Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Winter was nothing if not persistent. I loved all the snow! The time change and St. Patrick’s Day are welcome signs of spring, even if there is snow in the forecast again tonight. The St. Patrick’s Day parade this year was snowy and cold but fun as always. We’ve had a lot of fun celebrating…
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…
Marathon training can really be all-consuming, I am glad to have it behind me. Not that I minded the training, I actually enjoyed it, but it is time-consuming and starts to rule your life a little. With the marathon behind me I feel like I can resume a normal schedule. I have a bunch of…
I have lots of great benefits at my work, but none better than an instant message announcing “food in jars” for me. Homemade food in jars. Plum rum and Habanero rosemary jam. Leah (my co-worker, friend, and favorite mommy blogger) generously made and delivered these beauties. Sunday was a beautiful fall like day, ideal for…
Thankful for a beautiful day off, though I labored inside for a good part of the day. Poor planning, I should have gotten that all done earlier so I could have a beach today. We took an extra long weekend and spent two nights in Michigan, so at least I got one beach day out…
A delicious introduction. They got along swimmingly. After a few weeks soaking the bourbon took on the color of the cherries and resembled the color of a rich red wine. With the color soaked out of the cherries, they look a bit like Kalamata olives. But believe me the flavor is nothing like an olive. …
This was the weekend to finally conquer the homemade marshmallows. But not just any marshmallows… Beer marshmallows. They are surprisingly easy to make, but require full concentration from start to finish. I had the day to myself, guaranteed no interruptions. We are going camping in a week so the timing was just right. These will…
Our household has been out of sorts and is just not getting back into a regular routine. My husband got injured on a work trip (little run in with a tornado). Certainly could have been much worse, he was very lucky compared to the hard hit areas, but it was bad enough to keep…
Why did McDonald’s have to go messing with a good thing? The Shamrock Shake was perfect as it was, the whipped cream and cherry don’t do anything to improve it. The fact that they are no longer premixed but instead combined in the cup leaving them ribboned with green food dye streaks. Don’t get me started…
A little bit late on this. We did have a great holiday break, though almost glad to get back into our normal routines! We had an eve of Christmas Eve celebration with my family. Traditional pierogi dinner was served with sautéed mushrooms. I made a batch of something new this year. I can’t stand mushrooms,…