Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Not much to say on this one. I am loving the lemon basil from this week’s CSA basket, a bright version of my favorite herb. It’s nice match for buttery shortbread for an easy summer dessert. Lemon Basil Shortbread Recipe Type: Dessert Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 30 mins…
Part two of our small plates evening was even better than part one. I am a little hesitant to tell you about this one, I am back to cauliflower. Purely an accident, I picked the recipe not realizing it had cauliflower in it. No worries because this recipe from Plenty is the best so far. …
So yeah, it’s been a busy month. We never even really celebrate Father’s Day for my husband. Or celebrated his birthday. This weekend we made up for it with breakfast in bed… Sausage burgers on a pretzel croissant. Oh, with a fried egg on top. Sriracha ketchup is a vegetable, right? Though not hungover, this…
Baked goods are a challenge when trying to keep carbs to a minimum. Doing research I keep running across recommendations for coconut flour or almond flour. I took a trip to Trader Joe’s to see what I could find. They didn’t have either one. The trip was not a total loss, I ran across flaxseed…
The whole low carb thing is easy enough with a few exceptions… Pizza Beer Party Food I’ve been happy enough with a few alternative pizza crust options, but bottom line it just isn’t the same. There is no substitution for pizza. Same goes for beer, the low carb options just don’t cut it. Especially in…
Breakfast, yes breakfast again. Honestly I find cooking quinoa to be a pain in the arse. I inevitably get the little grains all over the place. Probably just me. Here is my latest breakfast creation my goal to incorporate quinoa for a meat/egg free protein boost. Another breakfast with grains. I had some spare…