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. A Julia Child Pegboard Pot Rack by Katy She Cooks. A gorgeous, Julia-child inspired pegboard pot rack — cheap, easy and beautiful. Katy is sharing her kitchen renovation step-by-step, so be sure to check her blog again. If this fantastic addition was reno #1, we know the other changes must be awesome, too!
2. Shutters to Block Out the Mess by Pumpkin, Pie, Painter. Keeping on with the decor theme, can you believe this hand-painted shutter hides old pipes? It is so pretty and looks like it belongs there. Our hats’ off to Farmer’s Wyfe for a job done beautifully!
3. ~Jar Love~ by Sweet Country Life. Kristin loves jars (and so do we) and instead of hiding them in a cupboard, she got them out and lined them up as decor. They make her smile, and we have to admit, we’re smiling, too!
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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Hi,
I shared a recipe for egg drop soup and a recipe for fermented cabbage juice – an incredible healing food! Also, an article about how to conquer the sugar craving beast as well as, an article about earthing or grounding.
Join me in the Detox Challenge!
http://realfoodforager.com/detox-challenge-signup-and-6-stages-of-gaps-intro/
Share any detox posts you have for methods and recipes!
http://realfoodforager.com/detox-challenge-linky/
Thanks for hosting!
Jill recently posted… Recipe: Egg Drop Soup (GAPS)
Thanks for hosting. I couldn’t decide which post to link, but I ended up going with my lemon ginger dressing. It only has 5 ingredients and it is very light and citrus-y. Hope people enjoy it.
suzyhomemaker recently posted… Monthly numbered onesies
Thank you for hosting! This week I have shared the following article about how to prepare seasonal farm-to-table recipes in a minimalist kitchen that promote the benefits of good health through nutrition from eating fresh unprocessed seasonal produce:
the minimalist kitchen
http://theintentionalminimalist.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiny-minimalist-kitchen.html
Happy cooking!
The Intentional Minimalist recently posted… the minimalist kitchen
I posted my Super Simple Grilled Fish recipe, that my family loves. I’m hoping to get around to posting a cleaning recipe today as well, but you could always check out my Spring Cleaning – Decluttering post with an easy method for removing clutter from your house one room at a time.
Jamie Del Balso recently posted… Spring Cleaning – Decluttering!
Thanks so much for hosting! I’m sharing our maple spice muffin recipe as well as a post about our garden and homestead plans this year (if it ever stops snowing…). Everything in its time.
Blessings, ~Lisa
Lisa recently posted… Garlic Parmesan Croutons {What’s Cooking Wednesday}
Thanks so much for hosting! Today I posted my easy organic baby balm recipe and my coconut cultured ginger shake.
Jessica recently posted… Easy Organic Baby Bottom Balm
Thanks for hosting Wardee! That pot rack ROCKS!
Stacy Makes Cents recently posted… Ice Cream: Healthier Sweetener Options for this Homemade Treat
Thanks for hosting! This week I’m sharing two posts on butter. The first is about prioritizing butter in your family budget. The second is on how to make butter yourself.
Kathy (aka Mrs Dull) recently posted… Scratch Cookin’ Tuesday 3/20/2012
I have learned how to cut my husbands hair, and my own! Less errands/reoccurring apts. = simple living win for us.
Thanks for hosting! This week I’m continuing my organ meats series by sharing my new-found favorite way of preparing liverwurst. Yum! I’m also sharing how to get your own whey in your kitchen. Now you no longer have to wonder about the meaning of the Little Miss Muffet rhyme!
Mindy recently posted… All About Offal: Using Already Prepared Items
Thanks for hosting. I shared a delicious Sauteed Cabbage w/ Sour Cream recipe. Thanks again.
http://recipestonourish.blogspot.com/2012/03/sauteed-cabbage-w-sour-cream.html
Emily recently posted… Baked Maple Bacon
Happy Thursday Wardee! We love using jars to hold grains, seeds, and legumes. They make such a fun presentation!
I’m sharing some Heavenly Maple Pecan Bars, Braised BBQ Beef Brisket (your husband will love you for this one), and 20 Minute Masoor Dal with Cumin Seed Oil.
Have a great day!
France recently posted… Whole Food Wednesday – Braised BBQ Beef Brisket
I’m sharing two posts: a recipe for apple sausages and an explanation of how/why we have a freezer in our bedroom. Thanks for hosting!
