When I started this blog, my friend Alexandra had a bit to do with it. Besides being one of the few bloggers who I know in real life, her blog, A Food Coma<\/a>, helped me realized that I could write about food too<\/a>.\u00a0 Today I’m super jealous, because she and A Food Coma are featured in a NY Times article! <\/a>Go Alex!<\/p>\n Of course, Alex isn’t the only one who writes a blog that inspires my cooking, my writing and my eating.\u00a0 This week I’m highlighting a few of my favorite food\/healthy living blogs.\u00a0 One of the best things about being a blogger is the community that comes from commenting on the posts of other writers.\u00a0 It’s fun getting to know people, even if I haven’t met them in person yet.<\/p>\n Written by Kristen, Leigh and Rachel,\u00a0 Cheap Healthy Good<\/a> is “a blog dedicated to the advancement of frugal, nutritious, ethically-minded food in everyday life”.\u00a0 Can’t go wrong with that!\u00a0 Kristen just fed her fiance for a week on just $25, and the weekly Veggie Might column has great vegetarian recipes.<\/p>\n Good (& Cheap) Eats<\/a> is all about “eating well without spending a fortune and “well” means “healthfully” as well as “deliciously”. \u00a0 Recent posts: Build a Better Grocery Budget, Gluten-Free Flours, and Highlights from the Great Recipe Swap<\/a>.<\/p>\n Posts from Holly over at The Healthy Everythingtarian<\/a> always make me smile.\u00a0 Her creative flavor combinations, especially at breakfast, and ability to be herself in her posts (something that never seems to come across for me!) makes her blog a great read.<\/p>\n Healthy Tipping Point<\/a> was another one of the first healthy living blogs I started to read.\u00a0 Caitlin’s much more into fitness than I am, but maybe someday I’ll stop reading her posts about exercise and start actually doing it!\u00a0 Plus she’s the brains behind Operation Beautiful.<\/a><\/p>\n When I need new vegetarian recipes, book recipes or vegan baking ideas, No Meat Athlete<\/a> is one of the first places I go.\u00a0 Matt’s posts about how he combines being vegetarian and a (marathon) runner are nothing short of inspiring.\u00a0 Plus he started Health Blog Helper<\/a> which has, well, really helped this health blog!<\/p>\n What can I say about Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman<\/a>?\u00a0 Her recipes, photography and life in general are amazing.\u00a0 Not vegetarian, and sometimes not even healthy, I can’t remember the last time I saw a PW recipe I didn’t want to cook.\u00a0 Plus her kids are adorable, and who doesn’t like looking at pictures of beautiful countryside?<\/p>\n Lastly, even you “non-food bloggers” should check out the Outside the Box Challenge, <\/a>which is being organized by Shedding It<\/a> (another great blog!) andNutritionista<\/a>.\u00a0 This week’s challenge (which ends tomorrow) was to make something from scratch.\u00a0 I entered last week’s cornbread<\/a>. The prizes are really awesome–check it out!<\/p>\n