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. Early Spring Foraging by Frugal Farm Wife. Learn about five edible “weeds” that will help you skip the grocery store this spring!
2. Natural Alternatives to Dryer Sheets by Stacy Makes Cents. Stacy shares her natural choice for keeping down dryer static and helping clothes dry faster. Her answer is a win-win!
3. Eucalyptus Oil… or how to get everyone to sleep. by A Seed Inspired. Residual coughs from winter ickies? Try this helpful tip from ‘T’. We’re planning on it!
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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We’d like to share our recipe for broccoli and beef poutine made with *fermented french fries* and chili ginger soy sauce gravy:
http://foodsmithsgeneralstore.com/blog/with-apologies-to-quebec/
We’d also like to share our raw milk cheesecake with a salted chocolate sablé crust and cherry compote:
http://foodsmithsgeneralstore.com/blog/and-cheesecake-for-all/
Last but not least, our wonderfully cheesy carnitas soft tacos with avocado and pickled ginger carrots:
foodsmithsgeneralstore.com/blog/a-taco-by-any-other-name/
Thanks!
Foodsmiths General Store recently posted… A taco by any other name
Hi!
This week I shared one of our kids’ favorite quick meals, taco salad! I also posted the 4th part in my ongoing series on Empowering Kids on Special Diets.
This week, Andrew Cordova of Gluten-Free Recipes for Celiacs facebook page interviewed me about the challenges of the transition to gluten-free and GAPS living as a family. He wanted to know why our kids were so on board with the diet.
You can listen to the interview on his blog!
Joy at The Liberated Kitchen recently posted… Andrew of Gluten Free Recipes for Celiacs Interviewed Me!
I shared my discovery of how to effortlessly peel a day old hard boiled egg. We’ve been having egg salad sandwiches like crazy ever since. And now, I could have beautiful deviled eggs.
http://kathleen.peterro.com/2012/03/beauty-meets-mayonnaise/
Kathleen from Providence Farms recently posted… Morning Chores Pictorial #3
Hi,
I shared a recipe for Grain-Free Date Hamantaschen. Also, an article about osteoporosis and the flaws in the drug and supplement treatments, a well as an article about healthy vending machines.
Can you believe what they are serving school children for lunch?
Thanks for hosting!
Yay! It’s time to start seeds for my northern garden. I save money by starting my seeds in pots I’ve made from newspaper.
http://learningandyearning.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/seed-starting-pots-from-newspaper/
Thanks for hosting. I shared a delicious recipe for bacon and veggie frittata along with a “reese” cup made without refined sugars.
Have a blessed day!
Katie recently posted… These Chicks Cooked Recipe Swap #42
Hi Wardee! Thanks for hosting.
I have two submissions today. One for Homemade Cracker Jacks which is always a hit with my family http://realfoodforlessmoney.com/homemade-cracker-jacks/.
My second submission is an interview for a series I’m doing. You will love reading about this busy mom and her real food journey. http://realfoodforlessmoney.com/someone-elses-shoes-an-interview-with-a-busy-mom/
Millie recently posted… Someone Else’s Shoes: An Interview With a Busy Mom
Hi Wardee and thanks so much for hosting!
This week I posted a feature on LIVING INTENTIONALLY and a post on the 10 SUPERFOODS TO EAT THIS SPRING and a post MARCH: ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN PLANNER and LIVING ON LESS: HOW TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS BY FOCUSING ON LESS. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them!
Some of you may know I also host a linky,-although still in its early days- and am seeking even more wonderful creative women to come and share their beautiful posts there too! It’s called Seasonal Celebration and can be found at Natural Mothers Network http://naturalmothersnetwork.com
Rebecca x
Rebecca recently posted… Natural (Nappy) Diaper Rash Remedies
Shared my “Kombucha Continuous Brewing System”, a very simple way to maintain a constant flow of kombucha. Thanks Wardee!
Melanie recently posted… Cinnamon Milk Kefir
Thank you so much for featuring my blog! This is one of my favorite linkys.
