{"id":1460,"date":"2013-09-28T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T04:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfilledart.wordpress.com\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2016-01-23T23:30:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T07:30:25","slug":"veggie-chili-stew-in-a-pumpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nancyduckhildebrand.com\/?p=1460","title":{"rendered":"Veggie Chili Stew in a Pumpkin"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"vegetarian<\/a>
Veggie chili stew in a pumpkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every year for the past eight years at least, I’ve served up some kind of meal in a pumpkin. This weekend, the British Columbia sky became brooding and gray, so it seemed fitting to snuggle in and cook something cozy. So after sending my four-year-old out to get the sugar pumpkin that has been on display with the Chinese\/Japanese lanterns, I came up with a plan for it. As usual, I just worked with what I happened to have, so this is an alteration of a real recipe. I like this recipe because it’s more vegetable-laden than typical chili, so it’s easier to eat.<\/p>\n

Vegetarian Chili Stew in a Pumpkin<\/span>
\n1 sugar pumpkin<\/h6>\n
2 cups butternut squash<\/h6>\n
2 medium onions, diced<\/h6>\n
2 cups chopped celery<\/h6>\n
1 pepper, chopped<\/h6>\n
1\/2 jalapeno chili, minced (I used some Frank’s hot sauce)<\/h6>\n
2 minced cloves of garlic<\/h6>\n
1 can of diced tomatoes<\/h6>\n
1-ish cup of pasta or tomato sauce<\/h6>\n
1 can kidney beans<\/h6>\n
1 pkg of ground round (or ground meat if you eat meat)<\/h6>\n
1 diced zucchini<\/h6>\n
1 cup diced mushrooms (I didn’t have any)<\/h6>\n
1.5 tsp chili powder<\/h6>\n
1.5 tsp cumin<\/h6>\n
Salt, pepper, cayenne pepper to taste<\/h6>\n
Lime juice & cilantro as garnish<\/h6>\n

Instructions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Scrape seeds and pulp out of pumpkin. Rinse seeds and spray lightly with cooking spray on a pan. Season to taste (we used salt, cumin, chili powder, pepper, etc.)<\/li>\n
  2. Bake pumpkin at 350 degrees for 1.5 hours (depending on pumpkin size). I just cooked it in a pie tin this time with no water. It turned out well and was completely cooked in that time frame. Cooked the seeds for about the last 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.<\/li>\n
  3. Meanwhile, in a large pot, I sauteed the diced squash and just tossed in the other ingredients as soon as I had them chopped up. Let it stew till the pumpkin was done.<\/li>\n
  4. Let 4-year-old scoop the stew into the pumpkin.<\/li>\n
  5. Added lime juice and cilantro and a sprinkling of roasted pumpkin seeds at the table.<\/li>\n
  6. (usually I use the pumpkin itself in my dinner-in-a-pumpkin recipes. This time I also used squash, but later scraped out the pumpkin and mixed it in to the left over chili).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"child<\/a>
    Mommy’s little helper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Ironically, I posted this same recipe<\/a> last year but forgot. I used to use a totally different stuffed pumpkin recipe involving rice and asparagus. Maybe next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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