Dinner in a Pumpkin

Dinner in a Pumpkin:

1 small-medium pumpkin, cleaned
2 Tbsp. veg. oil
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 (4oz) can sliced mushrooms
1 1/2 c. cooked rice
1 chopped onion
1 1/2- 2 lbs. ground beef
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 can cream of mushroom or chicken soup
1 (8oz) can water chestnuts

Clean out pumpkin. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook onion in oil. Add meat and brown. Drain meat. Add soy sauce, sugar, mushrooms, and soup. Simmer 10 min. Stir occasionally. Add cooked rice an water chestnuts. Spoon into pumpkin shell. Replace top. Bake on cookie sheet 1-2 hrs. Pumpkin will brown. Serve in shell.

Make sure to scoop some pumpkin meat with you serving.