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Easy Roasted Chicken
Easy Roasted Chicken is a staple meal, that guarantees meal prepping and meal planning success! This no-fail, foolproof approach to Roasted Chicken takes just a few ingredients and a thermometer, for you to master. Grab the recipe for my Easy Roasted Chicken and enter to win a set of Copper Chef Wonder Cooker pans.
There is nothing quite like an impressive meal that requires very little fuss. There is also something to be said for those cozy, beloved meals that bring comfort, despite how basic they may be.
An easy roasted chicken has the power to comfort. Read on for not only my simple technique for roasted chicken but also for an amazing giveaway for this beautiful, versatile Copper Chef Wonder Cooker.
I am super excited about this new Copper Chef Wonder Cooker that I have had the pleasure of experimenting and playing with over the last week. This 14-in-1 multi-cooker set is not only impressive in the many ways that you can use it, but it’s a stunner, a perfect addition to any foodie’s kitchen collection.
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Wanderlust 108 West Coast Giveaway
For many of my readers that are yogis, I am sure you have heard of the Wanderlust events. These incredible, full-on celebrations of all things mindful, combine yoga, meditation, hiking, music, incredible speakers, farm-to-table dinners and so much more – all in beautiful, inspiring locations.
But, have you heard of their one-day events, Wanderlust 108 – “The world’s kindest triathlon”. These events are unlike the traditional triathlon’s you are likely familiar with, rather Wanderlust 108 is a day of running, yoga and meditation to bring out your best. This “mindful triathlon” combines a 5k run, an outdoor yoga experience, and a guided meditation in your local park.
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Giveaway: Blendtec Designer 725 Blender + Twister Jar
If you caught my Tutorial Tuesday post this week on how to make the best homemade salsa ever, you have definitely been waiting for this post! Today I am super excited to be partnering with Blendtec on this amazing giveaway. One lucky Tasty Yummies reader will take home their very own Blendtec Designer 725 Blender + Twister Jar.
As I mentioned in the salsa post, this high speed blender is life changing!! I really mean it. I seriously didn’t know what I was missing out on with these run of the mill blenders I have been using all these years.
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Savor the Summer: Gluten-free 4th of July Picnic Recipes
Schools out for summer! OK, well for some of us, it’s been out for like 10+ years, but whatever – it’s still a time to celebrate!! It’s the best time to focus on enjoying the long days of summer with family and friends. Barefoot temps, trips to the beach and the farmers market, making time for fresh and simple meals and doing as much as possible outdoors… there is just so much that is especially delicious about summer. To me, there is no better word for what it we need to be doing right now – than savoring!!
One of my personal favorite ways to Savor the Summer is with PICNICS!! We love packing up some goodies and heading to the beach, to a local park, farmers market or even just our own backyard for a some good old fashioned – dining al fresco! There truly is no better way to enjoy the flavors of the season than with your feet in the grass, your skin being kissed by the hot summer sun enjoying the freshest food the season has to offer.I am super excited to share with you today a bunch of great naturally-colored red white and blue 4th of July-inspired picnic recipes plus a ton of other summer-worthy recipes!
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Summer Berry-Coconut Milk Ice Pops – Vibrant Food Cookbook Giveaway
There are some blogs and cookbooks that I feel like were created just for me, thumbing through the pages or scrolling past the recipes, I feel like every beautiful photo was taken for me, each recipe created with my eating choices in mind. While I am not so arrogant to believe this to be actually true, it is really amazing to know that there are people out there, just like me, eating intuitively – loving and celebrating all of the beautiful, seasonal, healthy whole foods available to us. When I started reading The Year in Food, sometime last year, I instantly felt connected to Kimberley Hasselbrink, the creative mastermind behind all of the recipes and beautiful photos. Like me, Kimberley has a background in design, she, hailing from the world of furniture design, me, from a life of graphic design and it is clear in every recipe she develops. Her creativity shines brightly, as she creates a feast for the eyes by combining colors, textures, and flavors into her gorgeous, dynamic dishes. When I heard of her brand new book, VIBRANT FOOD, I knew right away before ever seeing it, that this was a book that I would absolutely love and would become a resource I turn to often. I was right.