Thanks for hosting!
Elise recently posted… Preparing For Baby On A Budget
WOW!!! I’m so excited!!!
Thanks Wardee! I’m VERY VERY honored to be featured. 
Stacy Makes Cents recently posted… Soap Scum Removal From the Bathtub
Thanks for hosting! I’m new to the blog hop but hope to participate often. I love all the ideas posted in the list! Can’t wait to read them all!
On my blog I provide 7 day meal plans to encourage people to cook from home with more vegetables and less processed foods. It’s plant-based but not vegan. This week on my menu enjoy amazing zucchini lasagna, delicious bbq chicken pizza, hearty potato leek soup, and more! Hope you enjoy and have a great week!
Rill recently posted… Menu Plan – New Family Favorites
This week I’m sharing my Chocolate Mint Brownies made with sprouted flour and TWO frostings
I’m also sharing my informative post on how to keep from going too low carb while on the GAPS diet. So far it’s helped quite a few people!
http://www.ournourishingroots.com/8-ways-to-get-enough-carbs-on-gaps/
Hi Wardee,
I’m sharing a salad and my powerful immune boosting dressing. I’m also sharing a post that is very useful when someone is getting started in using essential oils.
Jo recently posted… Getting Started With Essential Oils
Hi! I shared my Nut Roast Recipe this week! Thank you for hosting!
Vicky recently posted… Nut Roast GF SCD
Happy Thursday Wardee!
I’m sharing Oven Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini Lemon Dressing, Homemade Chocolate Banana Power Bars, and 5 Whole Food Desserts Your Family Will Love.
Thanks so much for hosting!
France recently posted… Whole Food Wednesdays – Oven Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini Lemon Dressing
Hi Wardee!
This week I am sharing another part of my Nutritional Balancing program – Sauna Therapy! It is awesome and so relaxing, anybody can do it!
Christine recently posted… How To De-Stress And Detoxify With Sauna Therapy
Hi Wardee, my first time here, yay! I’m sharing my Turkish Chicken Kebabs and Creamy Mushroom Soup. Thanks for hosting and have a great week!
Thanks for hosting. I added a video I just found showing a couple married 62 years and how fun they still are. It reminds me that the simple things, like sharing an interest, are the important things.
suzyhomemaker recently posted… Young @ heart @ 90!
Because one of the obstacles to real food is that the house is already too much work and because of the running jokes about real food and dishes, I am starting a series on household maintenance. I have ten kids, I homeschool, I blog, I freelance write AND I cook from scratch and my house is not falling down around my ears I know that it can be done. This week I am talking laundry schedules. Drop by and see how a mother of ten gets the laundry, sheets, towels, diapers and all those kitchen towels (we don’t use paper) washed, dried, folded and put away.
Melissa recently posted… Happy Homemaking Series…
Thanks for hosting Wardee! I shared my new brownie recipe!
Jessica recently posted… Super Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Brownies – Gluten and Grain Free
I was sorry to the number 3 Post ” carnitas, cheese and avocado taco” was not a recipe post but seemed to be a commercial for a very good cook book. I very much enjoyed the article but felt very much misled.
I posted one of our favorite gluten free meals. Bulgogi, lettuce wraps that a Korean friend introduced us to after the birth of our first child. She was kind enough to share her recipe with me and we have used it, with amazing results, on venison, but beef is the traditional meat for this dish. I learned lots of “traditional” cooking methods from this Korean friend, that I am just now realizing all of her wisdom now that I have discovered Real Food and Traditional Cooking. I wish we were still living in the same state as each other so that I could glean so much more from her.
Jamie Del Balso recently posted… A Family Tradition
This week I am sharing fun facts about the herb Cumin and the BEST breakfast sausage recipe!
http://ournourishingjourney.com/2012/03/12/herb-cumin-best-breakfast-sausage-recipe/
Linnae recently posted… Herb: Cumin + Best Breakfast Sausage Recipe
I would choose mushroom soup and chicken..I want to try them all..Thanks for the nice review..I really appreciate it..