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Green Holiday Giveaway #9: Children’s Library: Green Minded Book Collection

December 6, 2013 0

Giveaway number nine is for any of the children in your life! A set of 5 lovely children’s books with bright beautiful illustrations, heart warming messages and beautiful stories. Here is a peek at what comes in the collection.

1. The Good Garden | How One Family Went from Hunger To Having Enough by Katie Smith Milway
This is a simple story about a big issue: hunger. It provides children with tools and information to help them make a difference, locally and globally.

2. Bully Bean by Thomas Weck and Peter Weck
This lovely book teaches children one of the most important lessons about life: to love and help everyone around us. Good stuff!

3. Fireflies and Shooting Stars “The Tale of Enzo” by Ed Raarup 
With beautiful art and included 12 song CD – The Tale of Enzo is the story of a little firefly who faces the challenges of being different. It’s a beautiful story of courage, truth and hope!

4. The Earth, The Alphabet, and Me by Christine Pesout
This is a simple little book filled with 26 small ways kids can make a big different in the environment.

5. Bimbambu by Ileana Katzenelson
Bimbambu is a fun, colorful story of friendship and is sure to delight your children. We especially loved the animals all dressed up in their winter gear.

Wouldn’t this be a super fun gift for the littles to open on Christmas Eve or Day! A collection of lovely stories that will delight them all year. Yay!

If you are picking up books as holiday gifts – these are some that are sure to please, check them out – however, don’t forget to enter the giveaway below.

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Green Holiday Giveaway #7: Vegan and Vegetarian Cookbook Library

December 5, 2013 0

Today’s first giveaway is for the chef in your life – I am offering a vegan and vegetarian cookbook library worth over $150! What a fun holiday gift to surprise someone you love with!

This cookbook library includes a variety of excellent recipes for the vegan and vegetarian palette. Here are the cookbooks that the library includes:

1. Vegan Secret Supper
Vegan Secret Supper offers bold and elegant menus from a Rogue Kitchen. With simple recipes and beautiful photos this is a cookbook that every vegan should have in their collection. Some of the recipes featured are Avocado Mint Ice Cream, Dark Chocolate Cake and Walnut and Roasted Yam Croquettes with Ancho Balsamic Beet Reduction.

 + Vegan Secret Supper $26.95

2. The China Study Cookbook
Like the Vegan Secret Supper, this cookbook offers simple plant-based recipes with bright, beautiful photos. However, this cookbook features delicious meals that are made using no added fats, minimal sugar and salt to promote optimal health.

 + The China Study Cookbook $19.95

 3. The Clean Plates Cookbook
The Clean Plates Cookbook is more of a toolkit that gives you the tools to take back the control of your health. It’s full of sustainable, delicious, and healthier eating options for every body. This cookbook clearly outlines which recipes are gluten-free and includes a weekly meal plan at the back of the book.

 + The Clean Plates Cookbook $20

 4. Raw, Quick and Delicious Cookbook
This cookbook is perfect for the raw foodie in your life. Full of recipes for every meal and occasion from breakfast, smoothies, snacks, pastas, sides and main dishes – it has something for everyone. All of these recipes include 5 ingredients or less and are simple to prepare taking only 15 minutes tops!

+ Raw, Quick and Delicious Cookbook $ 24.95

5. The Complete Leafy Greens Cookbook
This is a huge cookbook full of over 250 recipes and fresh green drink recipes for everyone in your family. If you are looking for ways to get more greens into your meals this is the cookbook for you – not only will you learn about all of the different kinds of greens, there are great recipes for all of them too.

+ The Complete Leafy Greens Cookbook $27.95

#6: BONUS: The Good Life for Less
While not an actual cookbook, The Good Life for Less is full of great ways to give your family great meals and good times on a budget! It includes tips on saving money at the grocery store, managing and organizing your home and fun traditions to start with your family. It’s a great book to have in your library!

+ The Good Life for Less $15

Check out these great cookbooks and enter the giveaway below – the winner will be announced December 12th.