It is clear that Kimberley’s look at food is viewed through the eyes of an artist in search of beauty as well as flavor and that she’s wildly inspired by the vivid hues of produce. In her debut book, Vibrant Food Kimberley captures the radiant colors of each of the seasons with recipes that transform meals into captivating works of art. It is apparent the passion that Kimberley has for cooking, each recipe a celebration of color, flavor and mood. Besides being an inspiration in the kitchen, it is hard not to be inspired visually, as well, as you make your way through the incredible, drool-worthly photographs on each page.
Vibrant Food invites you to look at ingredients differently and let their colors inspire you: the shocking fluorescent pink of a chard stem, the deep reds and purples of baby kale leaves, the bright shades of green that emerge in the spring, and even the calm yellows and whites of so many winter vegetables. As Kimberley mentions at the start of the book, “when we intuitively let the colors guide our choices, we can trust that we are eating well, and taking care of ourselves and celebrating food for its dynamism, its vibrancy, its flavor and its colors, as much as we are for its benefits to our health.”
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Potato and Spinach Soup with Jalapeño from the Nourished Kitchen Cookbook + Giveaway
What a wonderful time it is for fantastic passion-filled cookbooks! So many incredible, drool-worthy books on the shelves right now, it is such a great time for us food lovers! I can tell you, this self-proclaimed cookbook junkie is in heaven, currently. You should see the many packages and envelopes that have been showing up here over the last month or two, each one filled with another stunning book that is exuding the incredible passion of the dedicated creator.Today, I am excited to bring you another book that I have been highly anticipating. The Nourished Kitchen: Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Food Lifestyle, from the ever so talented, Jenny McGruther, is a book that I have been waiting to have in my very own kitchen, since the minute I heard that it was in production. I have followed Jenny’s blog, The Nourished Kitchen for many years now and she has always been an inspiration to me, how I cook and how I eat. Jenny’s blog was one of the first I found when I initially changed my diet.
For me, there is nothing more inspiring than flipping through the pages of a cookbook that I know was created with much love and passion. Regardless of the content of a cookbook, there is something so special about the ones where you can feel the author’s devotion to their craft and the immense amount of love and care that they put into every single dish that they created to share with us, the readers. The Nourished Kitchen is a fine example of this. Jenny’s words illustrate the profound love and joy she has for cooking and with each paragraph I read, I get more excited to get into my kitchen to start creating something beautiful. Although Jenny and this cookbook are not exclusively gluten-free, she and I share so many very similar views on food and eating. As the Jenny puts it:
“a fad-free approach to cooking and eating that emphasizes nutrient-dense, real food, and values quality environment, and community over the convenience of processed, additive-laden products that are the norm on grocery store shelves”
I couldn’t have said it better myself, really. For those of you that have followed Tasty Yummies over the 4 years I have been writing it, you know that I have chosen to not put any labels on my diet. Besides eating gluten-free, I choose to focus my efforts on a real food diet rich in nourishing whole foods that feed both my body and my soul. I eat intuitively, always listening to my body and feeding it with fresh, unprocessed, seasonal and whenever possible, local foods that are not just delicious and good for me, but that also fills me with happiness and joy.
You also probably know that despite my mostly plant-based diet, I do consume some meat. I consider myself a conscientious omnivore who prefers to only eat meat and other animal products, when I am given the opportunity to purchase it locally, from a farmer whom I can trust. This is something that has become increasingly more difficult for me, since we’ve moved to California last year. The cost of raising livestock on pasture and sustainably seems to considerably more expensive here, than it obviously is in New York. So, I have to say, I am very envious of Jenny’s amazing resources, living in the central mountains of Colorado.
