Valentine’s day is going to be cozy, simple, and sweet around here. I thought I’d share the Valentine’s love and do a giveaway to my readers here! I really, truly appreciate you all and this is just a small token of my regard. (Oh, and if you want a list of lower sugar Chocolate desserts, go here).
So, I have a kitchen knife to giveaway, and am giving away a total of 8 ebooks, so there will be more than one winner!
Where should I start? Let’s start with the knife. There’s a story behind this very pink knife. I am not giving it away solely because it’s pink and so very fitting for Valentine’s day. No, I got this pink knife because of a loss in my life. I had this beautiful Komachi knife, which is a Japanese-styled knife used for slicing thinly. To me, it’s like the all-purpose chef knife. I use it literally all the time. Well, being the frugal person that I am, I brought it along on vacation to help me chop my way through the loads of vegetables I brought as part of our dinners at “home”. Well, it wasn’t a frugal choice, because we left it behind, never to be seen again. So sad. We weren’t able to replace it with as expensive of a knife, but I do a lot of chopping in the kitchen. So, when I saw that this pink Pure Komachi Santoku Knife was only about ten dollars and had really positive reviews, I thought I had nothing to lose. It came as sharp as a razor and has stayed sharp incredibly well. Actually, it has stayed sharper much better than my more expensive, hefty knifes do. I have been very pleased with it. I chopped my way through vegetables for over a year with it, and it still works wonders. While it is not the quality knife that will last a lifetime, by any means, and yes, it is very light-weight, I love it still.
So, I am going to give one away to you too! Just to share the knife love.
One of the projects that this knife helped me get through, was all of the recipes for my cookbook, Fresh: Nourishing Salads for All Seasons. I am a very critical person of my own work (aren’t we all?), but I have felt pleased that I use my own cookbook all the time and that it has gotten good reviews by many of you. Here is my description of the book:
“This cookbook was inspired by the idea that food does not have to be complicated to taste good. Furthermore, good food is real food, such as dark greens, bright pineapple, or savory grassfed steak. The recipes in this book were created with everyday needs in mind. Practical, tasty, and simple enough to enjoy on a regular basis, but also full of nourishing, healthy ingredients.
Recipes include old time favorites such as Caesar Salad, a remake of your mother’s Jello salad (this time made with real food ingredients), and Taco Salad. These versions include fresh ingredients for a more nourishing and fresh flavored dish. For example, Mexican beef is made without a seasoning packet, fruit gelatin is made without reaching for a box of refined sugars and dyes, and salad dressings are made using pure ingredients, with none of the additives and flavor enhancers found in store-bought. In addition to old classics, there is a wide variety of fruit, grain, legume, potato and green salads.
I talked here about some of the back story to this vision for this book. I also posted how I increased my energy by a lot when writing this book here.”
I am going to be giving away 4 e-book copies.
And finally, I am excited to giveaway a short e-book that has the potential to have big results! My friend Stephanie, from Keeper of the Home, has written a lovely, helpful, practical, e-book on meal planning. Meal planning is so important for eating well, staying on budget and staying sane. Here’s what she had to say in her intro to Plan It, Don’t Panic: Everything You Need to Successfully Create and Use a Meal Plan.
“So Why Meal Plan?
I think that most women, if asked about cooking dinner for their family, would say that they want to be able to make affordable and healthy meals that are delicious, simple and as quick to prepare as possible.
I find that meal planning is one of the major tools that I use in order to align my cooking with those very same wishes (because no, I don’t like spending hours on dinner, and yes, I’m super frugal and want it to be as nutritious as possible!).
1. Meal planning helps me to be purposeful about what my family is eating. I am able to be more intentional about meeting my family’s nutritional needs by including a wide variety of foods and by seeing where I can improve our menus.
72. It helps me to keep costs low, by reducing waste, planning ahead, taking advantage of sales and seasonal deals, etc.
3. It saves me time and effort (and some days, sanity and gray hairs). I don’t have to start wracking my brain in the middle of the afternoon for what I could possibly make for dinner. Knowing what I am making ahead of time allows me to prepare by taking the meat out of the deep freeze, soaking my grains or beans the day before, making sure I have all of the ingredients, etc.”
My organized friend has written a great resource that will help you meal plan the best way for you. If you struggle with meal planning, this is the perfect booklet for you.
So, here’s what’s up for grabs in the giveaway.
Grand Winner: Kitchen Knife, Fresh: Nourishing Salads for All Seasons (e-book form), Plan It, Don’t Panic: Everything You Need to Successfully Create and Use a Meal Plan.
3 Runner Up Winners: Bundle of both Fresh and Plan It, Don’t Panic e-books
So how do you enter? First, because I am shipping the knife, the Grand Winner does need to be US. However, the ebooks can be won by anyone! Simply leave a comment below saying you’d like to enter the giveaway! If you’d like an extra entry, and you signed up for the sugar cleanse, just leave a comment letting me know! After two weeks of no sugar, you deserve an extra entry. 🙂
This contest will be open until the 17th. I will announce the winner on the 18th.
Finally, Happy Valentine’s Day to all of the readers here at The Nourishing Gourmet. I am grateful for you in so many ways. You inspire me, encourage me, and make all of the work of this blog more than worth it. Thank you.
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Loreen
Thanks for sharing all of your amazingly well researched and informative information! Please enter me in the giveaways, any gift would be gladly used and much appreciated!
Lydia
I would love to be entered in the giveaway!! Love all your recipes and looking forward to trying many more!
Jenny
Thanks for the great nourishing tips you share on this blog! It’s been learning experience for me to incorporate it into our family’s diet, especially as we are expecting our first little one this June! Please enter me into this giveaway. 🙂
Melanie
I would love to win. 🙂
Mandie
Add me to the giveaway. Love the blog, the recipes, and the stories. So glad I found your site!
