Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Vine ripe tomatoes, fresh picked basil — Summer eating doesn’t get better. Love the linger of the basil on your hands after you’ve picked it, the scent is so strongly associated to summer for me it just brings a rush of happiness. Add fresh mozzarella and those vine ripe tomatoes I mentioned and I’m grinning…
So yeah, it’s been a busy month. We never even really celebrate Father’s Day for my husband. Or celebrated his birthday. This weekend we made up for it with breakfast in bed… Sausage burgers on a pretzel croissant. Oh, with a fried egg on top. Sriracha ketchup is a vegetable, right? Though not hungover, this…
Baked goods are a challenge when trying to keep carbs to a minimum. Doing research I keep running across recommendations for coconut flour or almond flour. I took a trip to Trader Joe’s to see what I could find. They didn’t have either one. The trip was not a total loss, I ran across flaxseed…
Breakfast, yes breakfast again. Honestly I find cooking quinoa to be a pain in the arse. I inevitably get the little grains all over the place. Probably just me. Here is my latest breakfast creation my goal to incorporate quinoa for a meat/egg free protein boost. Another breakfast with grains. I had some spare…
I had big plans for myself this past weekend. BIG plans. The first thing on my to do list: Lemon Oatmeal Ricotta Pancakes. They did not disappoint. Delicious! Grinding the oatmeal to use in place of flour was a nice trick that I look forward to trying elsewhere. My batter was thin and the pancakes…
As if chocolate cake for breakfast wasn’t good enough, I moved onto cookies for breakfast. You’d never guess that I really prefer savory over sweet for breakfast. Though honestly neither of these dessert sounding breakfasts are dessert sweet, they are more on the savory side of the scale. As much as I enjoyed the cake I actually prefer these…
I’m here. I’ve been busy failing in the kitchen. My motivation is lacking, it is showing in the outcome. The winter blah perhaps, not that there is much winter to blah about. Actually a few days snowed in would be a welcome change. I guess I have had a few success to speak of. I’ve…
I’ve declared my love for peanut butter, what I didn’t mention is peanut butter doesn’t reciprocate those feelings. Not one single bit. It gives me the worst heartburn. Especially if I eat it before running. Bananas do the same thing to me. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches used to be my go to breakfast before…
Plate as in plates. Lots and lots of plates. Whole lot of eating going on this holiday season. Friday was the family celebration and traditional Pierogi Fest. Homemade and fried to perfection. A delicious way to kick things off. Actually we started with lots of appetizers too. My husband’s liver pâté and I brought these…
My weekday breakfast routine is in a rut, Greek yogurt, granola, and fresh fruit. This needs to change, especially with the weather turning to the cooler temps of fall. The morning rush doesn’t allow much time to mix it up so on Sundays I like to invest some time to have a nice slow breakfast. …