Hearth and Soul Blog Hop vol. 27

HEARTH and SOUL HOP!

I want to wish all the Hopsters a very Blessed and Merry Christmas. 

I know that being a part of this hop has been one of the best presents I have received this year. 

I am "on vacation" this week - and so I just wanted to check in and let you all know how grateful I am for you and your participation!

I know it is a crazy time of year but please if you can
take the time to visit a few links, 
make a few comments, strike up 

a friendship - it will enrich your life.

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.

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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1. My Top Foraging Tool @ Hunger and Thirst 2. Bacon Fat Spice Cookies 3. CauldronsandCrockpots: Make a winter lip balm 4. Turkey Stock Trials and Tribulations 5. Romaine & Orange Salad 6. Fruit & Berry Crisp 7. Christmas Eve Tamales 8. Kindness is "soul" food 9. Samosa-style Twice Baked Potatoes @ Chez Cayenne 10. Cheesy roasted vegetable pasta bake @ amoderatelife 11. Mushroom Truffle Pizza with Arugula 12. Lemon Cranberry Scones @ Sense of Home 13. Hearty Vegetable Soup, Easy Minestrone 14. Candy Cane Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream-Dairy or Non 15. Peppermint Milkshake (The Prairie Homestead) 16. Monsanto Stole My Seed Blues & Wild Potato Salad 17. Nan Khatai - Eggless Cookie 18. Edible Homemade Gifts 19. Caramel Marshmallow Chocolate Dipped Krispy Treats 20. Indian Style Cranberry & Green Chilli Pickle 21. Cheesy Garlic Potato Soup 22. Easy, Fast Beef Kebabs 23. Cinnamon Apple Strudel Bundt Cake 24. Tembleque: Classic Puerto Rican Christmas Dessert 25. Raw Applesauce Cake With Cinnamon Maple Icing 26. Chai Spiced Sweet Potatoes 27. Mediterranean Chicken Salad 28. Gr. Grandmas Roll Out Sugar Cookies 29. Spicy Spinach Squares 30. Huevos Rancheros 31. Food Floozie: Vegetable Lo Mein 32. Low and Slow Chipotle Beef Chili @ Scratch. Love 33. One Pot BLT Pasta 34. Caramel Truffles 35. Persimmon and Snowball Cookies and a Giveaway! 36. Kappa Puzhukku (Tapioca Curry ) 37. Beef Stew Homemade~For Such a Time as This 38. Alpha-Chicken Soup 39. Beef croquettes 40. Peppermint Brownies 41. Creamy vegetable soup 42. Layered Mexican Casserole 43. Dr. Laura - "Wrapping" Up the Holiday 44. Thumbelina Cookies 45. Stollen 46. Losing Creek Farm - Fig Chutney 47. Philly Cheesesteak Casserole 48. Mashed Sweet Potatoes w/ Browned Butter 49. Flourless Pecan Sandies (Shirley @ gfe) 50. Sugared Lemon Squares 51. israeli couscous carbonara 52. Chocolate Toffee Brittle 53. Step by Step Tamales 54. Rustic Pear Tart 55. Dark Days Challenge Kickoff: Venison & Potatoes 56. Bread Dahi Vada - Bread Dumplings in Yogurt 57. Cinnamon-Scented Shortbread Cookies 58. Holiday Egg Nog 59. Of Such is the Kingdom (10 Great Party Appetizers) 60. So Very Domestic - Eggs Benedict 61. Women's Bean Project Tasty Giveaway 62. Focaccia Fantasies 63. Crock Pot Spiced Fruit Punch 64. Chicken or Pork Adobo 65. 100% wholewheat bread with oatmeal and raisins 66. Zucchini Lasagna (Andreas Kitchen) 67. Egg plant in spicy tomato sauce 68. Coulibiac with Quinoa, Lentils and veggies 69. Baked Empanada with Mushroom Walnut Filling 70. Toasted Oat & Pecan Apple Breakfast Cake 71. Grandma's Homemade TARTAR SAUCE Recipe! 72. Mary w/ Salted Chocolate Tartlet 73. Cinnamon Roll Scones (vegan, grain-free) 74. Dragon's Breath Chili 75. Water Chestnut Pudding 76. Lemon Bars 77. Brussels Sprouts au Gratin 78. Easy Chocolate Pudding 79. Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles 80. Chocolate Chip & Cookie Cheesecake 81. Italian Mashed Potatoes - Giada 82. Bread for Non-Bakers 83. Tourtiere - Joyeux Noel!

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