Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
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…
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…
Our first CSA box arrived last night, so exciting! This CSA is new to us this year so we had no idea what to expect. I love that it gets delivered to the front door though. Our usual CSA went bi-weekly and now we’ve learned it may not actually happen. Huge bummer. I’d say by…
We are heading out of town for Thanksgiving so we celebrated an early Thanksgiving with my family, Fauxgiving. It was a great celebration, well minus the fact my dad got stuck in the hospital awaiting the removal of his gallbladder. Delicious food, fun stories, all around good cheer. It is always a good time to…
I’d say I conquered the first Indian recipe attempt, even the kids liked it! Forgive the crappy picture, but you get the gist. I served the butter chicken with some spinach left from our final CSA bag from the farmer and store bought naan bread. In the end it was not as intimidating as I…
Though I did vote today, I am actually referring to the weekly menu in our house. The 10 year-old has requested tacos every Tuesday. Taco Tuesday. We’ve been doing this for about a month. It is one night of the week where dinner is done in a snap, tacos couldn’t be easier. Tonight we tried…
While the husband was in East Lansing celebrate the big win I spent the weekend in the kitchen. Like all weekend. Totally by choice though, I was really looking forward to it. I wanted to get some of the end of the season goods canned and ready to enjoy come winter. As planned I…
Lots of fall vegetables on-hand from the farmer. I transformed them into roasted vegetables. Easy peasy! Roasted Vegetables carrots winter squash new potatoes sweet potatoes beets brussels sprouts fennel Cut vegetables of choice in a similar size dice. Toss in olive oil and salt to coat. Roast 40 minutes at 400 degrees. On a cold…
Thursday is CSA pick up day. Loved pulling out this potato from the bag. Definitely grown with love by Farmer Dan. I will have to do something special with it. With an early kickball game to get to and the husband out of town I then headed to McDonalds for fast dinner for the kids. …
It feels good to get back in the kitchen! I was inspired (and finally had time) to take a shot at canning after visiting my brother and sister-in-law’s house. She had canned cases of fresh tomatoes, greens beans, and beets all that came straight from the farmer. They sent us home with with one of…