Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Kristen’s Raw 27th Awesome Giveaway – FREE Zukay Kvass Beverages!

by Kristen in awesome giveaway, kvass, zukay

Time for another awesome giveaway. For my 27th Awesome Giveaway…. One lucky winner will receive a 6-pack of Zukay’s Kvass raw fermented organic beverages (you choose the flavors) – courtesy of Zukay.

What in the heck is Kvass you ask? I wondered the same thing! It’s basically a raw, vegan, and organic juice made from probiotic-filled fermented veggies and then bottled. Neat, huh? I just love all of the raw products we have available to us as raw foodies these days. The cuisine sure has come a long way in just the past 2 years alone, eh?!

WANT THE CHANCE TO WIN?

It’s simple to participate. All you have to do is answer the following question in this post’s comment section. The contest will end Sunday night, November 21st @ 11:59pm. I’ll enter everyone’s name who answered the question into a drawing and announce the winner on my blog Monday, November 22nd. Please note: This contest is only open to residents living in the United States.

QUESTION: What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?

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Winner of my 19th Awesome Giveaway – ZUKAY LIVE DRESSINGS

by Kristen in awesome giveaway, dressings, zukay

Congratulations EMB! Your name was chosen as the winner of my 19th Awesome Giveaway. The prize: A sampler pack of healthy dressings courtesy of Zukay. Simply email me with your address so I can get the awesome prize sent to you.

Here is what EMB had to say when asked, “What product(s) or flavor(s) would you like to see Zukay offer?”

“Ooh yummy! These look fabulous. First thing that came to mind was a “roasted” garlic dressing. I’ve always wondered if that flavor could be recreated in the raw! I had to give up the un-raw pasteurized bottled version…but I have to admit to missing it!”

My next Awesome Giveaway is in March, so check back for details! (It’s an awesome one, too!)

Kristen’s Raw 19th Awesome Giveaway – FREE ZUKAY DRESSINGS!

by Kristen in awesome giveaway, fermented, raw, zukay, zukay live foods

Another awesome giveaway? Already? YES! I’m selecting one winner for this fabulous prize, and if it’s YOU, then get ready for some delicious, healthy, spunky salads in your future! Zukay has been kind enough to offer one of my readers the generous prize of a “1 of each dressing” sampler pack (6 total dressings). And let me tell you…. they are good. I love that they’re living, low calorie, vegan, and fermented – I’m way into fermenting. I previously wrote about Zukay’s dressings in a post here, check it out.

WANT THE CHANCE TO WIN?

It’s simple to participate! All you have to do is answer the following question in this post’s comment section. The contest will end Monday night, February 15th @ 11:59pm. I’ll enter everyone’s name who answered the question into a drawing and announce the winner on my blog Tuesday, February 16th. *Please note: While I would love to hear from everyone around the world in answering this question, I have to limit the winner to a person living in the United States.

QUESTION: What product(s) or flavor(s) would you like to see Zukay offer?

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Raw Food. Morning Sickness. Zukay Salad Dressings.

by Kristen in deva premal, high raw, organic, salad, zukay, zukay live foods

I’m officially experiencing some morning sickness. There hasn’t been any puking yet, just an intense nausea that lasts for most of the day. And… I’m happy as hell with it! I Love it! It might sound weird to some, but with all of the hoops I’ve been through to get pregnant, I take morning sickness as a great sign (between blood tests) that I’m still very pregnant. Yeehaw!! Wednesday is my next blood test. I’ll be glad when those are over.

Even though no foods really sound good to me (yet, I’m hungry. It’s bizarre and fun), I’m keeping up with my High Raw to All Raw meals. Sometimes Raw sounds good and sometimes cooked vegan does (Chipotle vegan burrito always sounds good – lol), BUT, I’m keeping it All Raw for some meals, High Raw some, a scant few meals that are moderate Raw, and saying NO to Chipotle. *Everything that passes my lips is organic.

I’ve been eating a lot of big salads. I was recently sent some living, fermented, vegan salad dressings to try by the company Zukay Live Foods. They’re very good(!) and I recommend having a bottle or two in your refrigerator for those times you don’t feel like making dressing. They contain probiotic cultures with no added sugars, canola, or gums. I think they’re all fat free. You can add the dressing by itself to salad or mix it with a drizzle of olive oil. I’ve used them in a few ways and they’re all great. I’ve had it on salad. I’ve had it on my cucumber pasta meals. And, I’ve even added a tablespoon to my green juice to add fun flavor. There are many ways to use these for an extra flavor-punch in your recipes.

I’ve been spending time relaxing in my mom’s backyard under the warm sun, listening to wind chimes, and humming to the little life growing inside of me. I wrote a lullaby for my baby before we conceived and I sang it to the little spirit that was not yet in me, and I continue to do so now that he/she is. Did you see the movie Australia? (If not, it’s such an amazing, epic, beautiful story.) Anyway, in the movie, the little boy “sings his ‘adoptive mom’ to him.” He says, “Mrs. Boss (that’s what he calls her), I sing you to me.” I always liked that, so I said to myself over the summer, I’m going to sing my baby to me. I also read that in some tribes, the woman goes off on her own for a walk before getting pregnant, and a lullaby comes to her spirit. She then goes back to her husband and teaches it to him. They sing it together until they conceive and when the baby is born, that is the baby’s special lullaby. I thought that was so beautiful.

I started creating my play list for the birth day and I’ve been extremely attracted to Deva Premal’s magical music. It feels so right. I can see our home birth happening with that playing in the background. I might mix in some Earth, Wind, and Fire (lol) because I do believe I have a disco Monkey growing in me.