Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
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,…
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…
It’s been a busy month, Saturday was the first time in over a week my husband and I got to sit down for dinner together at home. Grilling was on the agenda. While the main course was grilling we enjoyed some guacamole on the front porch. Grilled guacamole. Smokey and spicy. Spicy is good, more…
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…
Week one of marathon training complete! I ran a total of 15.52 miles this week, the long run was 6 miles. It was hot and slow, it was a hot weekend in Chicago. Only 21 more weeks to go and close to 500 more miles. Friday night is pizza night for the foreseeable future, carb…
The whole low carb thing is easy enough with a few exceptions… Pizza Beer Party Food I’ve been happy enough with a few alternative pizza crust options, but bottom line it just isn’t the same. There is no substitution for pizza. Same goes for beer, the low carb options just don’t cut it. Especially in…
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…
I am glad I invested some time finding some new low carb recipes, all of them have been a success with the whole family. Next up, Chinese take-out. We don’t ordered dinner out too often but when we do it is either pizza or Chinese. The problem is both of these are easy to over…
The theme of week two on South Beach seems to be comfort food in the form of a casserole. I’ll get right to this one… Crappy picture are also a theme apparently, I blame the lack of carbs. This one is the real deal, and could practically go unnoticed that it is not potato. I…
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…