With each recipe and every section in this beautiful book, you can see the incredible advantages of Jenny’s location, which provides her access to amazing traditional foods throughout the year. The Nourished Kitchen contains more than 160 recipes, inspired by the seasons, land and waters around her. Whether you are gluten-free or dairy-free, or you have other restrictions on your diet, there are still plenty of recipes in this cookbook for you and the best part is, because of the simple and traditional preparations and the approachable ingredients (many of which you can grow in your very own garden) – many of the recipes are easily adaptable to fit your own way of eating. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Blender Girl Cookbook Giveaway and Creamy Cauliflower Soup
I am super excited to be sharing with you guys today, one of my favorite new cookbooks, The Blender Girl: Super-Easy, Super-Healthy Meals, Snacks, Desserts & Drinks. This drool worthy masterpiece is the debut cookbook from the beautifully talented Tess Masters, aka The Blender Girl. This comprehensive cookbook releases tomorrow and it is chock full of 100 gluten-free and vegan recipes!
I met Tess last month at Expo West and I knew immediately when I saw her shining smile and welcoming presence, that she was someone I could totally get down with! Tess is a health-conscious blogger with a love for food very much like my own. The recipes in her brand new cookbook are all plant-based and gluten-free and each one is created with the intent to not only tantalize your taste buds but to also nourish your body and your soul. I have already bookmarked several of these amazing recipes to make over the next few weeks! I cannot wait to cook my way through this beautiful book.
The Blender Girl Cookbook is loaded with nutrient-dense recipes that run the gamut of creativity. Sure there are the traditional blenders recipes you’d expect to see in a cookbook like this, such as smoothies, sauces, juices and soups but Tess takes what a high speed blender can do, to new limits creating recipes like:
A Flourless Triple-Pecan Mousse Pie
Creamy Mushroom Stroganoff
Pad Thai
Chai Rice Pudding
Vegan Cheezes
Watermelon Gazpacho
Alkaline Tacos
Tons of various salad dressings, dips, sauces and so so much more.
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Wild Mint Eco-Friendly Giveaway
If you’ve been reading Tasty Yummies for sometime, you know that my passion for living well, extends past the yummy foods I choose to nourish my body with. I try to evaluate all areas of my life for ways that I can be living more mindfully and more consciously.
I can admit that even with all my work and attention in this area, I am far from perfect and as I am sure most of you feel, there is much room for improvement. I choose to look at all of it as an ongoing, ever evolving practice and I try to take small simple steps while enjoying every bit of the journey.
For me, choosing household and lifestyle products that support my healthy way of living is just as important to me as each and every one of the ingredients that go into my dishes. Why should what I cook that food on, clean my home with, what I eat off of and drink out of, what my food is stored into, be treated any differently than the food I am consuming? To me, with this realization has come lots of changes – some small and simple, many very large and cumbersome. It’s a hard way to navigate and it’s hard to know where to even start.
I am so happy that there are so many incredible companies, large and small, creating beautiful eco-friendly non-toxic products that support my choices. Finding all of these amazing, mindful companies can be where the real challenges lie. When Wild Mint contacted me about working together to introduce their brand to my readers, I instantly knew that they would be a perfect fit and I immediately began perusing their beautiful online store that is filled with exactly the products that I am always on the look out for.
Wild Mint’s Mission
At Wild Mint, we are dedicated to providing the best non-toxic and eco-friendly products to help you build a healthier lifestyle and environment. We are continually learning, growing, and making sure we are as up-to-date as possible on research about harmful chemicals, new products, and green practices. We want to make change easier and hope to portray that no matter how big or small the changes you make in your life are, you are making a difference!
To learn how Wild Mint got started, check out their About Us page for their story.
Here are just some of the wonderful Eco-friendly products that Wild Mint carries:
- Lunch boxes for kids
- Reusable sandwich bags
- Reusable snack bags
- Stainless steel food containers
- Glass food storage containers
- Glass water bottles
Wild Mint’s commitment to an eco-friendly and conscious way-of-living extends past the products they sell, Wild Mint has gone as far as creating a Learn page where they share articles, tips and guides to the chemicals we should be avoiding, recipes and more!
