Cinderella Pumpkin Bowl with Vegetables and Sausage

Use a hollowed-out pumpkin to cook and serve a bonanza of vegetables, from carrots and broccoli to rutabaga and cabbage seasoned with onion soup mix and kielbasa sausage.

• Preparation Time: 60 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 hr
• Total Time: 6 hr
• Calories: 417 Calories

Ingredients

• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
• 2 (13.75 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 zucchini, cut into chunks
• 1 whole (10 pound) Cinderella pumpkin
• 1 (16 ounce) package kielbasa sausage, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
• 3 cloves garlic - minced, or amount to taste
• 2 cups cooked white or brown rice
• 0.5 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 0.5 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
• 2 cups parsnips, peeled and cubed
• 2 cups rutabagas, peeled and cubed
• 2 cups cabbage, coarsely chopped
• 1.5 cups canned or frozen corn
• 0.5 (1.25 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
• 0.5 (1 ounce) packet dried Italian seasoning

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Step 2

Cut around the top of pumpkin to make a lid. Use a large metal spoon to scoop out inside membrane and seeds. Place hollowed-out pumpkin with lid on the prepared baking sheet,

Step 3

Cook in the preheated oven for 1 hour, then lower heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 4

Meanwhile, place sausage in a deep pot over medium-high heat. Cook until evenly browned, turning frequently, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in carrots, celery, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until translucent and tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in parsnips, rutabaga, and cabbage; cook until vegetables are almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add bell peppers, broccoli, zucchini, and corn. Pour in chicken broth, add rice, and cook for 5 minutes more. Stir in parsley, red pepper flakes, onion soup mix, and Italian seasoning until incorporated; season with salt and pepper.

Step 5

Keeping pumpkin on the baking sheet, spoon vegetable-sausage mixture into pumpkin, and replace the lid. Loosely cover pumpkin with aluminum foil.

Step 6

Continue cooking pumpkin in the preheated oven until flesh is tender, about 4 hours. Scoop some of the pumpkin flesh away from the sides to combine with vegetable mixture. To serve, place pumpkin on a serving platter and remove the lid to ladle out the contents.