Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
This blog all started with me posting during the Halloween party preparations. Here we are again! This past weekend we had our Halloween party, 10th year running. There were a ton of fun costumes, great food, lots of friends. Most importantly, no rain. Mother nature is clearly a fan, we have had favorable weather all…
I have been making this snack mix for years, it gets devoured by kids and adults. The salty sweet is such a good combination, the tang of the cranberries adds the unexpected. It couldn’t be easier to throw together and the colors are perfect for fall. Halloween Snack Mix Author: Jacky Hackett Prep time: 10…
No doubt I am late to the game on this, but I have been LOVING Mumford & Sons new album Sigh No More. Little Lion Man has been getting some play time on the radio and caught my ear. How can you not like a song with a lyric like this… learn from your mother…
I am making successful progress on my fall reading list, which is good news since the pile of books on my nightstand could knock me out if they fell on me in my sleep. Here’s what I’ve read… Good Enough to Eat by Stacey BallisCompleted!A great book for any one that enjoys to cook…
Thinking ahead to holidays I got some apples from the farmer’s market and used my weekend in the kitchen to get a jump start on pie making. I am not a huge baker, the necessary precision is my down fall, so any help to make it easier is welcome. Especially this year since we will…
My favorite use on all the green tomatoes I got from my garden at the end of the season is this Green Tomato Jam With Ginger. Ginger is one of my favorite flavors and it works perfect with the green tomatoes. The only change I made to the recipe was to add in fresh ground…
While the husband was in East Lansing celebrate the big win I spent the weekend in the kitchen. Like all weekend. Totally by choice though, I was really looking forward to it. I wanted to get some of the end of the season goods canned and ready to enjoy come winter. As planned I…
The fall foliage in our yard this year is fabulous thanks to the landscaping project earlier this year… A burning bush or two would be a great addition, I have a few location ideas. Looking forward to seeing what it all looks like come spring.
Chili weather is officially upon us in Chicago! Next weekend is the big chili cook-off at our Blocktoberfest. I haven’t decided what I am going to enter, but I do have it narrowed down to three options. Better figured it out soon! Here is the recipe I made last year that won me a delicious…
Lots of fall vegetables on-hand from the farmer. I transformed them into roasted vegetables. Easy peasy! Roasted Vegetables carrots winter squash new potatoes sweet potatoes beets brussels sprouts fennel Cut vegetables of choice in a similar size dice. Toss in olive oil and salt to coat. Roast 40 minutes at 400 degrees. On a cold…