Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Hy husband kindly volunteered himself to join me in my new eating plan. He has been a good sport about for the most part. Somewhere around the 6th salad eating kind of became a chore for him and honestly I had to agree. But again I was not shooting for exciting, I was shooting for…
I am on South Beach. Not the actual South Beach, I wish. No, I am ON South Beach, as in the diet. I don’t like the word diet; it immediately makes me want to binge on horrid unhealthy comfort food. And perhaps maybe I in fact did do go that route the day before I…
My daughter is taking French this semester as part of her elective rotation. For the past few weeks they have learned specifically about the food. I remember when I was in junior high our French class had a big feast that we all had to bring a French dish to. My friend and I made…
I am a little obsessed. But I’m ok with it. The Sandwich King is the only cooking show we have been watching these days. Actually, it is one of few guaranteed times all week that my husband and I kick back to enjoy a show. Modern Family is another of those moments. Each week there…
This weekend we had a fabulous dinner at the chef’s table. We got to see all the chef action close up right in the kitchen. We even got to pitch in ad help prepare, chop, stir, and even cook. This was no ordinary chef’s table either, well actually that is exactly what it was. We…
My memory isn’t what it used to be. In re-telling all the routine recipes and meatless recipes I have tried lately I forgot a few. Jane at The Healthy Beehive reminded of one in particular I forgot. Or maybe I did mention it. Ever start telling someone a story and you can almost immediately…
When one of my favorite sources for recipes offered a chance to review a copy of their new cookbook that shares the name of the blog, Meatless Meals for Meat Eaters by Miriam Barton, I jumped at the chance. The Lentil tacos from the site are a fixture in our taco Tuesday line up and…
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…
Gotta say, I am ok with no one to talk to tonight. My husband went out to watch basketball and my 6 mile run today kind of kicked my butt. Gives me a great opportunity to get a new book started, I travel tomorrow and want to be engrossed in a book so I…
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…