We have noticed that quite a few blogs are not linking back to one of the Simple Lives Thursday host blogs (see guideline #2, below). If this is you, please realize that this prevents us from choosing you as a featured blog. Thank you for linking back to us!
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. Garlic Mustard Salad with Wild Leek and Pea Shoot Hummus Dressing by The Intentional Minimalist. If you ever need beautiful recipes for seasonal vegetables, look no further than The Intentional Minimalist.
2. Live Seasonally to Live Simply by Little House in the Suburbs. Great advice and guidelines on how to homestead seasonally to truly live a simple life.
3. Foraging Blossom Jelly from mossgrownstone. From violets to apple blossoms, this author shares great ideas for making floral jelly.
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!
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About Wardee Harmon
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HI,
I shared a recipe for Cultured Apple Sauce and an article about Supermoms Against Superbugs. I also shared an article comparing lacto-fermentation with canning and Millions Against Monsanto – Please help!
Learn how to culture anything! Register for Get Culture — On line Fermentation Class – On Sale Now! Big Savings!
http://realfoodforager.com/get-cultered-how-to-ferment-anything-on-sale/
Thanks for hosting!
Jill recently posted… Join Millions Against Monsanto in This Critical Campaign
Happy Thursday Wardee!
I’m sharing some yummy Sprouted Flour Crepes w/ Strawberry Rhubarb Compote, an article on 5 Fool Proof Ways To Fall Off The Whole Food Bandwagon, and a video on How to Make Maple Balsamic Reduction. This stuff is amazing on pretty much everything.
http://www.beyondthepeel.net/2012/05/maple-balsamic-reduction.html
Thanks for hosting!
France recently posted… Whole Food Wednesdays – Sprouted Flour Crepes with Rhubarb Strawberry Compote
Sharing a delicious way to use some of the fresh strawberries available this time of year — strawberry shortcake muffins (#33 above). Thanks so much for hosting!
Lisa recently posted… On my needles…
I posted my book review for an excellent resource for raising children and babies naturally.
Jessica recently posted… Book Review: Naturally Healthy Babies and Children
This week I am writing all about the pressure on the poor to eat the cheapest and poorest quality foods. Let me know what you think of organic, clean food for the poor. Thanks for hosting, Wardee!
Melissa recently posted… Is healthy food only for the rich?
This week I’m sharing my Curried Golden Beet Soup and announcing my Summer Salad Sundays link-up carnival that will run over summer instead of Sunday Night Soup Night. Thanks for hosting!
Debbie recently posted… Introducing Summer Salad Sundays….a summer blogging carnival!
This week I am sharing my recipes for Honey-Strawberry Jam and my Kid-Friendly Broccoli Cheese Bites. They are both scrumptious!
But I am also sharing my musings on the crossover between ethical omnivorism and veganism. Fun stuff!
Kendahl recently posted… Ethical Omnivorism: Another Name for Real Foodie
Hi Wardee! Thanks for hosting.
For some reason, my last link photo doesn’t show up. Odd.
I’ve linked up three this week:
1. Crock Pot Venison Roast
2. Buttered Lentils and Other Lentil Recipes
3. Debt Free and We Know It – a fun music video my husband and I made.
Stacy Makes Cents recently posted… Our First Music Video – I’m Debt Free and I Know It
We’ve grown and preserved all this wonderful food, but now we have to make sure we finish it before this year’s harvest comes in…and it’s already beginning! So I joined a challenge to eat from the freezer and pantry, and it seems to be working despite set-backs.
Annie Kate recently posted… Eating from the Freezer and Pantry, Week 1
Hi and thanks for hosting!
This week I’m sharing my post Why a Staycation is My Family’s New Vacation
. Here are some perks of opting for a staycation this summer.
Have a great weekend!
Emily recently posted… Saag Paneer (Indian Creamed Spinach)