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May 16, 2013 By Katie Mae Leave a Comment

Simple Meals Friday #31

Welcome to Simple Meals Friday!

There is nothing like having a collection of simple meals to throw together in a slow cooker first thing in the morning or in a skillet as a last minute dinner. What are your favorite slow cooker, rice cooker, skillet meals and salads?

We want to know your easy to make meals. It’s great learn and be inspired by others. When you link up on any of our sites the links will show up on all the blogs.

Meet Your Hosts

Please Read and Follow these Simple Meals Friday Rules

Keep the foods “nourishing”, such as homemade chicken stocks, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats (lard, coconut oil, butter, olive oil, tallow), unrefined sugars, flours and salts and meats.
Please don’t include recipes using processed oils such as soy and canola oil, msg laden bouillon and other highly processed foods. Try to incorporate traditional methods of preparing foods like, sprouting, soaking, sourdough and lacto-fermentation. If I notice a recipe using these ingredients it will be deleted.
Link back to this blog hop, it is a common linking courtesy. It helps to build a stronger blogging community. That way we can all learn and share with each other.

We enjoyed reading all your submissions. The hosts will pick a favorite post to feature on next week’s Simple Meals Friday. If you want to be featured please be sure to link back to this blog hop. Our favorites will be featured on facebook and pintrest!

Featured Simple Meals

How about a crustless breakfast quiche baked in a muffin tin sound?

These blueberry muffins from LittleOwlCrunchyMomma are a favorite around here!

Filed Under: Frugal and Simple, Herbs and Natural Remedies, Real Food and Nutrition, Recipes, Stewardship and Sustainability

April 23, 2013 By Katie Mae Leave a Comment

7-Day Real Food Challenge Plus Free Recipes

Just a reminder that there is still time to sign up for the 7-Day Real Food Challenge!

There is so much happening on the facebook group. Recipes are being shared, people are asking questions and receiving lots answers and encouragement. Some who have signed up are just testing the waters of Real Food while some of us are seasoned veterans. We are all learning something! I for one am loving the new recipes provided in the guide.

As most of you know I don not normally eat a grain free diet but for the sake of this challenge and in hopes of healing some gut issues I am giving it a try. Don’t feel bad is you aren’t up to the compleat paleo challenge, the goal is to help you get into eating real foods and away from SAD (the standard american diet). Feel free to make this challenge your own.

Click here to join us and get the plan, recipes, and support now!

I was honored to have two of my recipes featured in the 7-Day Real Food Challenge Guide Book.

Today I am happy to share links for those recipes as well as others to encourage you in your challenge. Remember if you “mess up” you can always start again the next meal or next day.

Spicy “Fried” Chicken Strips with Spicy Avocado Cilantro Dip

Powerhouse Mocha Frapuccino

Chocolate Coconut Milk Ice Cream

How To Make Coconut Milk, The Easy Way

Filed Under: Frugal and Simple, Real Food and Nutrition, Recipes

March 14, 2013 By Katie Mae 3 Comments

Simple Meals Friday #22

Welcome to Simple Meals Friday!

We want to know your easy to make meals. It’s great learn and be inspired by others. When you link up on any of our sites the links will show up on all the blogs.

Meet Your Hosts

Please Read and Follow these Simple Meals Friday Rules

Keep the foods “nourishing”, such as homemade chicken stocks, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats (lard, coconut oil, butter, olive oil, tallow), unrefined sugars, flours and salts and meats.
Please don’t include recipes using processed oils such as soy and canola oil, msg laden bouillon and other highly processed foods. Try to incorporate traditional methods of preparing foods like, sprouting, soaking, sourdough and lacto-fermentation. If I notice a recipe using these ingredients it will be deleted.
Link back to this blog hop, it is a common linking courtesy. It helps to build a stronger blogging community. That way we can all learn and share with each other.

We enjoyed reading all your submissions. The hosts will pick a favorite post to feature on next week’s Simple Meals Friday. If you want to be featured please be sure to link back to this blog hop.

Host Picks From Last Week’s Hop

What better way to make simple meals than to start meal planning? Living int the Green has some great tips!

Sweet Potato Cookies with Walnuts and Dark Chocolate Chips, need we say more? We can’t wait to try these cookies by My Sister’s Pantry.

A Life Unprocessed shows you how easy it is to make your own vanilla extract!

It’s time to link up!

Filed Under: Frugal and Simple, Real Food and Nutrition, Recipes, Stewardship and Sustainability, Uncategorized

March 14, 2013 By Katie Mae Leave a Comment

Honey Sweetned Nut Butter Dip

Do you need a quick and healthy snack that your kids will love? Or one that lets the kid in you shine? You and your kids are sure to love this simple nut butter dip. It’s packed with protein and good fats to hold you over till your next meal.

What’s more fun than dipping apples and dotting them with chocolate chips. Sure even organic chocolate is still sugar but it makes for a fun treat. Best of all it takes 1o minutes or less to make!

Honey Sweetened Nut Butter Dip

2013-03-06 11:34:48

Serves 4

A simple and nourishing dip that take only minutes to whip up, making it the prefect snack when served with apples. To make it extra special and tasty add chocolate chips on the side.

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Prep Time

10 min

Total Time

10 min

Prep Time

10 min

Total Time

10 min

Ingredients

1/2 cup nut butter (peanut butter, almond butter...)

1/2 cup coconut oil, softened

2 TBS raw honey

Serve with

2 large or 4 small apples, sliced

dark chocolate chips

Instructions

Stir all three ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth.

Serve with apple slices and chocolate chips.

By Katie Mae Stanley

Nourishing Simplicity http://nourishingsimplicity.org/

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Filed Under: Family and Children, Real Food and Nutrition, Recipes

February 25, 2013 By Katie Mae Leave a Comment

Natural Living Monday

This is an awesome ebook bundle! You get all these Real Food books for only $7.40, that is almost 90% off the regular price for these books individually. How great of a deal is that? I personally own all these books and reference them often.

Welcome to Natural Living Monday where we share all our natural living tips, tricks, and fun ideas.

Thank you for joining us on Natural Living Monday! I hope you are ready to share some amazing posts. I am excited to see the great things you have been doing to live a more natural, whole, holistic life.

Your Hosts:

Amanda from Natural Living Mamma

Katie from Nourishing Simplicity

Angela from Mama Rosemary.

Last weeks most popular posts were:

Make Your Own Herbal Shampoo by Preparedness Mama

Elderberries in the Garden by Health & Home & Heritage

Could You Be Suffering from Vitamin D Deficiency and Fatigue? by Love Health Love Life

Congratulations on being featured!

Are you ready to link up?

From this week forward the list is in random order!

Here are the rules: Your blog article must fit these categories: sustainable living, homesteading, DIY, herbs, home-made body and skin care, real food (no processed ingredients, Weston A. Price Foundation guidelines are a good place to start to define “real food”), and all things “natural“.

Link back to this week’s blog hop post so that everyone can see the other amazing posts. It is just basic common courtesy.

Show some love! Go check out and see what others have posted. Share the hop and the posts you love!

Not required but I would love it if you would grab the button and share share share!