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Food from your hearth...to feed your soul!

{Special Announcement! The winner of my September Giveaway of a Divine Living from the Inside Out Recipe Ebook as selected by Random.org is coment number 20 — April of Twentyfirst Century Housewife! Congratulations! I have sent an email to your mailing address and I thank Lydia of Divine Health for working on this giveaway with me. If you did not win, but are still interested in the Ebook, please leave me a comment or email me because I have a special offer just for you!

Also! If you have not checked out the Foodbuzz Next Food Blogger competition, please do! If you are a Hearth ‘n Soul hopper and you are participating in the contest, PLEASE leave me a comment or drop me an email because I plan on talking this up on my Thoughts on Friday link love so you can get lots of viewers of your profile and challenge entries! I am so excited for all my friends in the competition and I want to support everyone as best I can. Unfortunately for me, I have yet to be accepted as a featured publisher, but hope to in the future, so please let me know if you are competing so we can get the hop community behind you and Best of luck!}

We had so much fun with the Two for Tuesday Recipe Blog Hop! As with all things that are living, the Blog Hop is going through tremendous growth and change and we have refocused it to more clearly represent what food means to us and how we want to share that message. Thus, Hearth and Soul is born as a continuation and expansion of the Two for Tuesday Recipe Blog Hop and we hope you will join with us in sharing our beliefs that food not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls! To really get clear on what we are talking about, please check out our nifty new mission statement!

Hearth and Soul Mission:

Food from your hearth, to feed your soul.  Food that follows your intuition. Preparing food from scratch to nourish your family…body, mind AND soul!  Food made with your own hands…infused with energy and passion and intent.  Real food made by real people to feed real families (big and small, in blood or spirit).  Ingredients from scratch, be it something grown in your garden or raised on your land…food foraged in the field or woods…food from local farms, farmers, or farmers markets…or even ingredients chosen by you from your local market that will be turned into something that feeds your soul. Tapping the food memory that each of us has stored inside; letting it guide and influence our own time in the kitchen.

We hope to embrace not only the “expected” areas of real food, but also those who want to incorporate healthier choices without sacrificing their love of food…how it tastes, the memories it conjures up, the comfort it brings.  Yes, we’re trying to steer clear of packaged, processed, and boxed foods in favor of real foods….without absolutely excluding the sometimes frowned upon white sugar or flour (because the body craves what it craves…and sometimes things just don’t taste the same when you replace these).  Making conscious choices and being present in the now with what your body needs…and taking steps towards exploring and enjoying healthier choices. If you take the time to listen, your body will tell you what it needs.

The warm comfort of the home hearth…stories, anecdotes, lessons, adventures, journeys, recipes, meals, beverages…we want to share the “why” of  how food feeds more than just our bodies…how it also feeds our souls.  After all, aren’t these the essential ingredients in defining real food?  Please share links from your Hearth ‘n Soul with us each week.

Rules for linking:

Please use your best blog hop etiquette when linking. The rules are in place to help everyone have the best blog hop experience possible. Because of the overwhelming success of Two for Tuesday, a few changes have been made in the rules, so we kindly ask you to please review them so we can all be on the same page.

If you are new to a blog carnival, or blog hop, it is very easy to learn how to join in the fun! Simply go to the blog post for that carnival and scroll down to the bottom where you will see a small box that will say, Your Next or Your link here. When you click on that link, you will be asked to enter the URL of your recipe or article. Please link to your article only and not directly to your blog front page. The linky may ask you to upload a photograph from your computer, then you click next and leave a comment on the blog hosts post. You will also be asked to place a link back to the blog host, which means, adding in the URL of the blog hop post which you can copy from your browser address bar and insert at the bottom of your post.  You could also choose to place a blog badge into your post, which was explained below. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

*All of the hosts will visit each link before the next linky period opens, because this is personal for us…we want you to know that we appreciate that you’ve taken the time to create a post, add a link back to the hop, and add your link!  We’ll be sure to acknowledge this with a comment and a tweet on Twitter (using hashtag #hsoul).

-One link per week, please

-Must include a link back to one/any of the host sites (through worded link or badge) in individual post, not on sidebar…although we love having links on your page, as well (this benefits all of us). You will be sent a gentle reminder if no link is added to your post, we understand that sometimes people forget…but if it becomes a regular occurrence, (even though we don’t like to do it) your post may be removed.  It’s just not fair to those who do take the time and show the grace to link back.

-Try to link a post that you think fits into the mission.  You don’t have to link up every week…link up when you can.  We welcome posts that are shared in other events.  If you have an older, archived post that you want to add, we welcome that…as long as you go in and add a link back to Hearth ‘n Soul

-Linky will stay open from 10 pm Monday to 11:59 pm Wednesday (Eastern time).

Let the fun begin!!!

Thanks! Alex@amoderatelife,  Heather@girlichef, Christy@frugalcrunchychristy and Butterpoweredbike@Hunger and Thirst.

More Information for Those New to Blog Hopping!

…You veterans can just scroll down to the linky!

What is a blog hop you ask? Well, you can find out by visiting my Hearth and Soul Blog Hop page for a complete explanation, but basically, it is a way to link together various foodie love blogs so that you can enjoy many new healthy food recipes that you might not have been exposed to before!

Right now, A Moderate Life, Girlichef, Hunger and Thirst and Frugalcrunchychristy are teaming up to share the Blog Hop with their audiences. If you haven’t been to their blogs before, then you certainly should, as they are tremendously creative cooks who are passionate about health and food and all are taking steps to cook more wholesome and soul nourishing food. This means you get exposure to four blog audiences for the price of one link, so we should really rename this 4 for Tuesday!

