Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
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…
Breakfast, yes breakfast again. Honestly I find cooking quinoa to be a pain in the arse. I inevitably get the little grains all over the place. Probably just me. Here is my latest breakfast creation my goal to incorporate quinoa for a meat/egg free protein boost. Another breakfast with grains. I had some spare…
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…
You know what goes great with cocoa rubbed steak. Potatoes. Sweet potatoes actually. I treated myself to a new cookbook, it has been on my wishlist for some time. I dropped into Anthropolgie a few weeks ago and they had it in person. It reminded how much I miss Borders and bookstores for that…
My weekday breakfast routine is in a rut, Greek yogurt, granola, and fresh fruit. This needs to change, especially with the weather turning to the cooler temps of fall. The morning rush doesn’t allow much time to mix it up so on Sundays I like to invest some time to have a nice slow breakfast. …
Purple, red, green — this week’s CSA box was gorgeous… And the scent of the basil was to die for, and we got tons of it. There were a lots of goodies this week, here is what it included… Juliet Tomatoes Sun Gold Tomatoes Slicing Tomatoes Eggplant Broccoli Green Pepper Lettuce Basil I am so…
I am still working my way through my latest cookbook. I have had my eye on this strawberry recipe since first browsing the book. This week’s CSA box included 3 pints of strawberries so I knew it was time to give it a try. My sister, who is visiting this week, also brought me some…
We finally had some decent weather to hang out in the yard and get our grill on. While the coals heated up I work on finishing the last book of the Hunger Games series, not as great as the other two. I was in the mood for some char grilled steaks. My husband grilled on…
This week’s box looks just like the one last week. Radishes Bok Choi Head Lettuce Mesclun Mix Turnips Scallions Kale We have had a huge temperature swing here in Chicago, dangerous heat indexes to start the week and 50° to end the week. I am going to take advantage of the cool temperatures to light…
I ran across a lot of recipes this week that I want to try. Like these zucchini toasts, shaved asparagus pizza , leek toasts with blue cheese . I sense an outdoor cocktail evening coming on! I love coconut milk and poaching is a great hot weather way to cook fish, check out this recipe….