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Travels with Gannon and Wyatt Series: Book Review and Giveaway

November 18, 2013 0


Eben is a huge book lover and avid reader, so he was excited when I surprised him with the Travels with Gannon and Wyatt book series written by Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet as a gift on Halloween. He has been devouring the books ever since – he especially enjoys that the three books highlight the travels of twin brothers that are his age. The series so far includes Gannon and Wyatt’s travels to Botswana (released May 2014), Great Bear Rainforest (released October 2013) and Egypt (to be released January 2014) with more books coming soon.

Eben and I started the adventure from the beginning with the boys’ adventures in Botswana (which turned out to be our favorite). Where they find themselves on the adventure of a lifetime, an African safari. I found the characters to be great role models for kids, adventurous – yet well behaved. Eben liked the journal entry style of the books and felt a connection with Wyatt because he is more scientific, detailed in his journal entries and really thinks things through. The books even inspired Eben to pull out his own journals and start writing stories of his own! Hooray!

These books really appealed to Eben because both of the main characters are boys, However, I bet girls – especially girls that love adventure, would enjoy them too. These books are geared toward middle-grade kids and would make a great holiday gift for those young adventure readers in your life.

Want to win a set? One reader will win the entire Travels with Gannon and Wyatt series for your child’s library! Enter the giveaway below – the winner will be announced on Monday, November 25th!

P.S. You can also enter to win one of three Kindle Fires on the Travels with Gannon and Wyatt Facebook page in November!  

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

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Thrift Store Thursday: 8 Food & Wine Cookbooks for $16 (Savings $223.60)

July 18, 2013 0

I am a huge thrift store shopper – I have been my entire life. I remember when I was little, I lived for hitting the thrift, antique shops and swap meets with my grandmothers. They taught me where and what to look for and how to haggle for the best price.

When I was a teenager, I purchased the majority of my quirky clothes from the thrift store. I never had to worry that someone would show up at a party or dance wearing the same dress I was. Ha! As an adult, I have honed the skill and am usually able to find exactly what I am looking for. My favorite things to look for are cookbooks, novels, quirky ceramic and pottery pieces, and expensive jeans.

Eben is getting quite good at thifting too, however he is more drawn to antique shops and comic books stores.  Needless to say his favorite thing to look for is books. I usually have a hard time getting him to leave, he is usually sitting in a corner somewhere with a huge stack next to him.

Eben and I try to hit the thrift store at least once a week, I recommend going first thing in the morning before everything has been picked over and the store is still quiet. Yesterday, when we stopped I was on the lookout for new cookbooks for the mister.

We are huge fans of Food & Wine magazine, so when I found 8 of their annual and Best of the Best cookbooks I knew I had to scoop them up. The mister was excited to have a new set of cookbooks, they are all in perfect condition and they look amazing on my media center – I love the colors! Here is a breakdown of the retail cost, what I paid and the savings.

+ Retail Cost: $239.60
+ Thrift Store Cost: $16
+ Savings: $223.60

Do you shop at the thrift store? What is your favorite thing to look for? Do you like these types of posts? I would love your thoughts – it helps me to decide whether to continue them.

Cookbooks vs. Pinterest? Which Do You Prefer for Organic, Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes?

April 11, 2013 3

It’s funny – every since starting this juice detox 19 days ago, all I can think about is food. At first I would find myself browsing my vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and dessert recipe boards endlessly on Sunday mornings – completely torturing myself! But as time went by I found myself starting to pin more plant-based, healthy foods and less and less sweets! Small changes are good.

However, while I was browsing I looked up to see the vast array of colorful cookbooks on our media center. I began to wonder how the internet and websites such as Pinterest will shape the cookbook industry. The mister, who does the cooking in our household still uses several of his cookbooks on a weekly basis, but there are several that I purchased that hardly get used, because I find it much easier to catalog and access all of the recipes that I want to try on Pinterest.

So, I wondered what are your thoughts? Do you prefer a beautiful cookbook or Pinterest for recipes?

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Last year, I compiled a list of 5 beautiful cookbooks that I was coveting – to be honest, I still would love to have these cookbooks, even though I am a Pinterest addict!

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