All about PuMpKiNs

We meant to do all of this last night for family home evening but we were all too sick so tonight we had a pumpkin party! Andrew found this great Star Wars pumpkin stensil things that we used, I think they turned out GREAT!

I carved the Yoda and Mark did the Light Sabers.Yoda...Light Sabers...

The pumkin love didn't stop there...I found a recipe for Pumpkin Pot Pie so I made this for dinner tonight. I couldn't find very many small pumpkins so I improvised on what we had. Mark LOVED them...I think they turned out great!

Want the recipe?

Pumpkin Pot Pies:

6 sugar pumpkins or acorn squash (1 - 2 pounds each)

6 Tbsp butter

6 Tbsp flour

3 C canned chicken broth

8 ounces frozen mixed vegetables

8 ounces frozen pearl onions or chopped onions (I doubled veggies instead)

4 C cooked chicken, cut into bite-size pieces

1 Tbsp dried tyme

1 Tbsp dried leaf sage

2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley

1 refrigerated pie crust

1 egg beaten with 1 Tbsp milk for egg wash

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Slice tops off pumpkins. Remove seeds and pulp. Sprinkle insides of pumpkins with salt and pepper. Place pumpkins cut side up on a baking sheet. Cover pumpkins tightly with foil. Bake 25 - 30 minutes or just until a knife pierces the skin. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350F.

2. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly until well combined, about 1 minute. Add broth and stir constantly until mixture is thick and bubbly, about 5 minutes. Add veggies, onions, chicken and herbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and divide mixture evenly among cooled pumpkin shells (about 1.5 C per pumpkin).

3. Unwrap pie dough and place on lightly floured work surface. With a sharp paring knife, cut (12) 6-in-long, 1/2-in-wide strips, and roll dough to resemble tendrils. Cut small leaf shapes, and with back of knife, gently press lines into leaf to resemble veins.

4. Use egg wash as glue to attach dough strips, twisting gently to form coils. Attach leaves. Brush all decorations with egg wash. Return pumpkins to oven and bake about 30 min, or until pie dough is golden and filling is hot and bubbling.

Here is the picture that was included:

I covered my pumpkins with the pie crust instead of making the pretty strips so whatever you want to do. Give it a try!