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One Simple Change: Surprisingly Easy Ways to Transform Your Life + Giveaway
Hey friends, I am super excited to have my friend Winnie Abramson of Healthy Green Kitchen joining us today to talk about her brand new book, One Simple Change: Surprisingly Easy Ways to Transform Your Life. I started reading this amazing book during the holiday break and although I haven’t finished it completely yet, as I am really trying to take it slow, take it all in and implement as much of it as I can into my own life, I already cannot recommend it enough! Winnie did an incredible job creating an easy to read, easy to implement list of 50 simple, but permanent healthy changes we can bring to our lives to improve our everyday well-being. From age-old culinary wisdom to green living tips, cutting-edge nutrition information, and 15 simple and easy recipes. You can take in the entire book at once and dive right into all the changes, you could work through the tips week by week or just dip in and out of the book at will. Either way, you will be left inspired to be the best you can after even just a few pages of reading.
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I am so honored Beth invited me to guest post here on Tasty Yummies. She asked me to share a bit about why I wrote my new book One Simple Change. I was happy to oblige!
When it comes to matters of health, our society is pretty obsessed with the concept of quick fixes. There’s also a great deal of pressure out there to take various eating and lifestyle practices to extremes. I understand the temptation to jump on the latest diet, exercise, etc. bandwagon (especially at this time of year), I really do…heck I’ve done that myself in the past.
My inspiration for writing One Simple Change, however, was to provide a different way of doing things…I wanted to pave an alternative health and happiness path, if you will. When I was younger, I dealt with disordered eating and over exercising and I ended up miserable with a host of health problems as a result. Now I live a life that’s balanced and full of joy (and at 43 years old, I have never been healthier or happier): I wanted to share how I got to where I am today, and that’s why I wrote this book.
Much of One Simple Change is indeed based on my experiences making changes in my own life. But it’s also heavily influenced by what I learned in naturopathic medical school (and practice) and my recommendations are backed by scientific research (the book is heavily referenced). The book is a compilation of 50 small, sustainable ways you can transform your diet, adjust your lifestyle, and overhaul your attitude in order to benefit your health and well-being. A good portion of the book is also meant to inspire readers to live greener, a topic about which I am passionate.
Small changes can really add up. And when you take things slow and change only one thing at a time, the changes are more likely to stick! I hope you’ll check out the book, and give my “method” a try.
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GIVEAWAY:
Winnie so graciously offered to send one lucky reader a copy of One Simple Change: Surprisingly Easy Ways to Transform Your Life. Use the Widget below to enter now.
**This post contains affiliate links.
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Giveaway: Teeki. Fashion Created from Recycled Plastic Bottles
As part of my ongoing series of Holiday Gift Guides, created to help all of you with your holiday shopping this year, I also wanted to make sure you, my lovely readers, received some fun gifts, yourselves! Just a fun way for me to say “thank you!” So, I am super excited to have another amazing giveaway to share with you guys today from Teeki!
:: teeki is an eco-conscious activewear line ::
Teeki takes water bottles and turn them into clothes, giving them purpose again through an eco-friendly process. They encourage and step forward with the fashion world, empowering it to become one with the mother. Teeki supports you with your active lifestyle and adventures; yoga, gym, workout, surf, sports, dance, flow and constantly moving forward with your body, mind, and spirit.
I’ve had the pleasure of receiving a handful of Teeki’s amazing patterned hot pants, to try out and I absolutely LOVE them!! I literally want to live in these things. Besides being eco-friendly, and so amazing looking, they are totally comfy, too. They move with my body, staying put in even the most rigorous of sweaty power yoga classes. They are soft and silky and they fit and flatter my curvy body well. As someone with thighs and hips, I have to admit I was a tad worried about how there pants would look on me, but I was pleasantly surprised. I find the wide waist band that sits higher than many trendy yoga pants, to be flattering and totally appropriate for my body. My favorite part is, if I plan my outfit accordingly, layer and add some jewelry, these pants easily transition off the mat into something I can wear throughout the rest of my day, not feeling like I am wearing the typical workout gear!
