At my house, we eat a whole lot of brown rice. It sops up the sauces of our favorite stir fries and curries, turns side salads into full meals, and makes a yummy breakfast porridge when another day of oatmeal just won’t do. And while I’ve gotten pretty good at cooking grains on the stove top, I’ve also had my fair share of mess ups (read: rice that’s still watery—or worse—crusty!). The way I see it, there are two solutions to this problem:

1. Hover over the stove and stare at my rice until it’s cooked just right.
2. Buy a rice cooker.

I’m willing to bet many of you rice-eaters are in the same boat as me. But before you head to the store, enter for your chance to win one of two Lotus Rice Cookers from Lotus Foods, and you could be saying goodbye to undercooked or stuck-to-the-pot grains for good. Hurry, contest ends June 30th!

-Marygrace, KIWI staff writer

For a lot of people, Christmas or Hanukkah (or maybe Halloween) are the holidays they remember being most excited about as kids. But me? I just loved Easter. I loved searching for plastic eggs filled with quarters (or scratch-off lottery tickets, which my dad hid for us one year. A little unorthodox, maybe, but totally awesome to an eight-year-old), going to my aunt’s house to eat shrimp cocktail (Easter always meant shrimp cocktail), and eating tons of candy. Oh, and dyeing the eggs! I loved watching those color pellets dissolve in the water, and can still remember the smell of the vinegar bath that would lock in the pretty pastel hues.

Nowadays, I shy away from conventional egg-dyeing kits, since they’re usually filled with artificial ingredients that aren’t the healthiest. So imagine my excitement upon finding out that Eco-Kids USA has an all-natural Easter egg coloring kit made with ingredients like purple sweet potato, paprika, red cabbage, and blueberries. Best of all, they’ve offered to give a kit to one of our Facebook fans. Want to win? Head over to our Facebook page and check it out!

-Marygrace, KIWI staff writer

It probably won’t be long before your baby’s ever-growing feet need a new pair of sneaks. But maybe you can avoid a trip to the store this time: Become a fan of KIWI on Facebook and enter our Stride Rite giveaway. You could win a pair of organic sneakers from their eco-friendly collection for babies 0-2!

-Marygrace, KIWI staff writer

Calling all mom bloggers! We want to help your family stay healthy this winter. Enter Boiron and KIWI’s Mom Blogger Giveaway, where fifty grand prize winners will receive a natural cold and flu prize pack featuring Boiron’s Children’s Oscillococcinum, Children’s Cold Calm Pellets, and Children’s Chestal Cough Syrup. Check out the details and official rules now—you only have until February 28th!

Whether your kid will need to restock his school supplies this year or is just looking for some planet-friendly gift ideas for his holiday wish list, he’s bound to find a slew of cool notebooks, pencils, art supplies, and non-toxic toys at Stubby Pencil Studio. We’ve teamed up with this eco-conscious online store to offer one lucky reader a $100 shopping spree–but the giveaway only lasts until October 30th! Check out kiwimagonline.com/contests to enter today.