Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
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…
We had a very low-key weekend, it was soooo nice. I even found a few hours to park myself on the couch under a nice warm blanket and read my book uninterrupted. It has been months since I finished a book, such a rare treat. I was also able to spend some time in the…
It was all apples and pumpkins this past weekend. Fall must be close, it is my favorite time of year! Pumpkin waffles with cinnamon sugar butter, pumpkin beer, grilled cheese and apple, pumpkin cupcakes with Nutella buttercream and salted butterscotch, warm caramel apple cider, farmers market donuts. It was out first trip the farmers market…
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…
A free evening is rare these days. A free evening that coincides with me having inspiration and energy to cook is even more rare. I was hoping to give duck breast a try, no luck finding any. All for the best because I ran across this recipe in a cookbook my mom passed along to…
We neglected our grill this summer. The hot summer was mostly to blame.  The weather lately has been perfect though so we decided to take advantage of it to show our grill some love. Standard burger topped with arugula, asagio cheese crisp, and spicy basil ketchup Grate about a cup of cheese into a bowl…
Part two of our small plates evening was even better than part one. I am a little hesitant to tell you about this one, I am back to cauliflower. Purely an accident, I picked the recipe not realizing it had cauliflower in it. No worries because this recipe from Plenty is the best so far. …
Appetizers are an ideal summer meal in my opinion, especially when it is too hot to fire up the grill or be stuck in the kitchen. Small plates type of meals also give me a chance to try new recipes, besides it leaves you free to enjoy the meal instead of cooking/prepping with the guests…
So yeah, it’s been a busy month. We never even really celebrate Father’s Day for my husband. Or celebrated his birthday. This weekend we made up for it with breakfast in bed… Sausage burgers on a pretzel croissant. Oh, with a fried egg on top. Sriracha ketchup is a vegetable, right? Though not hungover, this…
When one of my favorite sources for recipes offered a chance to review a copy of their new cookbook that shares the name of the blog, Meatless Meals for Meat Eaters by Miriam Barton, I jumped at the chance. The Lentil tacos from the site are a fixture in our taco Tuesday line up and…