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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (275g)

Recipe makes 6 servings

Calories 259
Calories from Fat 33 (12%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 3.7g 5%
Saturated Fat 0.6g 2%
Monounsaturated Fat 1.0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.5g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 572mg 23%
Potassium 756mg 21%
Total Carbohydrate 48.9g 16%
Dietary Fiber 4.1g 16%
Sugars 16.2g
Protein 8.4g 16%

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Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Pasta Dinner

Recipe #328185 | 30 min | 20 min prep | add private note

By: Patriotic AF Wife
Sep 30, 2008

I've made a variation of this for the past two years for Halloween dinner. We enjoy carving the 'pumpkins' and eating the 'worms'.

SERVES 6 -8 , 6 -8 peppers (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Carve each bell pepper as you would a Jack-O-Lantern, cutting the top off and hollowing out the inside before carving a face.
  2. 2
    Discard the tops.
  3. 3
    Cook pasta according to package directions.
  4. 4
    Drain Pasta.
  5. 5
    Mix pasta with warm sauce and spoon into each individual pepper, making sure the pasta 'oozes' out the eyes, mouth, and top of pepper.
  6. 6
    Serve with breadstick 'bones'--tie a knot at the end of each breadstick, bake, and enjoy!

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From: Starrynews

On Nov 5, 2008

This was such a cute idea! We each carved our own peppers and then I filled them with a thick black bean soup garnished with sour cream and cheese (trying to eat fewer simple carbs like pasta). It worked wonderfully - the soup spilled out of the facial feature a little bit to fulfill that effect, but was easy to eat with a spoon. Thanks for sharing!

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  • From: Meredith C-ville

    On Oct 28, 2008

    This deserves all the stars for the idea. The insides are really up to the chef! I used whole grain elbows (looking for a smaller pasta) and a jarred mushroom/ olive tomato sauce (into which I had secretly incorporated some leftover mashed pumpkin). I steamed some broccoli to use as greens (a pumpkin patch?) around each jackolantern, and put the carved peppers in with the broccoli briefly so that they could soften and become a bit warm, too. It was something to have fun with that didn't require a whole lot of mess or effort, and brought smiles to our faces. Thanks.

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    From: padreaming

    On Oct 6, 2008

    Very cute presentation. We used Jo Mama's sauce. Excellent!

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