I won’t bore you with photos of me in their pants, none of my photos will ever do them the justice that Teeki’s professional photos can, but I wanted to show you at least a couple, so you can see how they fit my non-model body. I am wearing their Clouds Hot Pants in these photos. But, I also have their Space Love, Awakening and Star Dust Hot Pants. I honestly love each one more then the next!! I could live in these pants, you guys!
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Beth’s Holiday Lust List + a $500 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
With the gift guides I have been posting each week, I have been sharing some of my very favorite products. Now, here’s a quick little peek into my own personal wish list. A collection of some of the things I am lusting over this holiday season, most all of them are things I will likely continue drooling over, long after the holiday season is over. These are definitely the products I would treat myself to, if I had some extra money to spend on Amazon.
1) Excalibur 9 Tray Deluxe Dehydrator 2) simplehuman Stainless Steel Compost Pail 3) Vitamix 5200s Blender 4) Ohio Stoneware 2 Gallon Fermentation Crock 5) FitBit Force Wireless Activity & Sleep Wristband 6) Le Creuset Signature Enameled Cast-Iron 9-Quart Round French Oven 7) SodaStream Soda Maker 8) Hand-Carved Olive Wood Cheese Board 9) KRUPS ZX800 Silver Art Collection Citrus Press 10) Bean Yoga Organic Cotton BolsterIf you had some extra money to spend on Amazon this holiday season, how would you treat yourself?
I am super excited to be teaming up with some lovely bloggers to bring one lucky winner an amazing early Christmas present! We are giving away a $500 Amazon Gift Card! Perfect for finishing your holiday shopping or for treating yourself to something you have been lusting over! Read the rest of this entry »
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MightyNest Giveaway: Holiday Entertaining? Skip the Paper Plates, Opt for Duralex Glass Dinnerware
With the holidays nearly upon us, I am so excited to be pairing up with some wonderful and mindful brands to bring you lots of great product features and giveaways from now up until Christmas! I have some amazing gift guides planned to make holiday gift-giving a bit easier for you this year, but in the holiday spirit of giving, I also wanted to give you guys some good stuff, too! So, stay tuned throughout this month and next where you will find lots of wonderful goodies!
As someone that is slowly taking the steps to rid my life and my home of all useless and unnecessary plastics, disposable products and other wasteful items, I am always taking note of places where I can still make changes. I have gotten rid of almost all of the plastic containers in our home and we now opt for glass whenever possible, so when MightyNest contacted me about creating a post, taking inventory of my kitchen and replacing plastics or other harmful products with glassware from Duralex; instead of storage containers or drinking glasses, which I am set with, I decided their beautiful dinnerware would be the perfect addition to my kitchen.
My husband and I just relocated to Southern California earlier this year and one of the things I was most excited about when we got into our new home here, was all the room we have to entertain. We have a big deck off of the house that is perfect for hosting dinner parties. Not only did we not have a deck at our home in NY, but we didn’t have a dining room table or even a kitchen table, for that matter. We had a small town house and our kitchen was long and narrow, no room for a table, so we just had a long bar. It just simply wasn’t conducive to entertaining. After living there nearly 10 years, our kitchenware reflected that fact. We had enough plates and bowls to have another couple over, maybe two, but hopefully not everyone would want their salad in a bowl! Read the rest of this entry »
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Salted Dark Chocolate Nut Bites
A true test of how much I love one of the many cookbooks in my collection, is how messy and “used” the book appears. If there are oil stains, melted chocolate fingerprints, bookmarked pages, etc – you know it’s one of my favorites. I haven’t had Kelly from The Spunky Coconut’s new cookbook in my collection for even a month yet and it already has quite a few of those things. If you pulled it off my shelf right now, you’d swear I have had it over a year. It looks that used, already.
