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12 Days of Giveaways: Herbal Water

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As most of you know I am a huge fan of Ayala’s Herbal Water and even sell it in my Open Sky Shop. If you would like to learn more about this product you can check out my extensive review of each flavor here. I also did an interview with Dr. Ayala here is a selection from the interview:

What is the inspiration behind HerbalWater?

I am a pediatrician and one of my main interests in pediatrics was preventive medicine, especially the role good nutrition has on overall health.

Well before everyone became concerned with the obesity epidemic, I started advising parents to stay away from sweet drinks, because there are so many calories and so much junk in most sweet drinks and drinking sweet is so habit forming.

You see, the average American consumes about 300cal/day in sweet beverages, mostly empty calories from sugar.  There’s pretty good evidence that these calories don’t register the way solid food does, and therefore they’re not compensated for.  Just attacking this habit is a going to make a huge impact on our waistlines.

And since I try very hard to practice what I preach, and I believe that anything you put in your mouth should taste good, and not just be good for you, I started exploring calorie free beverages for my home

I grow an organic herb garden, and have an abundance of herbs in the warm months.  I love cooking with herbs: Culinary herbs are the natural way to flavor anything, while adding health benefits.  Herbs are also, to me one of the most sensual foods, and really connect you to nature and memories.  I would make herbal beverages to pair with meals, and our guests were offered this herbal water as an alternative to regular water or wine.  They came to expect it, and asked for it whenever they came. But I couldn’t make it in the winter, since I didn’t have the fresh herbs growing then.

The enthusiasm for this healthy alternative led my husband to believe that this beverage answers a need in the market, and we should make it commercially available.  My enthusiasm for making this drink widely available is so great because there just aren’t many truly healthy alternative drinks out there.

Ayala’s Herbal Water is offering a 16oz-6 bottle prizepack for this giveaway.

TO ENTER: This giveaway is open until December 6th at 6pm,

The winner is:


This giveaway is good for anyone who likes within the 48 contiguous US states- sorry Hawaii and Alaska.

1. What flavor are you most excited to try? (required)

Additional Chances to win (PLEASE LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY; also if you already do any of these ie. follow me on twitter/facebook, ect it counts so leave a comment).

  1. Follow Herbal Water on Twitter
  2. Follow Dr. Ayala on Twitter
  3. Like Herbal Water on Facebook
  4. Add Dr. Ayala’s Blog to your RSS reader
  5. Follow me on Twitter.
  6. Tweet about this giveaway “I want to win @cookveganlover @HerbalWater Giveaway http://wp.me/pFVWo-1gu”
  7. Like Cook.Vegan.Lover. on Facebook.

Don’t forget to enter the Oh Nuts Giveaway going on until December 7th! – Enter Here.

12 Days of Giveaways: Envitote

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Hey Bloggies! I hope you are enjoying this “12 Days of Giveaways” Extravaganza!  For the today’s second giveaway is the Envitote from Envicorp; as many of you may remember I did a Q&A and Review a little while back for this great product (which you can also find in my Opensky Shop). This bag can be used for some many things such as gardening, grocery shopping and as a pool/beach bag.

TO ENTER: This giveaway is open until December 3rd at 6pm. This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian Residents.

The Winner is Wendy!

1. Why do you want to win this bag? (required)

Additional Chances to win (PLEASE LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY; also if you already do any of these ie. follow me on twitter/facebook, ect it counts so leave a comment).

  1. Visit the Envicorp site and let me know something interesting you learned.
  2. Follow Envicorp on Twitter
  3. Like Envicorp on Facebook
  4. Follow me on Twitter.
  5. Tweet about this giveaway “I want to win @cookveganlover @envicorp Giveaway http://wp.me/pFVWo-1gm”
  6. Like Cook.Vegan.Lover. on Facebook.

The winner of this giveaway will receive a one-of-a-kind Envitote!

The Envitote is 3 BAGS IN 1

·      Extraordinary, eco-friendly tote made from lightweight canvas.

·      Heavy-duty and sturdy with lots of room at 14 x 9 x 9 inches.

·      Easily adjustable Velcro strap that gives Envitote the versatility to be used three ways –  use it as a shoulder bag, as a basket, or with the side handles.

·      Conveniently collapsible for easy storage.

·      Versatile and durable enough to be your everyday bag, from morning to night.  Envitote can be used in multiple ways to simplify your life.

·      And it’s washable, too!



Don’t forget to enter the Oh Nuts Giveaway going on until December 7th! – Enter Here.