Take a Peek Inside and win a Copy of Simple Food {for winter}
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First of all, a big thank you to all of you for your warm comments and support of Simple Food {for winter}.
With the New Year ever so present I’ve been preparing myself for the super commercial, resolution-based health craziness. I am pretty cynical about the whole thing (the quick-fixness of it all, not the working towards goals part). So I wrote an article over at Simple Bites this week about common sense seasonal eating.
In that article I also share one of the recipes from Simple Food {for winter}, Winter Vegetable Soup with Rosemary. This is one of my favorite recipes from the book for a few reasons. For one, every ingredient (except salt and rosemary) came right from my garden and that just makes me happy. Secondly, this soup makes me feel good when I’ve eaten too many acidifying foods and I need a bit of balance. So head on over if you’d like to see the recipe.
2010 has been a blessed year, both "in real life" and here at Nourishing Days. I have more to say about 2010, but for now I’d like to just say thank you for sharing this space with me.
In that spirit of thanks I’d like to give away 3 copies of the Simple Food {for winter} ebook to one of you lovely readers. Just leave a comment answering the question "What moment in 2010 will you remember most?" I’ll choose three winners from the comments next week.
The blessings that have accompanied my cancer diagnosis.
I continue to learn that The Lord is good! Thank you for you work on this blog.
Giving birth to my new baby boy. Priceless. And unforgettable.
The last push that brought my (second) little girl into the world and holding her for the first time. I thought, “She looks JUST like her daddy!”
Giving up “corporate America” to move back home near family!
I’d love to win this book – been trying to limit my grains and it’s just so darn tough!!!
What moment in 2010 will be remember most?? Well, I’d been out of work for 5 yrs and getting back to the work world was getting to be more elusive than ever. I was frustrated beyond words – and when the HR manager called me ask how my last 2 interviews (of a series of 5) went, I replied ‘Good!’. She said ‘Well, They were very IMPRESSED!!!!’ I’ll never forget that moment.. And yes, she offered me that job and I took it!!! 🙂
I will never forget the bittersweet memories from a dear friends’ homegoing service. We worshiped the Lord amidst tears. She was truly a Proverbs 31 woman!
Adopting our little boy, definitely the most momentous!
Thank you!! You blog is a joy!!
Walking out of the hospital with my entire family five hours after being in a accident where our van was t-boned by a 1-ton diesel truck. A few stitches and a little whip-lash later and I know God was with us that day with His protective hand between the truck and our van.
I feel like I have so many more questions than answers about all this eating! So winning the book would be excellent.
The birth of my third daughter. She brings so much joy to me and to the rest of the family.
Two huge things happened in 2010 that I will never forget. First, I completely changed my diet from low fat/high processed carbohydrates to all-natural, organic, real food. I have seen so many changes for the better in my body and life, and I love my new way of eating. Second, I got engaged to the man of my dreams and best friend! Two, wonderful changes and events in my life!
My favourite moment I’ll always remember? Eating our family dinner right after my wedding ceremony.. just 26 of us sharing wonderful, seasonal food with the summer sun streaming in. Maple roasted chickpeas, smoked pear quinoa pilaf, bundles of fresh seasonal veggies, and stuffed orange, red, and yellow peppers! But the thing was, I couldn’t eat! I was so nervous and excited and happy. And I can ALWAYS eat!! I missed out on a wonderful meal for the best reason 🙂
Last year found out my bone density was dropping due to breast cancer medication and despite my efforts in diet and supplements. Read all I could and found out about yoga, weight bearing exercises, sun exposure and Vit D that could help me improve my bone density so hopefully I won’t have to take any more medications. I have noticed a great improvement in my health implementing these disciplines. So I will see come June if my bone density improves. Even if not they have greatly improved my health!
The thing I will most remember from 2010, the year I turned 40, was how acutely precious the most mundane things in life are (and how little you value them until they are gone). My grandmother died a month before my 40th birthday and I was glued together through her funeral (giving the eulogy, etc.) because she was in her mid-nineties and we all had time to prepare for her death. However, I fell apart and cried until it seemed as though my tears were endless when 7:32 P.M. rolled around on my birthday. . .for my entire life my grandmother has called me at 7:32 on the big day to wish me a happy birthday and to commemorate the very moment her first grandchild was born. Missing that call was one of the most heart-wrenching moments for me. . .knowing there would never be another one.
When our 12 1/2 year old dog died painfully from an enlarged heart and blood clot, unexpectly, following the death of my husband’s grandmother. The grief was tremendous.
On the happy note, through a very circuitous route, our family is now solidly on the path of eating in a healthy and sustainable way, giving me back a lot of the energy I have lost in the last 2 years. A huge blessing!
Hi there! I’ll remember the challenging time my family went through as I was on bed rest for nearly two months and then had the most *amazing* home birth to deliver my son. God heard our cries and blessed us with an awesome birth day and a beautiful healthy baby.
The wonderful uncomplicated homebirth of my second baby boy, with the blessing of all being unharmed after a car accident a month later. A year full of blessings!
In 2010… My nephew was born, celebrated our first anniversary… too many awesome things to count. Thanks for your blogging!
What I’ll most remember from 2010 is that this was the year we began to make changes to have a better quality of life even though it has required the loss of an income and many challenges along with that. Dedicating more time to making our household warm, nurturing, and healthful; allowing time for quiet, calm, and peace; homeschooling our son so he can learn to be his own man and follow God’s ways….all these are worth the struggles.
It’s hard to narrow down the ‘most memorable’ time of 2010. My top three would have to be the homebirth of our (first child) daughter, celebrating one year of marriage and my younger brother’s wedding. Perhaps the most memorable of all would be the time the my husband and I have spent over the last few weeks woking through a particularily challenging issue – I have been so amazed and blessed by the love and leadership he has shown through this trial.
It’s hard to pick just one because we have had a wonderful year (after a couple of bad years it was a really nice change). I’m going to mention two. One of my favorite moments was when I got home from work and my husband excitedly told me to look in the garden. Since it was fall I didn’t understand what he was up to. Then I just about fell over with surprise. He had gotten FREE wood from a friend and built me 6 HUGE raised bed frames. I am SO excited to have a better garden in 2011. The second moment I will remember is when one of our hens decided to hatch out eggs in November. It’s my daughters chicken. It was SO cute to see my daughter carry around the only chick that hatched out. The mom would hang out and let her love the little chick. If anyone else tried to do the same they would be attacked by a very upset mother hen. It is special to see a bond between an animal and a child like my daughter has with her hen and now the chick.
We sold our house and bought another one on 2.5 acres with intentions of growing our own food and having animals.We’ve been buying raw milk, grass-fed beef, pastured eggs, etc from farmers, and now we are on the journey to doing it ourselves.
Sounds Simply WONDERFUL!
This past August, marked the year milestone of going gluten free for my daugter age 5. I looked at her and realized that she looked healthy, really healthy. I’m so thankful that God allowed us to realize what her body needed. As a result, our whole family is eathing healthier too. We learned about what the industry is doing to food in our search for finding food to make for her. Consequently, we joined a CSA, raised our own chickens, and started buying all our meat and other produce at the farmers market or Azure Standard. After cutting out all sugar and white flour I realized that I no longer craved sweets like I used to and was free from those horrible feelings. What a blessing!
So many great things stand out in my mind while trying to chose just one. I will pick one and change my mind tomorrow! I think that 2010 was a time when I really looked at my husband through my children’s eyes and saw what a truly wonderful man and father he is.