People always ask me if I enjoy cooking because I do it all the time. My usual reply is "Not really, but I do enjoy eating healthfully as a result of my hard work in the kitchen." Well today after almost a week off from cooking over the Christmas holidays and after a week of eating food that is not the greatest for me I have gotten back into the kitchen. I whipped up a batch of mixed berry jam and experimented with some leftover pumpkin puree and made a pumpkin loaf. And I must say there is something enjoyable about working in the kitchen and creating something with your own two hands. It was satisfying today to spend some time baking while watching my jars of jam cool on the window sill. (I even used my new label maker and added some handy dandy labels to the jar) What is also gratifying is realizing how my skills have improved over the last year. I never would have experimented with a recipe a year ago but today I subbed in pumpkin for bananas and created my own pumpkin bread. It is still baking away in the oven so I will have to let you know how it tastes when it's done!