Lamb Kefta Tagine with Zucchini (Guest Post)

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Tagine with lamb and vegetables

Happy Friday! Here we are at the end of another week! Today I’ve got an amazing guest post for you from the lovely Debra who runs the blog The Saffron Girl. I first came across Debra’s work on Instagram and was immediately attracted to her food and… I haven’t told her this before… but as soon as I saw her blog name I thought NICE! Saffron is one of my favourite spices and is a staple in Persian cooking :). I also love the fact that she lives right here in England, it’s always great to connect with like-minded people, especially when they live close by! I hope we can meet up in person one of these days! [Read more…]

Deconstructed Fig & Apricot Sausage with Greens (Guest Post)

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Plate of fig and apricot sausage with greens

Here we are back at the start of another week! I hope you all had a nice weekend! Joe and I had a great one… first up on Saturday morning we did our usual morning gym session then did our grocery shopping for the week and after that we had a guest visit us, it was Joe’s brother-in-law from Australia who was here for work in London and caught the train down to visit us for the day! It was great to see him and I was so happy that Joe got to see someone from his family after almost 3 years! It’s a shame he couldn’t stay longer but we had a chance to show him around our town and sit down for a coffee break at one of the local cafes :). On Sunday, we once again hit the gym in the morning then home to have something to eat, I prepared dinner by making the ‘Beef Casserole’ from Rubies and Radishes cookbook ‘The Paleo Slow Cooker’ which turned out to be very delicious! After that I worked on a dessert that I’m going to be sharing as a guest post on Craving4More blog soon, which I will link to over here when it goes up! The dessert was AMAZING… if I do say so myself! You’ll just have to wait and see! After doing some other household tasks that needed to be tackled we decided to go explore the castle grounds (in case you didn’t know we live right opposite a castle!), we ended up getting to see the birds they keep there for one of their shows… an American Eagle, Vultures, Owls, a baby Condor and some other bird I forget the name of! At first I thought they were fake but then they started moving and making noise and I thought WOOOOWWW this is crazy! After we explored the castle for a bit we ended up going for our usual walk which is about 8km/5miles and usually it’s fine but yesterday because of the gym session in the morning my legs were on fire and I really struggled on that walk! I was so sore after that, I was just ready to plop on the couch and watch Downton Abbey! [Read more…]

Rosemary Lemon Garlic Lamb with Sweet Potato Noodles

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Slow cooked lamb with sweet potato noodles

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…]

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