Stuffed Yellow Squash

Ingredients

• 6 large yellow squash
• 1/2 cup raw rice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3/4 lb sirloin steak, cut into small cubes (round steak can be used)
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 melt margarine in frying pan, add rice, salt, pepper, garlic powder and steak that has been cut into small cubes.
• 2 mix thoroughly.
• 3 wash squash, cut necks off and set aside. with a teaspoon, scoop the pulp (seeds) from bottom of the squash, making a shell.
• 4 discard pulp and seeds.
• 5 fill shells with rice-steak mixture and put 2 toothpicks crisscross across top to hold filling in shells.
• 6 put shells and tops in dutch oven.
• 7 run tomatoes through blender, then pour over squash.
• 8 bring to boil, then simmer for about 1 hour, or until rice is tender.