Pumpkin Sloppy Joes
When my oldest granddaughter gave me eight of the 50 pumpkins she grew in her backyard, I didn't know how I'd use them all up! Then I remembered this recipe from a dear friend—I'm glad I tried it. I froze some of the pumpkin to use in this and other recipes, and also froze some of the sloppy joe mixture to enjoy later.—Eleanor McReynolds, Scott City, Kansas
8 ServingsPrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 hamburger buns, split
- American and mozzarella cheese slices
Directions
- In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and garlic over medium heat
- until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the pumpkin, tomato
- sauce, brown sugar, mustard, chili powder and salt. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut American cheese slices with a pumpkin-shaped cookie
- cutter. Cut mozzarella cheese into shapes (triangles, half-circles,
- etc.) to make pumpkin faces. Spoon meat mixture onto buns and top
- each with a pumpkin. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 cup) equals 250 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 28 mg cholesterol, 607 mg sodium,