It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Well...the great stuffed pumpkin, at least. After the Supertoddler forced me to cart home 2 small pie pumpkins last week, on account of them being "oh cute", making Great Stuffed Pumpkin {page 342} was a natural choice.
The recipe took a lot of time, but was not time consuming. I try to cook my "main meal" every day for lunch, so I started at 9am and put the brown rice on to cook. After that was finished, I made the pilaf, stuffed the pumpkins, popped them in the oven, and then waited the torturous hour-and-a-half until they were finished.
Beautiful, fragrant, and delicious, this recipe is something you could make for company with minimal effort but a big "wow!" factor. The Supertoddler was so excited about the pumpkins that he could barely leave them alone while I photographed them. When it was finally time to eat, he dug right in and gave them a resounding mouth-full-of-pumpkin approval.
Overall, this is one of my favorite things I've made from the book thus far. I will definitely make it again before the season is up, probably for company. Yum!
-- Your Friendly Neighborhood Batgirl
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(1) that looks amazing. (2) that picture is adorable. (3) I'm currently eying the pumpkin I have decorating my table; I'm really looking forward to making this!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great and good that super toddler liked it too! I have a HUGE hubbard squash. I wonder if I could quarter it for this. Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteHa! I love the picture of supertoddler!
ReplyDeletethat looks good! and that kid is cute!! :P
ReplyDeletehaha, oliver looks like he definitely approves! damn... that looks delicious.
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