Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
After conquering the cassoulet I was left with the breasts and the carcass. A tip, wrapping the carcass in foil and sticking it in the fridge will leave you with lots of duck juice come morning. Yuck! I froze the breasts for later, but got to looking for a use for the carcass. Google to…
It has been a cold week in Chicago. As the saying goes, the best defense if a good offense, my defense against the cold was to get cooking. Armed with my new toy and a warm oven I set out to finally conquer the cassoulet. This dish is the reason I was on the hunt…
Left to their own choices, my kids would opt to eat chicken nuggets, cheese burgers and french fries, and pizza for dinner every night. They’d also choose sugary cereal and soda, and dessert every night. Unfortunately for them that doesn’t jive with the adults ruling the house. One of those rules is I don’t cut…
I went to Whole Foods last weekend in search of duck and came home with a grocery bag of random food stuff. I guess I was hungry. One of the things I came home with were these red lentils… No specific plan for them, they just caught my eye when I was getting some white…
Monday is a good a day as any for a sick day. Not me, and nothing serious. The littlest is on day two of a fever and sore throat. He deemed me “his butler for the day”. Nice. Could be a lot worse, really he just want me to hangout and watch movies with him…
Happy Tuesday, slowly getting to Friday. So I got a new toy for Christmas… I guess I was good this year. Good enough anyway! Love the color, it is perfect in our kitchen. I especially love the weight of the cast iron, and the coating. I broke it in almost immediately for Biz’s simply crusty…
Even though I worked a bit over the holiday break, it still felt like a two week break from the normal crap. The kids were off of school and we both had the majority of the time off. It was a busy few weeks but believe me I found plenty of time to sit on…
We have a lot in common, buffalo and breakfast to mention a few. A lot of my favorites this year were your favorites too. Breakfast Quinoa Buffalo Cauliflower Dip Buffalo Hummus Flax Oat Bran Zucchini Muffins Smoky Frittata Any of these would be a perfect addition to ringing the new year.
I have a love and hate of this time of year. Halloween kicks it off with candy at every turn, Thanksgiving keeps it going with overeating and extra desserts. The weather getting colder makes it that more of challenge to get out the door to run. Before I know it Christmas will be here, followed…
Long weekend, I am very thankful for the long weekend. I am thankful for a lot, but this year the long weekend wins top honors. We headed out-of-town for Thanksgiving, always more relaxing than a house full of chores staring you in the face. Thanksgiving day was gorgeous, great day for a walk on the…