The Paleo Chocolate Lover’s Cookbook features 80 gluten-free treats for breakfast and dessert and it will have you drooling just a few pages in. I know you guys know this already, but I don’t go crazy over all sweets and baked goods. I am just not wired that way. But, if you were to set something in front of me that has been dipped in some melted high-quality dark chocolate, it almost doesn’t matter what it is. I will eat every last bit of it. I don’t need heavy rich desserts, I rarely crave sugary, sweetness, but when I do – just a little something chocolatey usually does the trick for me. Sometimes just a small square of cold dark chocolate is all I need. Satisfying and comforting.
Making healthy, gluten-free chocolate treats that aren’t loaded with refined sugars and grains is just so gratifying and you can still enjoy the rich goodness without the guilt. I am so excited to now have a healthy chocolate “bible” of sorts, to refer to for the perfect chocolate treats whenever I want. An entire book filled with recipes, every single one safe for me and my way of eating. There are breakfast options, cakes, cookies, pies, ice cream, candy and so much more. There is even a section of savory recipes including stews, salads and other dinner-time meals. Besides all of the recipe goodness, Kelly explains some basic tips on getting started with a Paleo lifestyle, going in depth about specific ingredients and techniques. Plus she shares the science, history and ethics of chocolate and some of her favorite brands of store-bought chocolate. It is an incredibly comprehensive book about one of the most yummy topics you can think of! Read the rest of this entry »
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Tasty Yummies 5k Facebook Fan Giveaway
I promised you guys when we hit 5,000 likes on the Tasty Yummies Facebook page that I would host a huge giveaway. Well, last week we hit that number and then some. So here we go, as promised!
As a thank you for being super awesome – for this giveaway, I put together a package of some of my very favorite things! ALL of the items from Amazon are being supplied and purchased by ME! Both Vega and Vigilant Eats also so graciously offered to share some of my favorite goodies of theirs, with the winner of this giveaway. This entire package is shipping to one lucky winner!
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Pumpkin Pie Power Smoothie & Vega One French Vanilla Nutritional Shake Giveaway
********* The giveaway is now closed! Thank you so much to everyone that entered and congrats to, Chef Amber Shea, our randomly selected winner! *********
(winner was randomly selected using Random.org)I will be emailing you to let you know you have won and to get your mailing address.
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A while back Vega One contacted me and asked if I would like to try their new French Vanilla Vega One Nutritional Shake, I of course obliged, I mean who doesn’t love sampling new (and hopefully yummy) food products? I received two packets and with the first I made it straight-up, as is with just some almond milk and ice in the blender. It was quite good, super thick and creamy and it had a really nice flavor. It definitely had just a little of the chalkiness that we’ve all come to know with these types of products, but it was still very appetizing and satisfying and had a really good flavor.
After making the first one straight-forward, I decided to have fun with the second shake and I made a pumpkin pie smoothie. I enjoyed this even more than the first one I made, that is besides the fact that I spilled a good 3/4 of it when the wind blew over my photo back drop (thankfully that was the only tragedy we experienced in over here Western New York due to Sandy). Check out my Photo Fun Day Friday post where I show a little behind the scenes blooper shot of this smoothie’s ultimate demise.The smoothie was even creamier and it had a fun color to it, the spices and the pumpkin were nicely complimented by creaminess and the smooth french vanilla taste, it kept me full longer than most smoothies I make.
[print_this]Pumpkin Pie Power Smoothie
serves 1 or makes 2 smaller servings
1/2 cup organic coconut milk, the canned kind (full fat or lite)
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1/2 cup organic pumpkin puree
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1 level scoop (or one snack pack) of Vega One French Vanilla Nutritional Shake
sweetener of your choice, if needed – I add a couple of drops of vanilla liquid stevia
small handful of iceAdd all of the ingredients to the blender and process until smooth and creamy.
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Besides being quite tasty, Vega One‘s Nutritional Shakes pack a serious nutritional punch! Here is some more info:
Vega One- All-In-One Nutrition Shake – Use on a daily basis to cover your key nutritional requirements for optimum health.
“Cover your bases”
· Great tasting foundational nutrition to build your day on. All the essentials. All-in-one.
