Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Steak again! Totally stole this cauliflower steak idea from Lynn at the Actor’s Diet. I thought it was a genius way to serve cauliflower. I added in my own genius using it as a tool to eat massive amounts of Romesco Sauce. Seriously I can not get enough of Romesco sauce. Or of roasted cauliflower. The…
You know what goes great with cocoa rubbed steak. Potatoes. Sweet potatoes actually. I treated myself to a new cookbook, it has been on my wishlist for some time. I dropped into Anthropolgie a few weeks ago and they had it in person. It reminded how much I miss Borders and bookstores for that…
Making dinner is hard work. Lucky for me I had a fresh squeezed blood orange cocktail sustenance — 2 parts blood orange juice, 2 parts Tequila, 1 part Aperol. Fresh and bright, a delicious cooking companion. On the menu this night was cocoa rubbed steak and sweet potato wedges with lemongrass dipping sauce. My husband…
Yep, a week late. Actually Tuesday nights I am at my workout so we celebrated Fat Tuesday over the weekend. On the menu, Prosecco hurricanes, crunchy baked shrimp, a cheese tray with my favorite stinky cheese (it’s good to have friends in cheesy places that know what you like), and finally sausage and chicken gumbo. I leave…
As if chocolate cake for breakfast wasn’t good enough, I moved onto cookies for breakfast. You’d never guess that I really prefer savory over sweet for breakfast. Though honestly neither of these dessert sounding breakfasts are dessert sweet, they are more on the savory side of the scale. As much as I enjoyed the cake I actually prefer these…
I’m here. I’ve been busy failing in the kitchen. My motivation is lacking, it is showing in the outcome. The winter blah perhaps, not that there is much winter to blah about. Actually a few days snowed in would be a welcome change. I guess I have had a few success to speak of. I’ve…
I’ve declared my love for peanut butter, what I didn’t mention is peanut butter doesn’t reciprocate those feelings. Not one single bit. It gives me the worst heartburn. Especially if I eat it before running. Bananas do the same thing to me. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches used to be my go to breakfast before…
Last weekend was one of the most unproductive weekends on record for me. Seriously. Literally the only thing I managed to do was cleaning and organizing the freezer. I found a lot of Summer goodies waiting to be enjoyed. No better time than the present. At the end of the Summer, when tomatoes are ripening…
I’ve been preoccupied with buffalo hummus ever since I saw that Sabre came out with this flavor. Especially since I can not find it in my area. Then I got a stick blender for Christmas and got me wondering how it would be for making hummus. Buffalo hummus. Yes, I have been thinking about this…
I’d celebrate peanut butter any day in fact I started my day with a PB&J. The internet tells me that today marks National Peanut Butter Day. Here are suggestions for celebrating… These peanut butter bars are a good start. If you want to splurge and want something really sweet try the peanut butter and corn…