HiHoRosie's Place

It's a good start to a new day for a couple of readers, namely Gena of Choosing Raw and Kelsey. Congrats to both as they are the winners of my Prana Super Charger bars giveaway! Woo hoo! I let them duke it out (well, first to respond sort of thing) as to who wanted the pack missing the Mango Maca or the one missing the Blueberry Coconut. I tried and tried to find replacements locally but was unsuccessful. Hopefully, they'll forgive me anyway. For the rest of you, there is still time to enter for the $50 gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods . Enter here . Contest and giveaway end tomorrow!

I'm eating my kelp noodle salad as I type this. :) What I'm eating was inspired by an Asian-infused salad I thoroughly enjoy found at my local natural market made with organic angel hair pasta. Of course, I quickly adopted my own version at home but had been thinking how I could make a more raw version. Or as Rawdorable says: rawify it. It's not completely raw as I use toasted sesame oil but close enough for me. BTW, if you haven't picked up a copy of Rawdorable's raw cupcake e-book , I highly recommend you do! I was trying to find some info on kelp noodles themselves - you know, health benefits. I haven't found much other than they're low in fat and calories and high in mineral content, particularly iodine . Even though I had sampled kelp noodles before I don't remember much about them. Many raw blogs as of late had been talking about their use of the seaweed so it got me thinking about my salad. Kelp noodles would serve as the perfect replaceme...

Okay, I know I’ve got a giveaway going already…told ya tis the season for giveaways. I personally can’t seem to keep up with them all there's so many. I noticed my sidebar is looking a little sparse. Be sure to check my other giveaway out if you haven't already. Anyway, this is a fun contest and a giveaway and a little different for HiHoRosie’s Place . Dick’s Sporting Goods is sponsoring a Twitter-based contest for a chance to become a member of their “Starting Lineup.” The 10 nominees with the most votes by March 31, 2010 win. What does it mean to be on the “Starting Lineup?” • A chance to try out and preview new products • A spot on an online panel of experts for one season (for approximately 3 months) Here’s how to enter: • Follow @dickssportcmo . • Vote for yourself (or someone else) by telling @dickssportcmo who should be on the "Starting Lineup" and why. Sample Tweet: " @dickssportcmo my vote is for @TwitterID because...” (a sample of th...

Do you ever have one of those weeks that seems to get away from you? You wake up and *poof* the week’s over? Yeah, that was me last week. Weekend too. So so busy. Not anything in particular but just…was. I had blog posts started but gone unfinished (catching up on blog reading is a whole ‘nother beast), housework still to do (laundry never ends!), office work and of course, sunshine to be enjoyed. I did get to enjoy that wonderful sun with YS and YS2 in between those busy moments and at the end of the week, that’s all that really matters. Sweet memories. Happy spring everyone! It’s officially here! Yay! Hopefully, wherever you are the snow is finally melting and new life beginning with birds singing their glorious songs. Summer is my favorite season but nothing beats those first signs of spring you know? I feel so alive again, although, I have to admit we Pacific Northwesterners having been enjoying spring for some time now. We’ve enjoyed our bragging rights while we could since it’...

I'd like to formally announce the winner of the Candida Kit from Kroeger Herb Products . Valerie of Valerie's Vegan Vittles , come on down! You are the winner! :) Thank you all for participating and many thanks to Kroeger Herb for sponsoring this awesome giveaway.

Do you have major food cravings, especially for sweets, breads or alcohol? Do you suffer from headaches, depression, or have many allergies? How about PMS, gas/bloating, vaginal infections, irritability? Yes? Read on… Candida albicans is a fungus that is found on the skin and mucous membranes of everybody. Nothing wrong with this when in balance but when its growth increases drastically it can be devastating. The imbalance of excessive candida is called candidaisis . Here’s the tricky part: how do you know if you suffer from candida? This is one of those common conditions that’s difficult to diagnose. Again, this is because it’s present in everybody and creates a variety of symptoms. If you find yourself being adversely affected at times, you’ll want to evaluate your diet and your health. If you find yourself addicted to carbs/sugars (even fermented foods) or consume antibiotics (i.e. medications, birth control pills, foods containing antibiotics), those things feed the candida...

As I mentioned in my previous post, I was going to add to my sidebar a list of current giveaways happening. It's now up! Hence, title of post. I'll just keep adding to the list as I go along. Some I'll add that I haven't entered too but I'm just catching up with some of these happening now. I have a giveaway coming up too, which I hope to post about later today or tomorrow. Be on the lookout! Also, if you any contests you'd like listed here just let me know and I'll work on adding it too. My little YS2 getting ready for spring

Vegan Valerie has a swell idea that I'm going to have to copy and that is posting in the sidebar a list of the current giveaways happening in blogosphere. I mean with so many going on right now (tis the season) how can anyone keep them straight? Well, maybe you can so I won't speak for you but I know for me, uh no. So I'll post in my sidebar (when I get there) a few of the contests but here are some others coming up you might be interested in: Bitt's chia seed giveaway (two pounds people!) - okay, I know I mentioned this before but I'm nice and will mention it again for those who are just tuning in. Ends Thursday, March 4th at 11:59 PM (PST). Baby Loving Mama in conjunction with The Baby Bunch is hosting a great giveaway , definitely worthy of a look. We're talking super cute stuff for babies and mamas! Ends March 15th at 11:59 PM (CST). Okay, the sidebar thingy...I'll work on it tomorrow. Time for nigh-night. ******** Updated to add this one: Raw Goddes...

Today's the day! The day I announce the winner of the Deni Automatic Ice Cream Maker courtesy of CSN Stores . The winner is.... Lisa is Raw on $10 a Day ! Congrats Lisa! Please email me your address and phone number (email address is in my profile) and I will forward to CSN. I wish I could've given everyone an ice cream maker but thank you all for participating! I have a couple more giveaways coming up so check back for those in the near future.