Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
It has been a rainy couple of weeks in Chicago, in fact the kids got a rain day today. With the rain all night, our yard just could not keep up… …the dog refuses to use the yard. Our basement got a few inches, but we have nothing compared to others, our neighbors included. Thankfully…
The theme of this year seems to be non-stop. Which sometimes is a good thing and sometimes it makes me want to stay under the covers all day, especially with five straight days of rain. I am constantly playing catch up. Though, now most of the big items on the to-do list are done, but…
We did not have a very traditional Easter this year. It was all about house chores and catching up on sleep. We did get eggs colored at the 11th hour on Saturday. Sticking with the non-traditional I didn’t just make the hard boiled eggs into egg salad like I traditionally would. Instead I tried something…
Baja Spring Break goes something like this… A long day on a sunny beach makes you thirsty, margarita anyone? Followed by chorizo and shrimp crispy tacos… A side salad and creamy refried beans… All generously topped with a fresh salsa… A perfect spring break retreat… Aw hell, I’m dreaming — I have to go to…
Cooking for fellow food blogger friends this past weekend was so fun. I wanted to send them home with something and decided it was the perfect opportunity to finally make attempt Sriracha Salt. This recipe is pretty widespread, I certainly did not create it, though I can’t recall where I first saw it. Likely it…
As it turns out, I can’t cook for just four people. But better too much than not enough! I had the pleasure of hosting Biz {My Bizzy Kitchen}, Jennifer {Slim Shoppin‘}, and my sister {Lower CT River Valley} for brunch today. Two sets of sisters, one set of twins. We grew in the same town…
I’m back! Arrived from Dublin just in time to head to a local Irish bar for a big St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Go figure. Today is all about relaxing, oh and laundry I guess. I have my favorite St. Patrick’s Day meal cooking away in the slow cooker. Actually, this is one of my all…
I mean, how could I not? It was just too easy and fun. I mean seriously, how awesome is that… I just wish I had done it earlier this month for the cake walk at the school carnival. The carnival is one of the best days of the year. Cake walk anyone? Though my daughter…
Minus the weekend, I missed half of February at work. Dare I say I was happy to return. Lunch at Union Sushi (two thumbs up) made my return even more enjoyable. Jury duty went late, later than I usually get home from work, so the husband was on dinner duty. Good thing because I was…
The Super Bowl is coming and I am very excited. I have no idea who is even in the Super Bowl this year but any party that centers around good eats is my type of day. Not just any good eats, but football good eats like these… beer cheese dip buffalo wing dip guacamole spicy…