This weekend I was able to have a nice relaxing time at home. After last weekend and all the Halloween activities I was glad to have little to do. I started another knitting project but I have to stay completely mum about this one so a certain person won’t find out a thing. So shhh! I was also able to do some cooking. It’s perhaps one of my favorite things about the weekend. I don’t have much time during the week to make elaborate meals between being at the office and making jewelry in the evening. So when the weekend comes I take a look at all the recipes I’ve bookmarked and decide which ones I will make.

The recipe I chose was a particularly special one. I’ve had it in mind for over a year now and the circumstances were just right this time. You may wonder how it is that a recipe would ever not be right and I’ll tell you! It’s because the key ingredient is only in the stores around this time of year. Guess it yet? It’s a pumpkin!! I had purchased a small pie pumpkin a couple weeks back thinking I would either carve it or stuff it. Well carving never happened this year so stuffing it was it’s fate.

Like I said I’d been wanting to make this recipe for over a year when I was listening to this clip on NPR titled: Sweet or Savory: Stuff, Bake and Devour A Pumpkin.  It was sooo easy once you have the pumpkin. I cut everything up, stuffed in in the pumpkin, poured heavy cream all over it, and baked it for two hours. It was a long two hours with my stomach grumbling. Finally it was done and I could not have been happier with the result. It was truly a comfort food and I felt a bit sleepy after eating it, in an oh so good way!