HEARTH and SOUL HOP!
Welcome to week number 25 of the Hearth and Soul Hop!
It was a great holiday week - lots of turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and butter. Yes, butter was on, in and around most everything I ate - oh the joy! I hope those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US had a blessed day full of food, fun, family and faith!
It was a great holiday week - lots of turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and butter. Yes, butter was on, in and around most everything I ate - oh the joy! I hope those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US had a blessed day full of food, fun, family and faith!
The hop has become my favorite place to find new recipes and to share in all the lovely stories that come from your hearth and soul!
Thank you for letting me have a peak into your kitchen.
Thank you for letting me have a peak into your kitchen.
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 and Soul Hop with us each week.* Each time you link to the hop, you will get exposure over 5 blogs and receive feedback in the way of a high quality comment on your linked post, 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).
Rules for linking:
-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 and Soul.
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Hello! I'm your newest follower,I just found your site and I LOVE the idea of a food blog hop. I look forward to linking up with you weekly and I think your blog is fabulous! I hope you can come by my blog soon too at Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
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