First, I want to thank you all for being part of this community. It’s been such a wonderfully nourishing experience for me have this website and be able to share recipes and tips for good living with all of you.
However, there is another side to running a website. Like everyone in this age of information overload, I’m looking at working better and smarter. Doing more with less. As you may have noticed, I haven’t been posting quite as often. I’ve also gone on a social media diet, checking into Twitter and Facebook a couple of times a week instead of several times a day.
Further, after much consideration, I’ve decided to close down the Forums. Although the forums have served a good purpose, all in all, I’ve found that they are one more place for me to monitor in terms of the work I put into this website. I believe that the community can continue to connect in the comments section of each post and that it will still be productive for you to leave your remarks there.
So yes, change is in the air.
And I’m interested in you. I want you to tell me what type of information you find useful on this site. What are you doing with your life right now and what in particular are you looking for here?
So please, leave a comment and share your thoughts. I’m very interested, even though I do not often respond to comments, I do personally read each and every comment that you leave on every post.
Thanks for 6 great years and looking forward to many more!
Anita says
I can certainly understand “working smarter”. Thank you for all the time you’ve invested for us to be able to read your blog, try your recipes, and gleaning from your informative research. It was a true blessing when I found your blog and I’ve loved making your Paleo bread although I’ve slowed down on the nuts recently (baking specifically)I still check in weekly to see what’s new with you. So many of the things you blog about strike a familiar cord with me. I have been fully Paleo for about 4 months now and look forward to more of your recipes and insight.
Again, Thank you.
Brie says
I like the recipes, and that’s all I’ve used here, so I won’t miss the forums. Personally, I’m interested in baking recipes. I already knew how to cook and making changes to be gluten free haven’t been a problem with entrees. There aren’t a lot of folks out there using almost exclusively almond flour yet, so that’s what I look for here.
If you want to invest your energy away from social media, I’d be happy to have another cookbook from you! I love the first and don’t really need the cupcake one as we don’t eat many cakes. But an almond/coconut flour breads cookbook – I’d be thrilled!
Jessica says
It’s so hard to not get completely overwhelmed and lose sight of what you started blogging for in the first place. I find it’s so easy to slip into working just a little bit more, adding one more project, etc. Soon you feel like you aren’t doing ANYTHING well and nobody gets enough attention or time from you.
I congratulate you on taking a step back. That takes just as much courage as starting the blog in the first place.
Connie says
Hi Elana!
I am so glad to hear that you are one of the many people out there looking to focus your life – I hear you! I’m doing the same thing now, just more with physical things like getting rid of papers, freeing my schedule, etc (since my blog is sort of whenever I feel like it anyway LOL).
I love your recipes, and I love the stories that go along with them on your blog posts. I really think you shine best in your blogs and book. I like the blog in particular because I can read through the comments for substitutes, different people trying and their results, etc.
Please keep up the good work on the blog! I never actually used the forums so I guess I don’t know what I am missing! ;-)
Nancy Jo says
I do hope that this change will be good for you and your life, but I REALLY want to continue to get recipes from you…. they are the absolute best for good taste and simplicity and health.
Please continue to share your recipes! Find the form to share them that doesn’t exhaust you…because the world needs what you have to offer!
Nancy Jo Steetle
Nancy T says
I would like to see what substitutions could be made in various recipes. I know you don’t answer questions but it would be wonderful to see them somewhere on your site. So it would not have to be for each recipe but just in general what one might try – just a few pages of general substitutions that could be made for various ingredients.
Dayle says
Elana,
I am so proud of you! Thank you for setting healthy boundaries for yourself and giving more time to LIVE! Time with you family is sacred and they grow so quickly! I appreciate all your recipes and information and I often use your website for that reason. I personally have never used the forum, but I am sure we will all be fine without it! Blessings to you and your family.
Dayle
marti says
Elana. I absolutely LOVE your website, AND your book(s)…I only have one, but have referred you to so many people…they have bought BOTH I am sure. I found you after GOING PALEO, thank you Robb Wolf! Though I limit my PALEO treats to special times of the year, I am gluten free, dairy free, and don’t use processed sugar, nor do I eat anything Robb doesn’t approved of! (less the stevia on occasion, and the agave syrup for YOUR recipes!)
I can’t thank you enough for your talents, and God given gifts! Thank God for Elana! and her desire to SHARE with the world!
love you!
SHALOM,
Marti
Cathy says
Hi Elana,
Thanks so much for the recipes and information you have shared. You have made g/f healthier and easier for me and I love your books. Hope you enjoy the time the changes will yield. I would love to see nutritional info for your recipes.
All the best,
Cathy
Dean says
Big fan of your book and site. Always get excited when a new recipe arrives in my in-box. Hope you continue to provide an excellent source of healthy recipes!