Wholesome Wednesday Links!

I am SO excited for Christmas! I love the holidays and always have a wonderful time eating, drinking, and catching up with friends and family. I have been fiendishly baking cookies and look forward to branching out into other recipes as well. Tomorrow night, I will be at my friend Meghan's Edible Balls party - where I hope to bring some bacon popcorn balls. I'll let you know how these turn out. Onto the links. 

Healthy Christmas Links:

• TakePart.com just featured my Roasted Garlic Butternut Squash Soup as part of its Christmas dinner menu
• The Environmental Working Group just released a study about the dangers of feeding kids sugary cereal. If you don't know the EWG - they provide lots of amazing scientific info about health risks associated with various products. I find the Cosmetics Database really helpful when making choices about which beauty products to buy. - CBS News
• Here's a fascinating look at the (insane) foodie habits of Kim Jong Il - Bon Appetite
• Uh oh, I guess I shouldn't be eating raw cookie dough - NY Times

Blogs and Recipes I love:

• The lovely Ann, over at Cooking Healthy for Me, made HOME MADE CHEEZ ITZ!!!! I need these immediately. 
• I recently discovered the best blog - Banana Mondaes - Jules combines reading children's books with cooking! She baked the most adorable Apple Ginger Pies while reading Amelia Bedelia! 
• Bon Appetit has the most amazing recipe for Lamb Shanks with Pears - I can't wait to try this