Meghan recently posted… Weekly Meal Plan: March 21-27
This week I’m sharing French Lentil and Vegetable Soup and one of our favorite Quick and Easy dinners. Thanks for hosting Wardee
Debbie recently posted… Quick and Easy Dinner
As a followup to my post on the dangers of water fluoridation, I’ve posted a new recipe for homemade toothpaste–fluoride free, of course.
Thanks for hosting!
Dawn recently posted… Homemade No-Fluoride Toothpaste
I’ve shared two posts this week! One for what I’ve found to be the best natural make-up remover for eye make-up, and a recipe for French Toast Muffins made with sourdough bread and pure maple syrup.
Lori recently posted… French Toast Muffins
Thank you for hosting! I shared a simple bean salad this week!
Vicky recently posted… Bean Salad with a Mint Dressing GF SCD
Do you use a rototiller? Here’s why you may be doing more harm than good. http://learningandyearning.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/why-rototillers-may-be-more-harmful-than-helpful-in-an-organic-garden/
Susan recently posted… Back to Eden
I added my recipe for Murgh Mahkani (butter chicken). It’s one of my family’s favorite dishes.
Thanks for hosting! This week I am linking to my post on organizing housework so you can get it under control and get your life back. Stop by!
Melissa recently posted… Housecleaning in zones…
Thank you for hosting! I posted on how to hard boil fresh (as in laid this morning) eggs and peel them without stress!
Danielle recently posted… Children Learn From Us
This week I’m sharing my latest REAL FOOD 101 post about how to make whey and “cream cheese” from dripped yogurt. So multi-purpose!
Second, I have a dual recipe for my tried and true pie crusts. I make an excellent sprouted flour version, but while I was on GAPS I also honed my favorite GAPS-legal one using coconut flour.
I’m also giving my recipe for the best breakfast I have had in a while: Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Waffles with Blackberry Sauce. Oh my, these nearly put me in a food coma this morning, and then about an hour later I was burning with energy. Yum
Kendahl recently posted… Real Food Kitchen Tour: Our Nourishing Roots (Guest Post over at CHEESESLAVE)
Oh, WOW!! Thanks soo much for featuring my shutters!! I’m so thrilled!!! Have a SUPER weekend!!
Pumpkin, Pie, Painter recently posted… A Thing Remembered.
Hi and thanks for hosting! This week I’m sharing a terrific recipe for Merlot Reduction Sauce. It’s a simple way to create an elegant, nourishing meal, with the added bonus of less work for your digestive system…and more energy for you!
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for hosting. Today I am posting a sprouted chocolate chip cookie recipe that my girls love so it has the kid approved seal on it
! Have a great day.
http://wholelifestylenutrition.com/recipes/dessert/sprouted-chocolate-chip-cookies-and-why-sprouted-flour-is-healthy-for-you/
We just received the grain mill that we ordered. Can’t wait to use it. My daughter asked if we were turning Amish. Haha!
Thanks, Ladies! Not only for hosting such a wonderful and inspiring Hop.
But also, for picking my ~Jar Love~ post as a favorite for last week.
I am truly honored!
I have had a sick little one and am behind on my blogs and linking this week…so thanks again!
Love, Kristin
p.s. I’ll see you next week though!
I’m a little late to the party, but I brought my “healthified” KFC Coleslaw. Thanks for hosting.
April recently posted… Pineapple-Blackberry Coconut Smoothie
The picks of last week were great.
I’ll try and share something similar soon.
Thanks.
-Howard
I LOVE the pegboard idea for the skillets. I told my husband about it and he surprised me tonight with pegboard and hooks to put up in our kitchen. This will really help out with keeping our pots and pans organized. Thanks!
Starlene recently posted… Squash Pancakes Video Tutorial
Starlene — That is SO awesome!
Hi Wardee and thanks for hosting this great linky. Love your skillet board! This week I posted 14 USES FOR ORANGE PEELS AND A RECIPE FOR ORANGE OIL, IS YOUR CHILD A LATE TALKER? 40 INGENIOUS USES FOR SALT and a HOT CROSS BUNS RECIPE. I have also included your linky in NMN’s directory.
I am looking for wonderful creative bloggers to come share their posts at Seasonal Celebration Sunday over at Natural Mothers Network. And, I really hope that some of you will put Seasonal Celebration on your list linky parties to visit and link to, every Sunday/Monday! Here’s the link: http://naturalmothersnetwork.com
Warmly,
Rebecca x
Rebecca recently posted… Seasonal Celebration Sunday #9
I have a lot of them but one happened an hour ago. Pouring a Pepsi quick in a glass then sucking the foam from the top of the cup. I don’t why but I like it.