I’d say I conquered the first Indian recipe attempt, even the kids liked it! Forgive the crappy picture, but you get the gist. I served the butter chicken with some spinach left from our final CSA bag from the farmer and store bought naan bread. In the end it was not as intimidating as I…
Author: Jacky Hackett
Spicing up the Kitchen
With the tandoori chicken ready, the next step in my quest to conquer Indian cooking is the garam masala. This roasted spice mix is in a lot of the recipes I have been looking to try. Everything I read says it is worth making it instead of buying it. I always welcome a trip to…
Cooking Up Something New
I have a recent obsession with Indian food. I know next to nothing about Indian food so I asked my friend to show me the ropes at the lunch buffet at India House. It was a perfect way to sample lots of different dishes and learn what I like. I was surprised by the flavors,…
Sweet Victory
Got my run on again in the Hot Chocolate 15K. I haven’t done much running since my last half-marathon so I wasn’t as prepared as I wanted to be. I was slow going; I don’t think I passed one single person on the course which really messed with my Frogger strategy. Instead I just focused…
Democracy In Action
Though I did vote today, I am actually referring to the weekly menu in our house. The 10 year-old has requested tacos every Tuesday. Taco Tuesday. We’ve been doing this for about a month. It is one night of the week where dinner is done in a snap, tacos couldn’t be easier. Tonight we tried…
Christmas is in the Air
November, I am not ready for your arrival. Christmas, not even on my radar. Though November 1st brings the Christmas music to the radio non stop until after the holidays. My husband loves this, I think it should be illegal to play it until after Thanksgiving. The dinner music last night tells you where the…
Hackoween on the Interwebs
Our Hackoween party goers are popping up on the interwebs this week… Tin Roof Rusted is back with another write-up of Hackoween, this time from a pregnant sober perspective. Jezebel has a salute to unsexy Halloween costumes. One featured costume just so happens to be pictured in our bar at a previous Hackoween. Oh and…
Halloween Festivities
What a beautiful day we had for Halloween. Sure it was a bit chilly when you were not in the sun, but it could have been a ton worse. I swear it rained or was freezing every year growing up. We spent the day at a friend’s block party before heading out to trick or…
Halloween Costumes Aplenty
Another successful Hackoween is behind us. Hackoween is our version of a Halloween party with about 130 people in attendance throughout the evening. Halloween is so anticlimactic after that, or maybe it is exhaustion. This was our 10th annual! As in years past, the costumes did not disappoint! There were the Mad Men… Snookie…
Elvis has left the building!
Well at least until next year! The four year-old was Elvis for Halloween three years ago. The costume has been passed along and put to good use each year after that. Elvii Last year’s Elvis This year’s Elvis! They are all too cute. Best Halloween costume purchase ever.