News of the Day

Here are some of the links I've shared today on my Aunt B's Kitchen page on Facebook, B on Balance, Twitter, and Pinterest.

My blog posts:

Good Morning

Walk a Mile (or a Hundred) In My Shoes

Food posts:

Great tips from Food52 on making healthy choices while on a tight food budget.

A guide to Winter Squash from Cooking Light.

The best chicken dinners of 2013 from Serious Eats.

Bacon Chicken Pinwheels from Real Housemoms.

Food price increases forecast for 2014.  Brace yourself:  The price of chocolate is going up.

Crafts and DIY:

A fun tutorial on making a soft toy from mismatched socks from DIY Cozy Home.

Dried apple bird feeder from Hoosier Homemade.

Housekeeping:

12 Bathroom organization tips from Domestically Speaking.

Health:

Diet and Exercise tips to help control diabetes from Health.com

Is an anti-inflammatory diet the right choice for you?

Check out this post from Epicurious.

Positive Thinking:

My friend Connie shared this quote from iamlivingpositive.com on her personal Facebook page today.  I like it a lot.

Vancouver Island:

The Municipality of North Cowichan shared a new Parks and Rec newsletter on Twitter.  Click on the image above to view it full size.

Simon Pidcock of Ocean EcoVentures Whale Watching Cowichan Bay shared today's Beautiful Vancouver Island Moment:  an album of Orca photos taken in Active Pass on Dec. 30.