Dinner in a Pumpkin

OK I thought I had better post this now because soon it will be hard to find pumpkins and you can probably get them for a great deal now for any of those who want to try it BEFORE next year. Heck it may make a good Thanksgiving dish. Stuff the pumpkin instead of a turkey kind of thing;) And mostly I got the feeling Em was anxious to get it;) so here it is!

Dinner in a Pumpkin

1 medium size pumpkin

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil

1 head of cauliflower chopped

3 ribs of celery chopped

1 large onion chopped

4 Tablespoons Sucanat

2 Tablespoons Liquid Aminos or Soy Sauce

1 recipe "cream of something soup"(below)

2+/- cups cooked wild rice

2+/- cups cooked brown rice

1 can water chestnuts (drained)

1-2 cans sliced mushrooms (drained)

Cut off top of pumpkin and clean out the seeds and pulp. Draw a face with a marker if you want. In very Large skillet or large pot add olive oil, cauliflower, celery, onion, sucanat, and soy sauce. Saute for a few minutes then add the soup, rice, water chestnuts, and mushrooms. Simmer for a few minutes, Spoon into pumpkin. Place pumpkin with top on onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for at least an hour until pumpkin is cooked to desired softness. When spooning out filling be sure to get some of the cooked pumpkin with it. MMMmmmmMMMmmm!

Cream of Something Soup

(I call this cream of something because I use it in place of things that call for cream of mushroom or chicken etc.)

2 1/2 cups rice milk

1 Tablespoon vegetable bullion

3 rounded Tablespoons whole wheat flour

1/4 cup nutritional yeast

2 Tablespoons liquid aminos or soy sauce

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (from health food store)

In a sauce pan put 2 cups of the rice milk mix with the bullion bring to a boil at medium heat. In a cup or small bowl whisk together 1/2 cup rice milk with the flour. When the first mixture is boiling; slowly add the flour mixture while stirring. Turn off heat mix in rest of ingredients.

Note: Picture was taken BEFORE it was cooked. The outside will brown when cooked!