Author: jayelle

How to Roast a Fresh Pumpkin

How to Roast a Fresh Pumpkin

One of the best things about fall, as far as I’m concerned, is cooking with pumpkin. In the past I’ve always just used canned pumpkin, but today I decided to try roasting one. I searched around on the internet to help me decide on the …

Laptop Lunchbox

Laptop Lunchbox

Laptop lunchboxes are another thing that falls into the category of ‘things I’ve heard about for years, but finally took up’. I don’t know why, I just wasn’t all that interested. Maybe it’s because they are plastic and I’m not all that crazy about plastic. …

Baked Oatmeal

Baked Oatmeal

For years I saw on blogs and boards references to ‘Baked Oatmeal’ for breakfast. Although everyone who mentioned it gushed about how great it was, it didn’t sound like anything I wanted to try. I’m not sure what finally convinced me to try it, but …

Polish Stew

Polish Stew

I tried a ‘new to me’ recipe tonight that I found  a few weeks ago while trolling through blogs at random. The recipe was ‘Polish Stew‘ on the now apparently abandoned ‘Emily’s Experiments’ I made it pretty much as written and served it with fresh-out-of-the-oven …