Things I loved in January

January flew by!  It was great getting back into a routine after so much time off from school and work.  I think my daughter is so happy to be back at school.  As for me, January has been an exciting and busy month.  I have decided to buckle down and focus on writing an e-book for you all because you have been asking me for it.  It will include tips and techniques on various cooking methods as well as quite a few of my recipes.  It should be a great resource for anyone looking to spend more time in the kitchen experimenting with real homemade cooking!  Please be patient with me while I am focusing on the ebook as I won’t have as much time to blog.  I will keep you entertained with some great weekly giveaways and some guest blog posts from some new up and coming blogs I have sniffed out.  If you are excited to hear more news about the e-book before anyone else, please keep in touch by signing up for my newsletter because I am going to start sending out a weekly update with some links to great basic recipes and also keep you in the loop on what is going on with my ebook!

Here are some interesting things I learned in January from my fellow real food bloggers:

Debunking Health Myths

• How to Lose Weight Without Dieting from Fearless Eating
• Interesting perspective on heartburn medications from Empowered Sustenance
• Couldn’t you use some tips for a better night’s sleep? from Actual Organics
• An alternative to gallbladder surgery from Cultured Palate
• 3 ways to improve indoor air quality from Thank Your Body
• A great roundup of natural cold and flu remedies from Oh Lardy
• Why grassfed beef is best from Granny’s Vital Vittles
• Is stevia healthy? from Holistic Squid
• How Weed Em and Reap revered her son’s asthma

Great Recipes

• Here are 10 great uses for coconut oil – that you haven’t tried from Empowered Sustenance
• 5 healthy snack substitutions from Weed Em and Reap
• Tongue Tacos from the Polivka Family
• Beet and Carrot-Ginger Kvass from Love and Wild Honey
• Basic Kombucha from Real Food Forager
• Sweet Risotto from Nourished Kitchen
• Finnish beef (or reindeer) stew from Real Food Suomi

Here are some of my most popular posts from January in case you missed them

• No Flu Tea
• Surprising Foods Are Making You Fat
• Your Kefir Questions Answered
• What is Ghee? It’s Easy to Make Ghee! (a guest post from Real Food Suomi)