out and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 278.6, Fat 14.9, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 60.7, Sodium 727.5, Carbohydrate 16.4, Fiber 1, Sugar 1.4, Protein 18.7

HALLOWEEN JACK-O-LANTERN PASTA DINNER

Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Pasta Dinner image

I've made a variation of this for the past two years for Halloween dinner. We enjoy carving the 'pumpkins' and eating the 'worms'.

Provided by Air Force Wife

Categories Spaghetti

Time 30m

Yield 6-8 peppers, 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 3

Ingredients

6 -8 medium orange bell peppers, washed and dried
8 ounces orzo pasta or 8 ounces spaghetti
1 (25 ounce) jar pasta sauce, warmed (I love Mezzetta Napa Valley Bistro Tomato and Basil sauce)

Steps:

Carve each bell pepper as you would a Jack-O-Lantern, cutting the top off and hollowing out the inside before carving a face.
Discard the tops.
Cook pasta according to package directions.
Drain Pasta.
Mix pasta with warm sauce and spoon into each individual pepper, making sure the pasta 'oozes' out the eyes, mouth, and top of pepper.
Serve with breadstick 'bones'--tie a knot at the end of each breadstick, bake, and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 294.3, Fat 4.5, SaturatedFat 1.1, Cholesterol 2.7, Sodium 555.8, Carbohydrate 54, Fiber 7.2, Sugar 17.9, Protein 8.5

JACK-O-LANTERN SLOPPY JOE PIE (HALLOWEEN RECIPE)

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From Taste of Home Simple & Delicious October, 2008. I haven't tried this recipe yet, but plan on making this for Halloween pot-luck I'm going to. Description from Bonnie Hawkins of Elkhorn, Wisconsion: "This is so much fun to do - and kids love it! You'll never have to worry about leftovers. It's even good for adult parties... but you might want to increase the heat level with a hotter salsa or seasonings." Author suggests garnishing with cilantro or parsley for a pumpkin stem. I imagine you could make this pie without cutting out the Jack-O-Lantern face on the pie crust and it would be just fine.

Provided by NELady

Categories Savory Pies

Time 30m

Yield 1 Pie, 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
1/2 cup onion, chopped
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1 cup salsa
1/2 cup chili sauce
1 cup frozen corn
1 (4 ounce) can green chilies, chopped
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 pie pastry, sheet refrigerated pie pastry
1 egg
orange paste food coloring

Steps:

In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. In a small bowl, combine the flour, salsa and chili sauce until blended; stir into skillet. Add the corn, chilies and brown sugar.
Transfer to a deep-dish 9-in. pie plate. Unroll pastry; place over filling. With a sharp knife, cut out a face to resemble a jack-o'lantern; flute edges. Beat egg and food coloring; brush over pastry.
Bake at 450 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 447.4, Fat 22.5, SaturatedFat 7.4, Cholesterol 104.7, Sodium 809.3, Carbohydrate 32.6, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 7.6, Protein 28.2