So, please link a recipe using the linky tools below and your link will be shared over 4 different blogs and with 4 different blog audiences. Recipes should include healthy ingredients and can be old or new recipes or posts. Articles on real food, slow food, foraging, herbal remedies, local food, sustainable food, organics, gardening or any healthy eating information is also welcome. Each participant’s link will be tweeted and commented on by each of the blog hosts to increase your exposure.

Please use your best blog carnival etiquette and use the URL to your post, and not your blog landing page. Please post a link in your article back to the blog you are using the Linky Tools with and if you want to, please share one of the badges listed below to promote the Blog Hop. We would ask you to subscribe to our feed and Tweet the Blog Hop as well if you would be so kind!

Here is the Hearth ‘n Soul Blog Badge code! I have listed both WordPress and Blogger versions for your convenience.

WordPress Badge:

<a href=”http://amoderatelife.com/hearth-and-soul-blog-hop/” mce_href=”http://amoderatelife.com/hearth-and-soul-blog-hop/”><img src=”http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj214/girlichef/misc%20blog%20badges/HnSModerateLife.jpg” mce_src=”http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj214/girlichef/misc%20blog%20badges/HnSModerateLife.jpg” alt=”Hearth n’ Soul Hop at A Moderate Life” width=”170″ height=”181″ /></a>

Blogger Badge:
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I hope you enjoy this blog hop and see an increase in your traffic as well. Please visit my foodie love sister sites for tons more wholesome and passionate food inspiration! This week,  I was inspired by a recipe from Satya, a dedicated blog hopper who linked a stuffed buns recipe. Since I wanted something mexican, I improvised so check out my recipe for Stuffed Taco Mexibuns to see how I did. You can also check out some of my previous soul nourishing recipes on my Featured Blog Hop Recipe Page and if you missed earlier Blog Hops you can also check them out!  Bon Appetit!

Fire Island Penne (Loving My Domestic Life) Homemade Applesauce Squirrel Fricassee @ Hunger and Thirst The Feast @ City Share All-Easy Veggie Pasta Methi Roti Vegetarian Sushi Where My Love For Food Began Chocolate Ring Don’t fear Kefir! @ frugalcrunchychristy Murg Malai Tikka @ Sinfully Spicy Taco Stuffed Mexibuns at A Moderate Life! Swedish Tea Ring chocolate chunk pillows on . chocolocateria. Good granola and the story of the gift of a wonderful red apron Chicken with Olives and Peppers Crock Pot Cream of Sweet Potato Soup Easy Potato Wedges Baked Tuna Steaks Creamy Cottage Cheese Curry Cauldrons and Crockpots: Blackberry fool, or, REBELLION TASTES FUN! Glazed Cranberry Lemon Scones (Riddlelove) Eggplant Moussaka – Amy @ Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free Sprouted Gluten Free Bread Pumpkin Streusel Bread Tomato Soup Lisa @ Real Food Digest (Roasted Moroccan Carrot and Orange Salad) Building an Earth Oven, our thrifty project popcorn and juice Pasta with Sausage & Peppers in Cream Sauce My Mom’s Yorkie Beef Pudding RECIPE FOR DEEP FRIED HEAVEN! Kelly the Kitchen Kop Food Floozie: Maize ‘n’ Blue Cinnamon Mocha Pie with Orange Essence Whipped Cream Purslane, Heirloom Tomato, & Onion Salad @ girlichef Amla Chutney & Amla Pickle Linguine with Zucchini, Garlic, Black Olives, and toasted breadcrumbs. Almost Famous Chimichanga Quickie Curried Fish Chard Cheese Bake (The Local Cook) Green Lasagna Bolognese Using the Whole Pumpkin @ Sense of Home Apple Oatmeal Cookies Vegan Applesauce Pancakes Easy Pastry Shop Apple Tart Lime Marmalade @ chicken tender Streusel Blueberry Muffins Sprouted Wheat Crepes Joanna @ Go Ahead and Snicker – Veal Osso Buco upside down apple cake Greek Garden Rice Salad Pork and Lo Mein Noodle Stir Fry Comfort Food at the Osbornes Okra Flavored with Tamarind Pick and Store Apples ~ Hounds in the Kitchen Basil Burgers with Roasted Tomatoes Aubree Cherie (Candied Beet Quinoa) Simple Veggie Side (My Daily Round) Dr. Laura @ WhoIsLaura. com – Healthy Chicken Fried Rice Dutch Oven Peaches & Cream Cake Fresh Beet and Avocado Salad with Italian Vinaigrette Ataif Bil Ashta Lentil Vegetable Soup Paneer Butter Masala -Cottage Cheese in Rich Gravy Shirley @ gfe (Fresh Zucchini Toss) Tomatillo Green Salsa pork tenderloin with cheesy grits Figs and Toasted Almonds Brie Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting Heirloom Cushaw Squash Pie Sweet Potato Goodness Mini Harvest Muffins Breastfeeding Moms Unite! (Kicking It Homeschool Banana Muffins) Chicken Torta Happier Than A Pig In Mud Almond Butter/Spread Using Roasted Nuts Murgh Korma or Chicken in Almond-Yogurt Sauce From the Near East/Stuffed Zucchini in Yoghurt Sauce Tomatillos and Corn for Two Salsas

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