Beef In Costume For Halloween

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lbs pumpkin
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• cooking oil
• 1/3 cup diced red bell pepper
• 1/3 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (7 1/2 ounce) can pitted ripe olives
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 cut top from pumpkin; scrape out seeds and fibers.
• 2 simmer fibers in salted water to cover for 20 to 25 minutes or until almost tender.
• 3 drain.
• 4 brown beef and onion.
• 5 add peppers and garlic.
• 6 cook one minute.
• 7 remove from heat, stir in remaining ingredients.
• 8 spoon into pumpkin.
• 9 place "lid" on top.
• 10 brush pumpkin with oil.
• 11 bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• 12 let stand 10 minutes.
• 13 cut into edges to serve.