Announcement… please re-read the guidelines for submission (below) so you can be sure your post matches the spirit and theme of this blog hop. Please do not submit giveaway posts. Also, please remember to link your post to one of the host blogs!
The Simple Lives Thursday Blog Hop
Welcome to Simple Lives Thursday, a blog hop dedicated to simple living. “Consume less, produce more. ” So many topics fit: Gardening, raising animals, cooking from scratch, real food, natural cleaners, sewing, recycling, thrifting, a mindset of simplicity, saving a buck…
This blog hop is hosted by (for the time being, due to hosts taking breaks):
- Alicia @ Culinary Bliss
- Diana @ A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa
- And me!
Featured Posts from Last Week’s Submissions
We really enjoy reading your posts each week! Featured post bloggers, please grab the badge above and display it on your site! Link it to one of the host blogs’ posts for the specific week that you were featured.
Here are our picks from last week’s submissions. Thanks to all who participated — it is always hard to choose!
1. Take the Urban Farm Handbook Challenge by Sustainable Eats. “Twelve months, eleven challenges and one reflection month, all on your schedule and at your level of ease.” A homesteading challenge, month by month. Sounds like fun!
2. Winter Chickens by City Sister Country Sister. Great tips on caring for chickens during the Winter.
3. Cherry Almond Baked Oatmeal by This Chick Cooks. This naturally sweetened baked oatmeal looks like a fantastic way to start the day.
Share Your Simple Lives Thursday Post
Bloggers, make a “Simple Lives Thursday” post on your own blog, then come back here to add your post to the linky box below the featured posts. If you don’t have a picture, feel free to download the Simple Lives Thursday banner (at top of post) and upload it using the script’s prompts (it is easy). Your post will appear on all host blogs!
Non-bloggers, feel free to add a comment here with any ideas or thoughts about simple living.
These are three simple guidelines for participation:
1. If linking real, traditional and simple recipes, please make sure all ingredients used are whole — such as whole grains, vegetables, legumes, meats, even sugar. In order to keep the integrity of “nourishing” food, we will delete any recipes that utilize processed, boxed foods. We are definitely not going to be ingredient policemen! But, please note that this is a hop hosted by advocates of the real, local and sustainable food movements.
2. Please link your posts back to one of the hosting blogs. This is a common blog hop courtesy. This link helps build the Simple Lives Thursday community by sending your readers to all of the other participants’ posts. We all end up sharing and learning from each other.
3. No giveaway or otherwise primarily advertising oriented posts. Keep your topics to fit our simple living theme of “consume less, produce more.” We will delete posts that don’t fit.
What will you share this week? We all look forward to your submissions!
If reading this via email, visit this post to see the list of linked blogs.
About Wardee Harmon
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Wardee, Thank you for featuring the cherry almond baked oatmeal and being our hostess each week.
Today I shared 5 tips for whole foods on a budget and a yummy recipe for pastured pork chops that is really simple and quick.
Have a blessed day.
Katie
Katie recently posted… These Chicks Cooked Weekly Recipe Swap #39 Featuring your Best Recipes from All Around Blogland
Hi,
I shared a recipe for braised short ribs with gravy (SCD/GAPS), Valentine Day Linzer Hearts. Also, an article about the relationship between diet soda and stroke, and I tried to answer the question: are grains toxic or safe?
Help me celebrate Real Food Forager’s one year anniversary!
Thanks for hosting!
Jill recently posted… Happy Anniversary Real Food Forager!
Hi Wardee,
Yum, cherry baked oatmeal! I pinned that one to try this week. Today I’m sharing tips for buying and raising chickens that come from Kim of Chestnut Farms, our local meat CSA. Hope you enjoy and thanks as always for hosting.
The Lone Home Ranger recently posted… buying and raising "poults" (aka. chickens)
Hi Wardee! Congrats on your upcoming book and thanks for hosting another great round-up.
Today I’m sharing a Black Bean, Broccoli & Quinoa Salad with Blackberry Serrano Sauce that my husband whipped up. And an Oven Roasted Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Cipollini Onions recipe. This chicken was amazing.
Have a wonderful day!
France recently posted… Whole Food Wednesdays: Black Bean, Quinoa & Broccoli Salad with Blackberry Serrano Sauce
Thanks for hosting! I love browsing the entries here–such great ideas.
Bethany recently posted… Creamy, Satisfying, Dairy-Free Clam Chowder
This week I’m sharing a very simple cleaning solution which I did not discover until the birth of my first child, when she was delivered at home by a lay midwife. Also, yesterday I posted a fantastic recipe for a creamy honey drizzled lasagna, check it out here: http://delicious-nutritious.blogspot.com/2012/02/honey-drizzled-lasagna.html
Jamie Del Balso recently posted… Cleaning Solution Discovered during Homebirth
Thanks for hosting! I posted my cultured ketchup that is fish sauce free.
http://naturallivingsocal.blogspot.com/2012/02/fish-sauce-free-cultured-ketchup.html
Jessica recently posted… Chicken and Arsenic
Good morning, Wardee! This week, I’m shoring our Valentine’s week menu plan, including recipe links and 2 snack ideas a day, as well as a simple, 20-minute, gluten-free enchilada sauce recipe that is handy to stock your freezer with. Thanks for hosting!
http://www.riddlelove.com/2012/01/bulk-cooking-20-minute-enchilada-sauce.html
Katie recently posted… A New Site to See
Hi Warheh! I put up #58 and #59 this week, the first a wonderfully easy recipe for homemade lip balm that works well even high up in the mountains where I come from and the second is some research I undertook to find out how fresh our vegetables actually are. How Fresh is Fresh? Seasonal Celebration Linky #3 is still live – hope to see you there!
http://naturalmothersnetwork.com
Rebecca x
Rebecca recently posted… 5 Winter Superfoods You Shouldn’t Go Without
Hi! Thank you for hosting! I shared my cinnamon post with a recipe for grain-free cinnamon and raisin bread. Have a lovely week!
Vicky recently posted… Cinnamon – Cinnamon and Raisin Bread Rolls GF SCD
Thanks for hosting Wardee!
You always have such great picks!
Stacy Makes Cents recently posted… Cleaning Hard Water Toilet Stains
Wardee, on #60 I got an AVG pop up saying it protected me from a threat.
I shared a simple recipe for a delicious Winter Chop Salad with Apple, Pear, & Pomegranate. Thanks for hosting!
ps-I love your WhyRonPaul.com link! I just grabbed a badge from the site to put on my own blog
Lori recently posted… Winter Chop Salad with Apple, Pear, & Pomegranate
Lori — Awesome to find another Ron Paul fan!
Thanks for hostessing, Wardee and all. I linked up a recipe for Grain-Free Lasagna and a whole host of ideas for better sleep.
Elisabeth recently posted… Grain-Free Lasagna
This week I’m sharing my latest REAL FOOD 101 post, all about how I make sprouted flour from whole grains. It’s all a part of my transition back to grains after doing GAPS.
I’m also sharing my first sprouted flour recipe which is my recipe for HEART TARTS. They are little heart-shaped hand pies, a Valentine’s Day tradition around here
http://www.ournourishingroots.com/a-valentines-day-tradition-heart-tarts/
Kendahl recently posted… Winner of the Healthy Whole Grains E-Course!
Thanks – I’ll check it out.
Having fun on our farm using our eggs- looking for 101 ways to use them actually.
This week- featuring oven baked eggs! 
Enjoy!!
http://stitchingheartstogether.blogspot.com/2012/02/101-ways-to-use-eggs-baked-eggs-2.html
Chara S recently posted… 101 Ways to use Eggs (Baked Eggs) #2