Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
The first leg of our vacation was camping in Michigan. Can’t go camping without s’mores. My sister-in-law brought Reese’s peanut butter cups, genius! We roasted up the beer marshmallows. I have to say,beer or no beer, homemade marshmallows are awesome. The texture is creamier than the packaged kind. They roasted up nicely, and melted very…
Strawberries + Basil = Summer Easy + No Bake (almost) = Vacation Summer vacation in a pie crust… I love cooking, so I have no problem cooking on vacation. It gives me time to try new things and not be rushed. But sometime simple wins. There is no time like summer for simple, easy, no…
So those beer marshmallows I made that I dipped in chocolate and topped with crushed pretzels… They didn’t store too well, the pretzels lost their crunch. Luckily I only dig this with a dozen or so of the marshmallows in the batch. I was able to salvage them though, I followed Lynn’s lead and made…
This was the weekend to finally conquer the homemade marshmallows. But not just any marshmallows… Beer marshmallows. They are surprisingly easy to make, but require full concentration from start to finish. I had the day to myself, guaranteed no interruptions. We are going camping in a week so the timing was just right. These will…
Not much to say on this one. I am loving the lemon basil from this week’s CSA basket, a bright version of my favorite herb. It’s nice match for buttery shortbread for an easy summer dessert. Lemon Basil Shortbread Recipe Type: Dessert Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 30 mins…
June is full of celebrations in our house; Father’s day, my husband’s birthday, my daughter’s birthday, and our wedding anniversary. They all happen within a week span. We had a delayed celebration for the husband’s birthday father’s day all in one, just in the nick of time to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. She turned twelve,…
I survived week one following the South Beach eating plan without much difficulty. I even survived skipping my traditional Mother’s Day scone. My husband is even in on the action. I learned a few things in the process… Salads require a lot of chewing. Chewing takes time. Slower eating puts made me focus on 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…
Why did McDonald’s have to go messing with a good thing? The Shamrock Shake was perfect as it was, the whipped cream and cherry don’t do anything to improve it. The fact that they are no longer premixed but instead combined in the cup leaving them ribboned with green food dye streaks. Don’t get me started…
I’d celebrate peanut butter any day in fact I started my day with a PB&J. The internet tells me that today marks National Peanut Butter Day. Here are suggestions for celebrating… These peanut butter bars are a good start. If you want to splurge and want something really sweet try the peanut butter and corn…