We have recently shared our Breakfast in a Pumpkin, which is a HUGE hit because is it so tasty, a natural combination, easy, frugal and oh so fine!
Well, another GREAT dish inside of a pumpkin is Turkey Dinner in a Pumpkin. It’s like an all-in-one classic turkey dinner casserole, baked inside of a pie pumpkin, served from the pumpkin and all thrown away in the end.
It is easy to make.
It is a beautiful presentation.
It tastes amazing.
It is disposable for ease in clean-up.
At the end of it, you really can’t go wrong!
The ingredients are simple and frugal too.
Here’s how to make Dinner in a Pumpkin!
Ingredients needed for Dinner in a Pumpkin:
- 6 oz. dried stuffing bread (about 3 cups)
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 oz. of mushrooms
- 1 small onion
- 1 can chicken broth (14.5 oz)
- 1 6oz. bag of frozen cut green beans
- 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 1.5 TBSP Italian Seasoning
- 10 oz. of turkey breast cutlets (fresh or canned)
- 1/2 cup of Craisins
- 1 TBSP Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/2 TBSP of Soy Sauce
- 1 average size pie pumpkin
- Salt and Pepper
Directions on How To Make Dinner in a Pumpkin:
- Mix the bread crumbs and Italian seasoning in a bowl. Pour half the can of chicken broth over the bread crumbs to hydrate.
- Clean the pumpkin. Cut the top off and clean and hollow out. (save the pumpkin seeds for roasted pumpkin seeds)
- On the stovetop, saute’ the mushrooms, onions and celery in a little bit of butter until they are soft and brown.
- In a separate bowl, mix the cream of mushroom soup and the remaining chicken broth. Add the soy, Worcestershire and salt and pepper into the soup mix and blend well.
- Add the turkey (cut up into chunks) in the last 1-minute to the saute’ mixture to lightly cook.
- Add the sautéed veggies and turkey to the soup mixture and blend well.
- Then fold the breadcrumb mixture into the soup mixture.
- Add this mixture to the inside of the pumpkin.
- Place the pumpkin on a cookie sheet covered in foil (to protect the pan from spillage and ease in cleaning)
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for 60 minutes!
When you serve this amazing dinner, simply add a spoon to the casserole and encourage all to scoop it out with some baked pumpkin and eat it up! It’s delicious and a perfect turkey dinner in one!
Here’s a printable recipe!
| Turkey Dinner in a Pumpkin | Print |
- 6 oz. dried stuffing bread (about 3 cups)
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 oz. of mushrooms
- 1 small onion
- 1 can chicken broth (14.5 oz)
- 1 6oz. bag of frozen cut green beans
- 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 1.5 TBSP Italian Seasoning
- 10 oz. of turkey breast cutlets (fresh or canned)
- ½ cup of Craisins
- 1 TBSP Worcestershire Sauce
- ½ TBSP of Soy Sauce
- 1 average size pie pumpkin
- Salt and Pepper
- Mix the bread crumbs and Italian seasoning in a bowl. Pour half the can of chicken broth over the bread crumbs to hydrate.
- Clean the pumpkin. Cut the top off and clean and hollow out. (save the pumpkin seeds for roasted pumpkin seeds)
- On the stovetop, saute' the mushrooms, onions and celery until they are soft and brown.
- In a separate bowl, mix the cream of mushroom soup and the remaining chicken broth. Add the soy, Worcestershire and salt and pepper into the soup mix and blend well.
- Add the turkey (cut up into chunks) in the last 1-minute to the saute' mixture to lightly cook.
- Add the sautéed veggies and turkey to the soup mixture and blend well.
- Then fold the breadcrumb mixture into the soup mixture.
- Add this mixture to the inside of the pumpkin.
- Place the pumpkin on a cookie sheet covered in foil (to protect the pan from spillage and ease in cleaning)
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for 60 minutes!
Also, you can turn this into an AMAZING gift for someone, but also be frugal at the same time. We’ve created a packaged version of this recipe and you can gift to someone to have an all-in-one turkey dinner in a pumpkin, or in a casserole pan. I will give brief instructions on this one.
- In a baggie, add 6 oz. dried stuffing bread (about 3 cups), 1 tsp. celery seed, 2 TBSP. of dried onion,1.5 TBSP Italian Seasoning and shake it all together
- In a separate ziploc, add 1/2 cup of Craisins and stick it into the top of the bread bag to be all in one. I then make it “pretty” by placing this in a themed bag to go into the basket.
- Then, in a basket, gift bag or however you plan to “gift” this, add:
- 1 can chicken broth (14.5 oz)
- 1 can of cut green beans
- 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 10 oz. can of turkey breast
- 1 can of mushrooms
- Then a pumpkin or 9×11 aluminum casserole pan
Note:I got the Thanksgiving themed tray from Hobby Lobby, but if you do this without the pumpkin, you can put everything in the aluminum casserole pan as the holding tray!
- The recipe card you can print below that gives instructions on how to assemble and cook.
This is a beautiful gift for someone to gift them a complete meal and they can assemble in a few minutes, bake and throw it all away!
There’s 2 versions of this recipe: one with the pumpkin if you gift it with the pumpkin and one without. Just print the one you want to use!
Here’s what you need you need (download/print as many times as you want):
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<== Download your printable All-in-One Turkey Dinner Gift Labels HERE |
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<== Download your printable Turkey Dinner in a Pumpkin Instruction Labels HERE |
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