Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Breakfast is a challenge on work days. My preference is something savory, low-carb, and satisfying. Oh, and I try to keep breakfast around 300 calories. Eggs are a preferred choice, though I prefer to eat later in the morning (at work), so they are not a great option most days. Chobani black cherry yogurt with…
I haven’t been making much worth sharing lately. But this, this makes up for it. While this Ahi is delicious, it’s all about the sauce. It may not look like much, but there is a whole lot of awesome packed in that little bowl. The chili garlic sauce and pickled ginger being the leads…
This my friends is the easiest caramel corn recipe ever. It helps when you can rely on culinary geniuses to make delicious ingredients to get you started. Case in point, cayenne cinnamon caramel sauce from Chocolate Twist. Though of course you could make your own caramel sauce, or just use store-bought. This recipe came out…
Nothing says “I Love You” quite like butter and heavy cream. Right? Oh and strawberries. Ya know what else, the smell of strawberries drying in the oven is AMAZING! Heat oven to 200 degrees, slice the strawberries, arrange in single layer on parchment lined cookies sheet. Cook for 4 hours, flip at the halfway point….
The best part of working from home is (besides being able to eat Brussels sprouts for breakfast) the time I save on commuting can be spent in the kitchen. Relaxed time in the kitchen, without the normal rush of a weeknight meal. It gives me time to dig into recipes on my to-cook list. A…
Let’s see if I remember how to do this. 😉 I’ve made a few recipes from the Plenty cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi. This cookbook is gorgeous, with a plush cover and amazing photos, I just love to read through it. Ottolenghi makes it easy to succeed with simply written recipes, and every one I have…
Necessity is the mother of invention. Or in my case the loathe of going to the store twice in one day. I forgot appetizers to pickup some pre-dinner snacks so I had to improvise with what I had on hand. I’ve had a 3 lb. bag of pecans taking up space in the fridge for…
Sunday started blustery, but was everything a Sunday should be in the end. Brunch, every Sunday should include brunch. We hit up Little Goat, out first visit. Nothing little about this place. Well except for the wait. We got there at about 8:30 and had no problems getting a seat. But the place filled up…
Winter was nothing if not persistent. I loved all the snow! The time change and St. Patrick’s Day are welcome signs of spring, even if there is snow in the forecast again tonight. The St. Patrick’s Day parade this year was snowy and cold but fun as always. We’ve had a lot of fun celebrating…
I celebrated the New Year in Michigan this year. It started snowing in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve and didn’t stop anytime before I left. White knuckle drive home, though shout out to Indiana, of the three states I drove through they were the only one with plowed roads. I arrived home to more…