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The Grand Monkey Mike Un-Cookbook Competition

Friday, September 4th, 2009 by Stacey

On September 17th, Raw Mom will be releasing a fabulous, full-color, 144-page e-book called Monkey Mike’s Raw Food Kitchen: An Un-Cookbook for Kids.

Monkey Mike coverIt’s been written especially for children aged 7 to 12, to inspire them to head into the kitchen and try out 36 zappy, healthy, mouthwatering raw-food recipes. This gorgeous e-book is also packed full of healthy-eating info, groovy features, and inspiring activities, and is seriously great value at only US$19.95.

Monkey Mike takes kids through the book and shows them how to whip up a storm in the kitchen.

If you’d like your children to have the chance of winning a free download of the book before its official release, and to receive a cool Monkey Mike Kitchen Starter Kit (see the picture below) why not ask them whether they’d like to enter this competition?

The Kitchen Starter Kit, valued at US$30, contains:Kitchen Starter Kit

  • 1 mixing bowl
  • 1 measuring cup
  • 1 tea towel
  • 1 citrus juicer
  • 1 mini whisk
  • 1 mini spatula
  • 1 orange peeler (plastic blade)

The Kit, which contains many of the equipment items used Monkey Mike recipes, will be sent, personally addressed, to your child – they’ll be so excited to receive a parcel in the mail!

Here’s how it works

There are two age categories – one for kids aged seven to nine, and one for kids aged 10 to 12. This means we’ll be giving away two Monkey Mike downloads, and two Kitchen Starter Kits.

Monkey Mike 1All your child (or children) needs to do is draw a picture of them having fun making a banana, strawberry, and mango smoothie (no milk!) with Monkey Mike. Also, we’d like them to come up with the most amazingly wacky name they can think of for that smoothie – they can write their recipe name under the picture.

Email us a scan of the picture by 5pm EST on Monday 14th September, and we’ll announce the winners on Wednesday 16th September. In your email, remember to include the first name of your child, their country of residence, and their age. Send your email to tera@therawdivas.com.

We can’t wait to see what beautiful drawings and groovy recipes names your children create – and we can’t wait to give away downloads of Monkey Mike, and the Kitchen Starter Kit!

Terms & conditions

  • Families of Tera Warner and Joanne Newell are not eligible to enter.
  • The winning entries will be determined based upon skill and creativity.
  • Winners will be notified by return email.
  • The winning entries will be displayed on the Raw Mom blog site, and in The Raw Divas’ Health in High Heels newsletter, along with the first name, country and age of the winning children. If you’d like your children’s photo to be included alongside their picture, you’re more than welcome to supply us with a clear photo.
  • After winners have been announced, the full names and mailing addresses of the winning children will need to be supplied, so that the Kitchen Starter Pack can be mailed directly to the children (they’re gonna love it!).

Mama’s Back

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 by Stacey

Market in Helsinki

Hi everyone! I’m back from my whirlwind trip to Hong Kong, Moscow, Helsinki, Paris and Bangkok (whew!), with my aunt, and I’m so glad to be back home with Darren and the girls. I just couldn’t stop hugging them when we got home – and our arrival date just happened to be my birthday, so coming home was the best present ever!

I thought I’d include a few photos from our trip – gorgeous, luscious summer berries at a market in Helsinki; glittering matryoshka dolls in Moscow (Evie and Bella were lucky recipients of one doll each); and Lindsey and I at a café in Paris, waiting for huge, crunchy salads to be brought to our table.

Eating high raw was a challenge, especially given warnings about eating unpeeled fruit and vegetables in some of the countries we visited (I didn’t want to ruin the holiday with a tummy bug!), and the fact that buffet breakfasts cater mostly to low-raw eaters (perhaps that will change one day?), but I made sure to sample what I could – including savouring fresh, creamy durian and drinking the juice of a seemingly never-ending, very refreshing young coconut in Bangkok.

I really feel so blessed to have been asked by my aunt to share in this adventure. We laughed, and laughed, and laughed some more, soaked up the sun (and rain), strolled along boulevards, and joined other holidaymakers in ogling some of the world’s most magnificent sites. Fantastic.

I have a couple more weeks before I head off again for my sister’s wedding in the UK, but before then – goodness, I am so excited – Monkey Mike’s Raw Food Kitchen: An Un-cookbook for Kids! will be released! Mark your calendars for September 17th – that’s the big day.

As a little pre-release treat, on Friday we’re going let you know about a great competition for your kids, where they’ll be able to enter to win the recipe book, as well as a pack of goodies to get them started in the kitchen.

Until then – hug your kids!

Love Jo


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