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….
Twenty weeks into quarantine and life certainly looks different. Big and small changes, some good some bad. For example, I certainly do not miss my commute – now that I have learned to transition from work to home. My train ride was always that transition time, I spent it primarily with headphones in, podcast on,…
We are wrapping up a balmy 50° winter weekend. It was like pea soup out there tonight. But of course we’ll be back to freezing in a few days. Sharing this soup that I make back when the weather was what we refer to in these parts as Chiberia. This soup will stick to your…
My love of cauliflower is well documented. And while I normally prefer it roasted, this salad is a great way to enjoy it in the summer when you dread cranking up the oven. Marinated Cauliflower Salad Author: Jacky Hackett Prep time: 10 mins Total time: 10 mins Serves: 8 Ingredients 1 head of cauliflower…
Challenge, meatless steak au poivre… I think the natural choice would be portobello mushrooms, they are a great stand in for beef. My mind went to cauliflower, my love of cauliflower has been well established, and I did love those cauliflower steaks. Hot out of the oven. The cast iron skillet is a rock star…
The whole low carb thing is easy enough with a few exceptions… Pizza Beer Party Food I’ve been happy enough with a few alternative pizza crust options, but bottom line it just isn’t the same. There is no substitution for pizza. Same goes for beer, the low carb options just don’t cut it. Especially in…
I am glad I invested some time finding some new low carb recipes, all of them have been a success with the whole family. Next up, Chinese take-out. We don’t ordered dinner out too often but when we do it is either pizza or Chinese. The problem is both of these are easy to over…
The theme of week two on South Beach seems to be comfort food in the form of a casserole. I’ll get right to this one… Crappy picture are also a theme apparently, I blame the lack of carbs. This one is the real deal, and could practically go unnoticed that it is not potato. I…
Steak again! Totally stole this cauliflower steak idea from Lynn at the Actor’s Diet. I thought it was a genius way to serve cauliflower. I added in my own genius using it as a tool to eat massive amounts of Romesco Sauce. Seriously I can not get enough of Romesco sauce. Or of roasted cauliflower. The…
The Instant Pot is still proving to be a great addition to our kitchen. I use it a few time a week to get dinner on the table. Sure, I could make a lot of recipes on the stove top, but I love that I can set it and walk away to do other things….