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
- Alicia at Culinary Bliss
- Anette at Sustainable Eats
- 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. 8 Easy Ways to Live More Green and Eco-Friendly by Montana Solar Creations. “Living a green and eco-friendly lifestyle does not have to be hard or expensive. There are many things you can do to increase your sustainable living and decrease your footprint on the earth. ”
2. Split Savory Chicken by Real Food Forager. ”This method, of splitting the chicken, cuts down on cook time and yields a juicy chicken with crisp and crunchy skin.”
3. 6 Reasons You Should Trade Eating Out For Eating In by Modern Alternative Kitchen. “Whether you’ve made a resolution to spend less money or eat more real food (or both), making more meals at home should be high on the priority list to make those goals a reality.”
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!
About Wardee Harmon
New: 
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No linky yes, so here are my posts:
1. Creamy Veggie Soup -Dairy Free http://wholenewmom.com/recipes/cream-soup-recipe-dairy-free-soup-cream-vegetable-soup/
2. Top DIY Posts of 2012 – http://wholenewmom.com/whole-new-budget/top-10-diy-posts-of-2012/
3. Which Essential Oils Company is Best? – Part 5. Are Multi-Level Marketing OIls Worth It? http://wholenewmom.com/what-to-buy/which-essential-oils-company-is-best-are-multi-level-marketing-oils-worth-it-part-5/
4. Top 10 Recipes of 2012. http://wholenewmom.com/recipes/top-10-recipes-of-2012/
Thanks!
Adrienne recently posted… Top 10 DIY Posts of 2012
Sorry about that! It is there now.
Hello! I just completely spouted out all the posts that have been building up. I’m out of link-up practice since the holidays!
Thanks for
hosting!
http://www.riddlelove.com/2013/01/january-on-homestead.html
Katie recently posted… Gardening Resources for Large to Small Plots
Hi, this week I have shared my very first blog post on my new blog Love Health, Love Life and a 7 day real food diet plan to kick start your healthy eating and weight loss.
http://lovehealthlovelife.com/love-health-love-life-is-born/
http://lovehealthlovelife.com/7-day-real-food-diet-lose-weight-naturally-with-whole-healthy-food/
Many thanks for hosting
HI,
I shared my Basic Kombucha recipe and an article about eczema and inflammation and other skin conditions and what to do.
Join the Kombucha Challenge! http://realfoodforager.com/kombucha-challenge-signup-page/
Thanks for featuring my Split Savory Chicken recipe!
Jill recently posted… Eczema and Inflammation: The Cause and The Cure
Thanks for hosting again! I’m giving an update to last week’s grocery budget tip. Curious to see how everyone else did, if they challenged themselves!
Jamie at Prepared to Eat recently posted… Five Recipes to Try (January)
That chicken looks amazing! Thank you for hosting. I’m sharing two posts: a recipe for artisan bread using spelt flour and a tutorial for drying your own mushrooms.
Jenny recently posted… The First Twelve Months:Month Two
Thanks for hosting Wardeh! Sharing my frustrations with making ferments in a hot climate and how the fido jars made it easy for me to make sauerkraut.
Kathy at Granny’s Vital Vittles recently posted… Granny is a State of Mind
Thanks for hosting the blog hop today, I really do appreciate it! I shared the following posts with you:
http://realfoodrealfrugal.com/2013/01/17/gluten-free-mac-cheese/
http://realfoodrealfrugal.com/2013/01/16/breakfast-fruit-salad/
http://realfoodrealfrugal.com/2013/01/15/creative-gardening/
http://realfoodrealfrugal.com/2013/01/14/thinner-me-monday-1/
http://realfoodrealfrugal.com/2013/01/11/natural-and-home-remedy-round-up-for-colds-and-flu/
I hope you’ll consider stopping by my blog tomorrow and joining in my blog hop, Get Real Frugal Friday! I’d love to have you join us!
http://realfoodrealfrugal.com/category/get-real-frugal-friday/
Susan Godfrey recently posted… Gluten-Free Mac & Cheese
Good morning! Today I shared Warm Winter Salad, a mid-winter boost featuring purple cabbage and check peas. http://www.stealthymom.com/2013/01/warm-winter-salad-gluten-free-vegan.html Keeping with cabbage theme, I shared Pork, Cabbage and Potato Bake. Interchangeable with grassfed beef, this one-dish wonder preps in a few minutes and has a hearty supper on the table in about an hour. http://www.stealthymom.com/2013/01/pork-cabbage-and-potato-bake-gluten-free.html
Finally, I shared a list of ideas to spend a tax return on besides shiny new iGadgets.
Thank you for hosting!
Laura recently posted… Warm Winter Salad (gluten free, vegan)
Thank you for featuring my post from last week on ways to live more eco-friendly! This week I shared a post confessing that we don’t recycle anymore and why. Thanks for hosting
Thanks for hosting again, Wardeh! I’m sharing some tips for eating more veggies when you don’t have much time to prepare them. Because veggies are the first thing to go around here when we get busy!! Have a great week.
Joanna recently posted… 5 Easy Ways to Eat More Vegetables
Thanks for hosting again this week, Wardeh!
I shared “Cheese Fondue” which is family favorite and “Essential Oils Restore Hearing!” which really worked for me.
Have a great week!
http://myculturedpalate.com/blog/2013/01/14/essential-oils-restore-hearing/
Dina-Marie recently posted… Tasty Traditions
Thanks for hosting Wardeh!
I’m sharing a Perfect Apple Cabbage Salad, A Creamy Cauliflower Soup (DF) w/ Herbed Olive Oil, and the Top 6 Episodes of BTP TV From 2012.
http://www.beyondthepeel.net/2013/01/top-6-tv-tuesday-episodes-of-2012.html
Have a great day!
France recently posted… Top 6 TV Tuesday Episodes Of 2012
thank you for hosting. I shared my article about New Zealand Orcas and PCBs.
Even though things like PCBs and DDT have been banned for years their residues are still around and affecting our oceans and the animals who inhibit them.
Check out the article here: http://healthyrootshappysoul.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-zealand-orcas-and-pcbs.html
Loriel recently posted… New Zealand Orcas and PCB’s
Hi, Thanks for hosting! I’m linking my post on Stevia. Is Stevia Healthy? I decided to do some research. You can use it to make an informed decision for yourself.
Have a great day!
Thank you for hosting! This week I’ve shared a post about how we can use sleep to improve our overall health.
http://www.ourheritageofhealth.com/2013/01/sleep-your-way-to-better-health.html
Lori recently posted… Sleep Your Way to Better Health
Hi. Thanks for hosting! I just started a new blog, focused on healing autoimmune disease through diet. My first post is my own story of healing from Rheumatoid Arthritis. It feels wonderful to join a community, that’s helped me so much.
Eileen recently posted… Eileen’s Story