Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Fall is my favorite season. Not only are the trees gorgeous but they produce some beautiful bounties. Fresh picked honey crisp apples, yes please! We have been celebrating the season with this pie for over ten years, it truly captures the season. The original recipe is quite decedent. I’ve improved on it a bit over…
Winter continues, temps in Chicago are below zero and windchills are even lower. At least they were when I wrote this post. We still have a few chilly evenings left until spring. Comfort food to the rescue. This recipe is inspired by the meatball fondue recipe from Cooking Light. I’m so sad the print version…
Three day weekends are the best! After the hustle of the holidays I was well prepped to do a whole lotta nothing. Just completing on of my most unproductive weekends on records. Unless putting a dent in my Netflix queue is considered productive. I really enjoyed My Next Guest with David Letterman. The interview with…
Sunday started blustery, but was everything a Sunday should be in the end. Brunch, every Sunday should include brunch. We hit up Little Goat, out first visit. Nothing little about this place. Well except for the wait. We got there at about 8:30 and had no problems getting a seat. But the place filled up…
So ya know I preserved those lemons with no clue how I was going to use them. My husband actually hates lemon is his food which makes using them up even more of a challenge. I just could not see them to go to waste. Well even preserved lemons have a shelf life. As much…
I love me some three-day weekends! It started with the Solider Field 10 Miler, I didn’t have as good a run as I did last year, but I wasn’t well prepared so it was not surprising. It has been awhile since I ran a race so it was fun to get back out there. The…
Our household has been out of sorts and is just not getting back into a regular routine. My husband got injured on a work trip (little run in with a tornado). Certainly could have been much worse, he was very lucky compared to the hard hit areas, but it was bad enough to keep…
Yep, a week late. Actually Tuesday nights I am at my workout so we celebrated Fat Tuesday over the weekend. On the menu, Prosecco hurricanes, crunchy baked shrimp, a cheese tray with my favorite stinky cheese (it’s good to have friends in cheesy places that know what you like), and finally sausage and chicken gumbo. I leave…
Happy Pi Day, 3.14, aka my Mom’s Birthday (Happy Birthday Mom)! I made a chicken pot pie to celebrate. Mind you explaining pi to a four year-old is a lot easier then explaining it to a 5th grade, they want more details. I pulled out my old copy of Fannie Farmer for a recipe, figured…
I’d say I conquered the first Indian recipe attempt, even the kids liked it! Forgive the crappy picture, but you get the gist. I served the butter chicken with some spinach left from our final CSA bag from the farmer and store bought naan bread. In the end it was not as intimidating as I…