Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
If you’d like to remain blissfully unaware of the makings of a French Silk Pie, read no further. Send this link to a loved one and ask them to prepare it for you. Win win! French Silk Pie is one of my favorite food memories. Ye olde pie chain in our town made this pie…
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….
Bookmark this one for next summer, or use your fall garden bounty. This was my go-to appetizer this summer and it never failed to please. Assembled in advanced, it makes for a low effort and beautiful dish. It is also a great way to use up tomatoes that are on the brink. Baking them means…
My mom is one of the main reasons I come back to this blog. She always encouraged me to get back to it, she enjoyed reading my posts. I have been unsuccessfully attempting her Irish Soda Bread recipe for years. YEARS. It is always a fail despite following the recipe exactly, right down to the…
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…
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,…
Despite quarantine being a perfect time to tend a garden, I did not plant a garden this year, first time in probably 15 years. We attempted to start a few vegetables from seed. We had quick success that led to epic failure. In summary, I don’t have the energy to be responsible for keeping anything…