Suzie
I would love to win a copy of your salad cookbook and the meal planner ebook. And that knife would be icing on the cake! I really enjoy your blog.
Carrie
Your blog is practical and wonderful, already have recommended it to others along with this lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
Thanks for the giveaway- how I could uses a sharp knife!
Katie
I would love to win one of your giveaways!
Star
I’d like to enter.
Anuradha
Hi! I’d love to win your giveaway! That knife looks pretty cool! Thanks and love your blog! 🙂
Cameo Casey
I would love to be entered in your giveaway. I am so thankful for your blog and all of your research. You have been such an encouragement to me!
Kelsi
Kimi, Thanks for hosting this giveaway and happy valentine’s day 🙂 I’d love to get the ebooks – both look wonderful and helpful – and who doesn’t want a pink knife?!? 🙂
Ruth
Thank you for a wonderful giveaway!
Debbie
I enjoy your blog. You provide so much useful information! Please enter me in the giveaway.
Ann Q.
Hi Kimmie,
I love your blog. I am a music teacher too, and mother of 2. Thanks for the Valentine’s give-away.
Cindy G
Please enter me in the giveaway…Thanx for the chance…
Krista
I’d love to enter the giveaway!! Many thanks for the excellent blog!
Briita
how fun, sharp knives are wonderful! I would like to enter, thanks.
Liz
I would like to be entered. I also did the sugar cleanse (Category 1) and was pleased with my progress as this was something I had not been able to accomplish up to this point. Thank you for your blog/encouragement/advice!
Dusti
I would love to be entered. I didn’t do the sugar cleanse because I gave up sugar a year and a half ago…does that count? 😉
Fran
I didn’t sign up but did the cleanse with you – sugar and wheat. Continuing to stay away as much as possible, but yesterday I blew. Thank goodness for today!
Rowena Graham
I would love to win the knife or any of the e-books!
Ashley SP
I would love to be entered for the giveaway! Thank you!
Shirley @ gfe
Thanks for all you do, Kimi! That knife looks and sounds so great, and the e-books do as well. Your salad book has interested me from the first moment you mentioned it. Meal planning has not been my thing, so I’m sure that would be helfpul, too. 😉
Shirley
Sharon
Salads is my all time favorite food. Winning your salad ebook or the knife to chop & prepare those great salads would be such a delight. Thank you.
MaryAnn
Thanks so much for the generous giveaway! I would love to win any of it or all of it 🙂
Kristin W.
I would LOVE TO WIN!
gina
That looks like a great little knife. We could certainly use some help in the meal planning category, so it would be great to win the giveaway.
A
Yes, please, I’d like to win such a knife. Additionally, while I’m not sure that I signed up fpr it, I have been doing the sugar cleanse.
Naomi Phillips
I have bought a very similar (if not the same?) knife from Pampered chef (mine is green and now dull), and it did stay sharp for a good year or so before needing to be sharpened before *each* use. But the price is right at under $20.
I would love to win this set as I have had my eye on your recipe book but haven’t purchased it yet. Thank you for this chance to win!
Naomi Phillips
And we are still doing the sugar cleanse and feeling great!
Laura
There’s nothing like a good knife to help in the work of making a delicious salad. Thanks for the free give-away opportunity.
Lori Robin Wilson
Having a colored kitchen knife that is lightweight and sharp makes interacting with my. Reggie’s so much more fun!! I have a red one for tomatoes and a yellow one for paring and a huge orange one for the big boys like cabbage and broccoli. Pink would rock my veggie love world!
Henry Wildonger
I would love to win one of your giveaways.Wow, not a lot of men seem to cook real food.Thanks for the contest.
CathyS
So happy to have found your blog. What great prizes and thanks for the opportunity to win! Keep on blogging….
Tonya Scarborough
I would like to be entered. I also did the sugar cleanse.
beth
i would love to win these!
Micah
What a wonderful give-away!
Jami Price
I would love to enter your giveaway! I have been wanting those knives for a while now!!
Amber
I would love to win the knife, but especially the e-books! Thank you for the opportunity!
Leah
I would love an entry!!!
Kam
I so enjoy reading your blog and trying your recipes. This is a great sounding giveaway too. Thanks so much!
Megan R
I enjoyed your post! 🙂 Such a pretty pink knife! I am moving into my husbands and I first home in 2 weeks! It would be perfect for my new kitchen! Thank you for the opportunity!
Shannon Brown
Please enter me. I would especially love to win the e-book on menu planning. Now that I’m gluten-free, I’m really trying to do that and reading all I can about it. (Might even post something on my blog about it because it IS challenging. You actually have to plan ahead 🙂
Debora
Hi Kimi,
Love your blog! It’s thaught and encouraged me a lot. I’d love to win the e-book Plan It, Don’t Panic e-book, i don’t need Nourishing Salads for All Seasons as i have already bought it! Is it possible to enter just for one e-book? As i’m not in the US, i cannot enter for the lovely knife!
all the best
Barbara Pardo
Hi Kimi,
My diet is gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, sugar-free (except for honey) as well as plant-based (fish and occasionally grass-fed beef or buffalo), so I do a lot of preparing of fruit and veggies for juicing, salads and stir-fry. I would LOVE to be entered into your generous give-away. Thank you!! And thank you for all the support to find absolute delicious food to enjoy.
Eleanor at Nourishing Words
I’d love to be entered in the giveaway, for either prize! Thanks for doing this and, as always, for sharing such great information.
Eleanor
Pascale D.
Thank you for a great giveaway & website for wellness. Nutrition is an essential cornerstone of health.
stellastarlite
Pick me, please! I need a good knife and I want to read your salad ideas.
Colette
I am in the US and would love to enter. Thanks!