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…]

Meatballs with Zucchini & Carrot ‘Pasta’

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Plate of meatballs with zucchini and carrot pasta

I’m just going to put this out there but sometimes blogging can be a pain in the arse! And yes in Australia we say arse and not ass 😉 Apologies if that came across too harsh but seriously some days I just can’t be arsed to sit down and post on here!

Take yesterday for example, I had planned on putting this recipe up yesterday but here’s what happened. First off it was a SUNNY day! Which as you may have realised from my weather rants on here this is rare for England. So of course I had to take advantage of this beautiful day, plus Joe had taken the day off work (well he took Monday off too to take me to the teaching agency… more on the below). So instead of sitting at home with me typing away on the computer we decided to head out for a day time walk and ended up running around like kids on the grass in the middle of the park. And you know what it was fun! And I didn’t feel bad about not having put up my blog post, even though on my FB page I said I would.

Yes I love writing here and posting recipes but it’s not my life. If I get the chance to be outside, enjoy the sun and enjoy the company of my husband well then that trumps everything else! I’m pretty sure… or at least I hope that other bloggers feel the same way! [Read more…]

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