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:
- Diana at A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa
- And me!
- And others who are, for now, taking breaks.
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. How To Kill Squash Bugs, Squash Bug Eggs, and Nymphs by Reformation Acres. This is a brilliant way to manage squash bugs without having to pick them with your fingers. If you grow squash, this is a must read!
2. Chocolate Mint Tea Ice Cream by A Harmony Healing. A nourishing ice cream for these hot summer days.
3. Ten Steps for Eating Locally Year Round – By Carolyn Raffensperger from Foy Update. A process on sourcing and preserving local food.
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 my Grilled Tuna as well as an article about Baby’s First Foods and the problem with the conventional approach.
Check out my featured homestead this week: Shalom Farms!
Get more traffic to your blog – get featured!
http://realfoodforager.com/get-more-traffic-to-your-blog-kitchen-tour-and-homestead-feature/
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for adding my post to the list! I was scrolling down to add my entry for this week and was so excited to catch a glimpse of my photo
Quinn recently posted… ~Observations on a Dexter Calf Birth~
Thanks for hosting! This week I’ve shared a recipe for Banana Bread Cobbler with a Pecan Struesel. It’s sweetened with coconut sugar and is a great way to use up overripe bananas.
Lori recently posted… Banana Bread Cobbler with Pecan Streusel
Thanks for hosting! I shared a recipe for blueberry chocolate chunk ice cream inspired by nourishing traditions as well as a simple recipe for chili lime roasted chickpeas.
Have a blessed day, Wardee!
Katie recently posted… How to Avoid Genetically Modified Corn {+ recipe for fried sweet corn with basil butter}
Hi Wardee
I’m sharing my Grain-free Kefir Brownies… they’re actually made with kefir grains Jamie sent me 
They’re super good, and have no added sugar. Check it out… they might be gaps legal with a few adjustments…
Meagan recently posted… Grain-free Kefir Brownies.
This week I am sharing my latest REAL FOOD 101 post, all about how to lacto-ferment pickles. Yum
Kendahl recently posted… Nourished Baby
Thanks for hosting! I posted my recipe for yellow squash pickles that is probiotic rich and a great way to use up some of that extra yellow squash!
Jessica recently posted… Traveling and Supplements
Thanks for hosting!
I am submitting a post about overcoming despair at the state of the world. I hope other people can relate to feeling overwhelmed about the “problems” in the world, so I offered the peace I have made with it lately…and a call to action!
http://www.give-the-rest.org/what-to-do-when-youre-depressed-about-the-worlds-problems/
I am also posting something I wrote after going home recently to the family reunion and spending time near my Grandparent’s farm. I include a poem about missing my Grandfather and some pictures of my homesteading work lately.
http://www.give-the-rest.org/going-home-words-and-pictures/
Thanks so much for reading! I feel honored to be a part of your Simple Lives Community!!
<3 Sarah
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Thanks for hosting Wardee! I shared a recipe for zucchini chips and for cherry salsa.
Amanda Rose recently posted… Peach Salsa
Happy Thursday Wardee!
I’m sharing some yummy Honey Sesame Mushrooms, Asian Soba Noodles w/ Purple Cabbage & Peanuts, and Unbelievable Almond Butter Banana Fudge.
http://www.beyondthepeel.net/2012/07/healthyalmondbutterfudge.html
Have a great day!
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I am also sharing my latest real foodification: I made these orange brownies into sprouted flour, honey-filled, real food orange heaven!
Kendahl recently posted… Orange Brownies = Orangies
I posed cinnamon coconut chips and vanilla honey for all you GAPS families!
http://www.mygutsy.com/2012/07/18/cinnamon-coconut-chips/
http://www.mygutsy.com/2012/07/17/vanilla-honey/
Thanks
caroline recently posted… Cinnamon Coconut Chips
Thanks for hosting! I posted a recipe for taco chicken…a family favorite that I real food-ified! Have a great day!
I’m sharing my Chicken tacos with gluten free tortillas, and my Salmon Salad Spread (great for sandwiches!) Thanks for hosting!
http://easynaturalfood.com/2012/07/14/salmon-salad-spread/
http://easynaturalfood.com/2012/07/18/chicken-tacos-gluten-free/
Debbie recently posted… Chicken Tacos (gluten-free)
I shared my cold summer quinoa salad. It is a great go to food to have on hand in the summer. It is cold, light and refreshing.
I left link #99 Weed Free Garden Tip. Great tip for anyone, but especially elderly gardeners who find it to keep up with the weeds.
Kristel from Healthy Frugalista recently posted… Tip to Cut Meat Costs
I just wanted to say that I link to you at the end of my posts, not at the beginning…hope it’s okay. I have added the Simple Lives Thursday button to my sidebar, with a link back to GNOWFGLINS. I love this blog hop, thanks!
Brenda recently posted… Life On A Self-Sufficient Farm
What a great hop this week Wardee!
I wanted to share my new ketchup recipe that finally reminds me of store-bought. With the substitution of all real food ingredients, it is so much better than store-bought! There is a lacto-fermented option and tips on how to modify it to make it your own. You may just search around your house for foods to eat with it like we do!
A Real Food Ketchup Recipe (with lacto-fermented option)
http://www.20somethingallergies.com/a-real-food-ketchup-recipe-with-lacto-fermented-option/
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Hello and I hope this Thursday finds you well.
This week I am sharing three recipes:
(1) Coconut Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with a “caramel” Sauce (dairy free, cane-sugar free, SCD friendly)
http://www.thetastyalternative.com/2012/07/coconut-vanilla-bean-ice-cream-with.html
(2) Breaded Jalapeno Poppers Stuffed with Bacon and “Cheese” (dairy free, gluten free, grain free)
http://www.thetastyalternative.com/2012/07/breaded-jalapeno-poppers-stuffed-with.html
(3) Soaking nuts and seeds. Short post highlighting 3 easy steps
http://www.thetastyalternative.com/2012/07/soaking-seeds-and-nuts-better-digestion.html
Be Well,
–Amber
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I am still out on the farm, take a peek in the local school. My husband’s grandmother was the lunch lady and she cooked hot, homemade breakfasts and lunches for seventy kids for decades.
Melissa recently posted… Spending all my time cooking…
Hi!
Thanks for letting me share my own recipe of delicious, healthy mayo!
Here’s the link:
http://www.momessentials.net/delicious-healthy-mayo-spicy-or-mil/
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Hi and thanks for hosting!
This week I’m sharing my post Grain Free Meals on a Budget – The Melt. Just because you’re looking for grain free meals, doesn’t mean you have to bypass a comforting melty cheesy lunch like this one.
Enjoy!
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