Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
It is well established that I am team apple > pumpkin come fall. And this site has my love of cauliflower thoroughly documented. I’ve cut way back on meat in favor of whole food plant based eating. I am also working to cut back on salt. Mrs. Dash is my go-to to make this possible….
Fall is my favorite season. Not only are the trees gorgeous but they produce some beautiful bounties. Fresh picked honey crisp apples, yes please! We have been celebrating the season with this pie for over ten years, it truly captures the season. The original recipe is quite decedent. I’ve improved on it a bit over…
I am about 90% done cooking my way through Nothing Fancy, but have a new cookbook that is keeping me in the kitchen, Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten. I mean who doesn’t crave comfort food enduring this pandemic and election cycle. The book is full of approachable recipes, new takes on old classics, and…
After some unseasonably warm weather, we have finally settled into cool fall days. Chilly mornings have me craving oatmeal, steel cut oats are my favorite. Flipping through The WFPB Cookbook I found the perfect recipe, and I had everything on hand. Let me say, I do love this cookbook. Beyond the recipes there is some…
Fresh picked apples are one of my favorite things about fall. Especially cooking with apples. Honey Crisp apples are just one of Mother Nature’s delightful distractions as she takes away the warmth of the summer. This cookbook is my favorite this time a year. Literally a recipe for every day of the year. Though I…
September, gone in a flash, and October is about to do the same. I can’t let October slip by without a pumpkin recipe. Over the weekend we had out annual Blocktoberfest. The block party gods watched over us again, we have some pretty amazing weather considering it was the last weekend in October. Blocktoberfest is…
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…
I jumped on the pumpkin bandwagon this weekend. Actually, we tried to squeeze in as many fall events we could this weekend before it was too late. We got an early start Saturday morning to check out Casket Races… What a riot! Some really creative designs, including one made of 1100 lbs of ice. I…
The holidays and Chex mix are a perfect match. Though when isn’t a good time for Chex mix. I love this combo and your house is sure to smell like Thanksgiving when you cook it up in the oven too. Pumpkin Pie Chex Mix Author: Snack Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 60 mins Total…
If you think you don’t like Brussels sprouts it is because you have never had them roasted. Roasting them brings out the nuttiness and sets aside the bitterness. No better way to cook them, well except when you cook them with bacon. This is another recipe for our Fauxgiving celebration. It is also a copycat…