Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
The best part of working from home is (besides being able to eat Brussels sprouts for breakfast) the time I save on commuting can be spent in the kitchen. Relaxed time in the kitchen, without the normal rush of a weeknight meal. It gives me time to dig into recipes on my to-cook list. A…
Let’s see if I remember how to do this. 😉 I’ve made a few recipes from the Plenty cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi. This cookbook is gorgeous, with a plush cover and amazing photos, I just love to read through it. Ottolenghi makes it easy to succeed with simply written recipes, and every one I have…
#happynewyear A photo posted by @jaxhouse on Dec 12, 2014 at 10:07pm PST
Necessity is the mother of invention. Or in my case the loathe of going to the store twice in one day. I forgot appetizers to pickup some pre-dinner snacks so I had to improvise with what I had on hand. I’ve had a 3 lb. bag of pecans taking up space in the fridge for…
Sunday started blustery, but was everything a Sunday should be in the end. Brunch, every Sunday should include brunch. We hit up Little Goat, out first visit. Nothing little about this place. Well except for the wait. We got there at about 8:30 and had no problems getting a seat. But the place filled up…
Winter was nothing if not persistent. I loved all the snow! The time change and St. Patrick’s Day are welcome signs of spring, even if there is snow in the forecast again tonight. The St. Patrick’s Day parade this year was snowy and cold but fun as always. We’ve had a lot of fun celebrating…
I celebrated the New Year in Michigan this year. It started snowing in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve and didn’t stop anytime before I left. White knuckle drive home, though shout out to Indiana, of the three states I drove through they were the only one with plowed roads. I arrived home to more…
2013 was a spectacular year, I am a little sad to see it go. But I appreciate the time to reflect on the past, plan the future, and use the new year as a reset button. Besides, there are a lot of great things ahead in 2014. No specific resolutions for me, though I really…
1) Drive Time 2) Missing 3) Scout 4) Sundown 5) Chicken Waffle 6) Movie 7) Spuds
We had a very low-key weekend, it was soooo nice. I even found a few hours to park myself on the couch under a nice warm blanket and read my book uninterrupted. It has been months since I finished a book, such a rare treat. I was also able to spend some time in the…