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Have you ever picked up this book and wondered what it was all about?

Do you know who's smiling face this is?

Well, I am here to tell you that smiling face is none other than Kelly the Kitchen Kop. Kelly is very near and dear to my heart because she is one of the first food bloggers that I visited when I started reading about food online. I had been looking for information on raw milk and came across a link to a story she had done about why drinking raw milk is good for your health. She wrote with humor and love and I liked her right away!

At that point in my life I was just coming off being a raw vegan and slowly transitioning back to eating dairy products and cooked food due to some pretty significant health issues brought on by my restrictive diet. As many of you know, searching for healing through food has been part of my journey ever since I had Lymes Disease, and coming across Kelly’s site was the first step in me finally realizing that moderation was key to my path! The things that Kelly was speaking about seemed so strange to me at first glance, but as I let them sit with me and really felt them, they brought such tremendous relief and joy to my heart and my tastebuds.

You see, she was advocating FOR almost everything that I had been avoiding for years! Yes, real milk, real butter, real eggs, real bread, real food! The more I read, the more I felt I had found a piece to my health puzzle. Kelly’s articles were straight forward, filled with information and interactive. She was kind and generous with her time when someone asked her a question and she was always willing to go that extra mile to help someone learn about real food or solve a food issue or problem.

There is a lot to learn when it comes to real food, and the whole concept can be overwhelming. I have learned a lot over time and I have applied a lot of the teachings to my “moderate” life with great success! I know I advocate baby steps to health, but if you are interested in really learning about the whole realm of Real Food and how to implement changes and new food preparation techniques then I would highly recommend you sign up for Kelly’s Real Food for Rookies Online Cooking Class.

Check out this great video for the Top Ten reasons to take the Real Food for Rookies Class!

Isn’t Kelly so sweet? She is also kind and knowledgeable and will share with you why real food means so much to her and how incorporating some or all of the real food traditions can help you create better balanced health for you and your family! You can check out the list of  real food topics that will be covered and see all the wonderful bonus materials that go with each class. You can check out a video sample of a class at Kelly’s Site about clandestine label reading that is a hoot!

So, if you are interested in learning more about the concept of “Real Food” as defined by Kelly and the other wonderful bloggers who subscribe to the Weston Price Foundation way of traditional cooking and the Nourishing Traditions recipes and information written by Sally Fallon Morell, please visit the Real Food for Rookies Page and sign up!

This class is designed for beginners who want to break the process down into manageable steps so as not to be overwhelmed by all the new information they will be learning. It is also for folks who have a basic understanding of Real Food and want to take it to the next level! You get tons of information and resources, including a private forum to ask questions and unlimited access to online educational materials! Kelly will also give you an invaluable Real Food Ingredient Guide free when you sign up!

Sign up ends on September 5th and classes begin on September 16th, so pop on over to the information page and be sure to check out the message by Sally Fallon Morell, author of Nourishing Traditions and Director of the Weston Price Foundation on why this is a great program for beginners!

Kelly also has this special message for all of you interested in signing up!

“Thanks to my amazing sponsors, the price of this class will include so many generous members-only coupons and discounts that you’ll be able to recoup over half of the enrollment fee! Discounts on Green Pastures cod liver oil, U.S. Wellness Meats, Biokult probiotics, natural skin care products & cleaning supplies, stainless steel pans, fermented food starters & supplies, and organic ghee.”

The cost of the program is only $10 per class and there are two payment plans available, and if you take advantage of the sponsor discounts when purchasing products it is even less!

Wonderful News! What You Can Win!

If that wasn’t good enough to get you to sign on, now, TA DA!!! Kelly has kindly allowed me to offer you, my awesome readers, a chance to win this Real Food for Rookies Online Class for FREE!!!! The giveaway starts NOW and runs through Monday August 30th at 11:59pm. The winner will be chosen from available entries by Random.org and announced on the Two for Tuesday Recipe Blog Hop on Tuesday August 31, 2010. There will also be a special bonus announcement at that time so check back in then to find out if you won and link up a recipe while you are at it!

There are TEN possible ways to receive an entry! To enter you must do number one on the following list and then any number of the others up to ten possible entries. For each entry, you must post a separate comment. If you are new to this site, please fill in your email address and web address on the comments form so I can contact you if you win! If I do not hear back from the winner in 48 hours to claim their prize, a new winner will be selected. No purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway.

How to Enter the Giveaway

1. Visit the Kelly the Kitchen Kop Online Real Food for Rookies Class and check out all the materials then look over the class list of topics that will be covered. Come back here and leave a comment telling me what you want to learn the most.

***NOTE that you must post a SEPARATE comment to tell me about EVERY entry you do in order to increase your chances of winning.

2.  Sign up for my A Moderate Life email updates or RSS feed. Leave a comment below telling me that you signed up. You will also get an entry if you already subscribe — make sure to comment!

3.  If you link a recipe to the Two for Tuesday Recipe Blog Hop (or have already), you get an extra entry! Just be sure to tell me in the comments that you linked up.

4.  Follow me on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. Please be sure to include the URL to this page in your tweet. (You could also hit the “retweet” button above.) Comment below telling me that you followed and tweeted.

5. If you also would “like” A Moderate Life on Facebook and post about the giveaway on your Facebook status I would really appreciate it, but due to the new FB rules, I can no longer give an extra entry commenting about the giveaway, only for becoming a fan of the page or “liking” it.   THANK YOU!

6. Blog about the giveaway and link back to this page on your blog. Comment below with the link.

7. Email 5 friends about the giveaway, with a link to the page. Comment below telling me that you did.

8. Stumble this post and comment telling me that you did.

9. Submit this post to Reddit under the Food Reddit and comment telling me that you did.

10. Follow A Moderate Life on NetworkedBlogs on Facebook and comment telling me that you did.

That is ten different ways to enter this great giveaway. You can do one or all of them, but remember to leave a separate comment for each entry so you increase your chances of winning!

This contest is open to readers anywhere in the U.S. & Canada, and will end in five days, on August 30st, 2010 at 11:59 PM Eastern. The winner will be chosen via random.org and announced here on the Two for Tuesday Recipe Blog Hop on August 31st, 2010.

Good Luck Readers! This giveaway is now closed. Thank you for entering!

This post was a part of the Two for Tuesday Recipe Blog Hop, Tuesday Night Supper Club, Tuesdays at the Table, Ultimate Recipe Swap, Pennywise Platters, Fight Back Friday, Vegetarian Foodie Friday, Food on Fridays, Friday Food, Foodie Friday, I’m Lovin It! and Real Food Wednesday At Kelly the Kitchen Kop’s Website!

This sweepstakes was also listed at Tip Junkie and Online-sweepstakes.com

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