December Link Love

I hope you had a wonderful December, celebrating with your family and friends.  Before we look forward to 2014, I thought I would take a moment to recap some of my favorites from this last month of 2013.

My most popular post this month has been my Nourishing Chicken Broth post.

And my most popular recipe has been my Chocolate Almond Date Bar recipe.

And the cutest thing I shared from Amazon this month has got to be these:

Ninja Cookie Cutters

I want to thank the following bloggers for including my recipes in their round-up posts:
Homemade, Health, Happy - for including my yogurt tutorial and my smoothie recipe in this post - Probiotic Power
Don't Waste the Crumbs - for including my egg nog recipe in this post - Homemade vs. Store-bought Eggnog
Live Simply - for including my egg nog recipe in this post - Christmas Morning Recipes
Homemade for Elle - for including my marinara recipe in this post - 37 Ground Beef Recipes


And here is a list of my favorites, from around the web:

Recipes:

Breakfast--

Nut Butter Protein Breakfast Cookies from Hybrid Rasta Mama

Paleo Egg Muffins from They Call Me Oyster Girl

Baked French Toast with Apples and Cinnamon from Yummy Inspirations

Soaked Pumpkin Pancakes from Real Food Outlaws 

Beverages--

Raw Ginger Beer from Nourishing Time

Delicious Easy Almond Milk from Healing Cuisine by Elise

Condiments--

Homemade Onion Dip from Girl Meets Nourishment

Probiotic Ranch Dressing from Natural Family Today

Main Dishes--

Chicken Piccata (also Gluten Free) from Real Food Whole Health

Italian Chicken Rolls with Sage and Prosciutto (also Gluten Free) from Real Food Whole Health 

Roasted Apricot Chicken with Herbs de Provence from The Organic Kitchen

Classic Leek and Potato Soup from Red and Honey

Desserts--

Peppermint Mocha Pots de Creme (Dairy Free) from A Happy Healthnut

Best Apple Crisp Recipe (GAPS safe) from Wellness and Workouts

Natural Chocolate Milk Syrup from Rethink Simple

Beauty/Personal Care Products:
DIY Homemade Blush from Live Simply

Homemade Charcoal Coconut Oil Eyeliner from Life Liberty Healthiness

Homemade Deodorant from Edible Harmony

Natural Cleaning Products:

How to Make Wool Dryer Balls from Hobo Mama - this looks easy and would make good gifts!
How to Make Homemade Disinfecting Wipes from Live Renewed

Finances:

Do you have a budget for groceries?  This is the first part of a great series on creating a frugal grocery budget, from Don't Waste the Crumbs.

Miscellaneous:

Here's a great article from How We Flourish on the topic of fertility and getting off the pill.  This is good information for all women, regardless of whether you're married and/or trying to get pregnant.
Are you, "just" a mom?  Then please, read this article from Healthy Roots, Happy Soul

Is Your Child's Brain Starving?  Kristin, from Live Simply, has written an excellent article about her son and about how real food addressed developmental issues.

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Photo credit - mtphelm via photopin cc (and I altered it)

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