I came across a rather interesting blog yesterday. There’s a woman in Amsterdam who is taking on life as a cavewoman for 100 days. From what I’ve read she has already been following a Paleo diet but is taking it to the next level by attempting to imitate homo sapiens living 40,000 years ago. You can read more about her journey and progress here… I think it’s pretty cool!

I’m not sure that I could survive without my modern kitchen equipment for cooking! I wouldn’t even know where to build a fire without someone thinking I was a little crazy so props to her for taking on this experiment.

Speaking of modern kitchen equipment… or maybe not so modern since it’s been around for a long time but my slow cooker is probably one of my most useful kitchen items. I bought mine back in America for dirt cheap and while it’s not as fancy as some of the other models and it is heavy and clunky it gets the job done! Joe on the other hand isn’t a big fan of it especially when I make bone broth in it… he says I stink the house out when I make it. It’s kind of true… why does bone broth smell so bad when it’s cooking?!

I use it a lot for cooking up a whole chicken and then using the meat for meals throughout the week, although it never lasts more than 2-3 days max. Then of course I freeze the leftover bones to make chicken stock when I need it. I just think having a piece of equipment where you can just throw a bunch of ingredients in and turn on a switch and it will cook you delicious food is very much worth it, even if it does take up a lot of room (mine does at least!) So yeh if you don’t have a slow cooker then hurry up get one! [Read more…]