Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
The 4th falls so odd this year, it’s like two work weeks in one. Monday at work, Tuesday and Wednesday off, back to work Thursday and Friday. It’s so hot here now though that work is not a bad thing. I have to say we completely lucked out though and only lost power for a…
My memory isn’t what it used to be. In re-telling all the routine recipes and meatless recipes I have tried lately I forgot a few. Jane at The Healthy Beehive reminded of one in particular I forgot. Or maybe I did mention it. Ever start telling someone a story and you can almost immediately…
Last year to celebrate St. Patrick’s day I successfully attempted home cured corned beef. I wanted to try something totally new for this year. About this last year I was over in Ireland for work. I had some amazing food while I was there and my cooking to-do list grew exponentially. Loads of dishes…
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…
Yep, a week late. Actually Tuesday nights I am at my workout so we celebrated Fat Tuesday over the weekend. On the menu, Prosecco hurricanes, crunchy baked shrimp, a cheese tray with my favorite stinky cheese (it’s good to have friends in cheesy places that know what you like), and finally sausage and chicken gumbo. I leave…
Plate as in plates. Lots and lots of plates. Whole lot of eating going on this holiday season. Friday was the family celebration and traditional Pierogi Fest. Homemade and fried to perfection. A delicious way to kick things off. Actually we started with lots of appetizers too. My husband’s liver pâté and I brought these…
Spiced Nuts are the first sign of the holidays in our house. Other signs that Christmas is near… The husband making his famous liver pâté. I don’t want to know what is in it, self-defense mechanism. It is delicious and I want to keep enjoying it. Cookies dough being rolled out and cut with cookie…
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 abandon all plans for Irish soda bread this year. I always end up eating it with too much butter anyway. Kept it simple with this brown bread recipe to accompany our lamb sausage and colcannon. Very easy bread to throw together. It turns out as a dense chewy bread that…
St. Patrick’s Day comes early and often to our town. It generally kicks off the the first weekend in March with a parade. The best parade of the year by far. Most years we would have everyone back to our house after the parade, but last year I was in Minnesota so there ended the…