Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Two words: salted caramel. Salted Caramel Sauce #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Dessert Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 10 This recipe requires all your attention, it is best to have all ingredients prepped in advance. Ingredients 1 C. sugar 1/4 C. water 2 T. light…
Woke up to rain the morning of the Reindeer Run. Lots of rain. But luckily the temperatures were warm so it was off to the zoo we went. I ran this race with a friend, which makes it a lot harder to just back out because you are so damned tired, or it is raining,…
December, really? UGH! Flash back to Thanksgiving, a whole week ago… We enjoyed a delicious dinner at my sister’s house with her family and our friends. It was fun and we tried a menu that was not so traditional. The turkey was grilled on the grill and was so juicy. The resulting gravy was smokey…
I started Thanksgiving with pie and ended the day with pie. Started the day early with a race, the inaugural Run 3.14 Pie race. It was a beautiful morning and I was able to wear shorts. The weather has been so mild I am really frighten for what January and February are going to bring….
…is a dangerous thing! Especially when it involves peanut butter and chocolate. Cookies with peanut butter and chocolate. You know Peanut Butter Blossoms. Learning how easy it is to make those could prove lethal. So easy in fact my daughter taught be how to make them last weekend. I thought she was mistaken when she…
Back in the day Friday nights meant happy hour with friends. This was before cell phones, text messages, Facebook, emails. We all knew where to go and when to be there. Progress my ass. I loved those simple casual outings. Even if it was just for an hour it marked the end of the week…
Still facing a fridge of leftovers. Unrelated, my camera is on the fritz. Likely I changed some setting that resulted in crappy pictures. Maybe I need a new camera. Likely I just want a new camera. Back to leftovers. The bottom portion of our fridge is jam backed with CSA vegetables that I need to…
Every time I open the fridge there are leftovers staring my down. Despite not cooking much lately the leftovers keep multiplying. It is a mystery. I want to cook but there is so much already to eat I just can’t justify it. The freezer is even worse, full of leftovers and food waiting to be…
Wednesday I took a day off to chill and reboot my motivation. Some long overdue downtime. I had the luxury to get in a mid-morning run. Earlier in the week I bought myself an early birthday gift, a running watch . My Nike + has been sucking and is always letting me down. Decided it…
After a fabulous Friday night meal we were going to take the kids to the zoo to enjoy the beautiful day. Well they had other plans, getting fake mustaches was at the top of their list. No clue where that come from but we entertained the request and decided to walk around our downtown for…