Vegetarian Dinner in a Pumpkin

Vegetarian Dinner in a Pumpkin

4 servings         Prep time: 30 minutes     Cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 medium pumpkin

2 c cooked wild rice pilaf

1 onion, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic

1 pck sliced mushrooms

1/2 c walnuts

1/2 c dried cranberries

2 c spinach, chopped

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp thyme

1 tsp cumin

Himalayan pink salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• clean out pumpkin; season the pumpkin with salt and pepper
• cook wild rice pilaf
• toast walnuts over medium heat for 2 minutes, constantly moving; remove from heat and set aside.
• saute onions, garlic and mushrooms.
• mix walnuts, onion mixture, dried cranberries, and spices in a bowl; spoon mixture into the pumpkin; pack it tightly
• wrap the pumpkin in tinfoil and place it on a cookie sheet
• bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the pumpkin it soft
• remove from the oven and let it stand for 20 minutes
• serve