Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Picnics are a lot more fun when you don’t have to wear a winter coat! It is softball season again which means dinner at the ball field a few times a week. I actually love my daughters schedule this year, games are only on Monday and Wednesday. While it makes for a busy week it…
This week’s CSA box was almost identical to the one from last week, just the kale was changed up. Just the kale I have been waiting for to give kale chips a try. Spinach Bok Choi Hakurei Turnips (topped) Head Lettuce Kale (Lacinato) I was away a few days last week so had a lot…
I had fun hosting BSI Cherries! As I was lounging in bed on Mother’s Day eating yet another cherry chocolate scone I ran across a recipe for cherry limeade of all things. I sipped on this while take a look at the recipes. This will be perfect on a hot summer day, even better with…
A lot more of the same in the box this week. Spinach Bok Choi Hakurei Turnips (topped) Head Lettuce Kale (Red Russian) The head lettuce is so fresh and looks delicious. We are going to have that for Mother’s Day dinner with a roasted chicken. I need to find a new way to prepare the…
My friend recently came into an abundance of saffron and asked me for some ideas to put it to use. She also gave me a some to enjoy, bonus! In my feeds that day I was reading the Marx Food Blog and saw they had posted the The Ridiculously Delicious Challenge. I took part in…
Spring cleaning has been on our agenda over the past month. The kitchen was in dire need, especially in organizing the food items in the cabinets. I’ve been trying to work our way through the food we’ve had hanging around for awhile, mostly sauces and marinades. I discovered we had three different flavored skewers. These…
Cinco de Mayo is not happening in our house this year. This week’s schedule is crazy and the husband is out of town tonight. I had already banked on tonight being leftover night. Though I did make lentil tacos for taco Tuesday, I was hoping to have leftovers but we ate it all. They were…
I am excited to be hosting the Blogger Secret Ingredient contest this week. Each week a new host picks a secret ingredient and hosts the contest for anyone to enter a recipe. I’ve been a participant but this is my first time hosting. Yea! I’ve picked cherries as the secret ingredient. They aren’t truly in…
Spring has sprung in these parts. We’ve gotten a lot of rain which in turn has made everything vibrantly green and there are plenty of flowers to show for all those showers. It is not really puppy friendly weather and it has put a damper on softball season but I am sure it won’t be…
The weekly boxes contain a lot more produce than I expected. We still have plenty left from last week, but Easter leftovers made using them up a bit more difficult. I definitely need to tackle the meal plan more efficiently this week. I easily used all the spinach last week by making a cheesy spinach…