Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
We’ve finally found a butcher in town and they are awesome. They aren’t a fancy shop but their meat is fresh and delicious and they have lots of friendly butchers that are more than happy to help you. The homemade sausages they have is excellent, they have all types of varieties from spicy to lamb…
I am always in search of new sandwich toppings beyond just the usual tomato, lettuce and mayo. I did some quick pickling and these jalapeno and red onion slices did just the trick. They add a ton of flavor and a little bit of spice without the need for added fat and calories. These were…
As a kid I only ever ate grapefruit when my grandmother was visiting. I would dose it in sugar to hide the actual grapefruit flavor, which pretty much counteracted any good nutrients in the fruit. I was amazed people would eat these straight up. As an adult I don’t make too much of an effort…
I love garlic, especially roasted garlic on fresh warm bread. This recipe creates a garlic with a similar sweetness to that of roasted garlic, but in less time and with the bonus of the flavored oil. Spreading the garlic on bread is delicious though my favorite use for this oil it on blanched broccoli. Pour…
We’ve had a green theme going on this week, not so much on purpose but it works given St. Patrick’s Day. The week started nicely with the long anticipated Shamrock Shake. Colcannon was a perfect side with lamb sausage and brown bread. It is essentially mashed potatoes with lightly sauteed cabbage and green onions mixed…
I abandon all plans for Irish soda bread this year. I always end up eating it with too much butter anyway. Kept it simple with this brown bread recipe to accompany our lamb sausage and colcannon. Very easy bread to throw together. It turns out as a dense chewy bread that…
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…
My husband and I used to watch endless hours of Food Network TV back in the day when the majority of shows were actually cooking shows. Hard to believe that was fifteen years ago. Our favorite shows were Cooking Live with Sara Moulton, Door-knock Dinners, Corner Table With Bill Boggs, Hot Off the Grill with…
St. Patrick’s Day comes early and often to our town. It generally kicks off the the first weekend in March with a parade. The best parade of the year by far. Most years we would have everyone back to our house after the parade, but last year I was in Minnesota so there ended the…
I should feel refreshed after our low key weekend, but sadly that is not the case. The weekend kicked off with a happy hour to bid farewell to another friend at work, but I was home and in bed early. Saturday was an early morning. I did my first distribution shift at the food pantry…