· Contains 10 different supplements including: Protein, Multi-vitamin, Multi-mineral, Essential fatty acids, Digestive enzyme, Probiotics, Antioxidant, Chlorella/greens, Maca.
· 50% of RDI for vitamins/minerals-replaces your multivitamin!
· 15 g protein, 6 g fiber, 1.5 g omega 3
· Dairy, gluten and soy free
· Low Glycemic (19.2)
· No added sugar-sweetened with steviaGood for your body and the planet, Vega One Nutritional Shake is the clean, plant-based choice to fuel your healthy, active lifestyle—without compromise. Made from natural, whole food ingredients, Vega One is a convenient, all-in-one supplement.
Vega One is free from dairy, gluten and soy, and contains no added sugar, artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners.
Some bonus info, I read that Vega One can also be used in recipes to replace a portion of flour for a gluten-free and protein-rich addition to brownies, pancakes and more.
Since, I enjoyed the French Vanilla Vega One Nutritional Shake so much, we are giving away a large 30 oz tub of it to one special winner, so you can enjoy it, too.
The giveaway is just open to US and Canada residents only.
Enter the contest
Please leave a *separate comment* below for each entry!
You can enter up to 4 times1) In order to be entered into the giveaway, please comment below and share your favorite smoothie or shake that you would love to recreate using Vega One French Vanilla Nutritional Shake?
Additional entries will be accepted for the following:
2) Like both the Tasty Yummies and VegaOne pages on Facebook.
Share the post I put up on the Tasty Yummies page to be included in the giveaway then come back and comment here telling me you liked both pages, that you’ve shared my post.3) Tweet about the contest and while you are there follow me on Twitter @herobeth and follow @VegaTeam
You could say something like: “Enter to win a large tub of French Vanilla #VegaOne from @VegaTeam & @herobeth on Tasty Yummies http://wp.me/p23r4t-Jq #plantstrong #vegan”
Make sure you comment here to let me know that you posted about the giveaway.4) Subscribe to the Tasty Yummies RSS feed in your RSS reader or by email
or follow me on Pinterest. Again, make sure to comment here to let me know that you subscribed or follow me.Please note – this giveaway is only open to the US and Canada.
Again, please make sure you leave a *separate comment* below for each entry,
if you don’t comment you will not be entered!The giveaway will be open until the end of the day Monday, November 12.
Winner will be selected at random and announced on Tuesday, November 13. 1 winner will be selected and notified through email and this post. -
Beth’s Birthday – 1 Gallon Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil Giveaway
********* The giveaway is now closed! Thank you so much to everyone that entered and congrats to Janet our randomly selected winner! *********
(winner was randomly selected using Random.org)Janet I will be emailing you to let you know you have won and to get your mailing address.
If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you know how obsessed I am with coconut oil. I use it in just about everything I make, baked goods, smoothies, chocolate treats, roasted veggies, etc. So, in honor of my birthday today, instead of all of the gifts being for me, I wanted to share the gift of coconut oil with one lucky reader – so I am giving away 1 gallon (yes, gallon) of Tropical Traditions’ Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil! Before we get into how to enter, below are some of favorite ways to use coconut oil in the kitchen! Now if I could just get someone to create the perfect gluten-free birthday cake for me today with some of this delicious coconut oil and maybe some amazing dark chocolate, that would just make my day. If I could clone myself for just one day for that reason, I’d say that is a good enough reason.
Some of my recent favorite recipe featuring Tropical Traditions’ Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil are:
These homemade vegan versions of Almond Joys that I call Joyful Almond Coconut Chocolate Bites, are my new obsession. A perfect halloween sweet without all the processed junk found in the candy lining the aisles at stores right now.
It’s that time of year, pumpkin recipes are everywhere and I cannot get enough. These Grain-free Mini Pumpkin Pie Tarts are the perfect way to enjoy to have all of the yummy flavors of a pumpkin pie without the guilt, or the stomach aches!
I love using coconut oil in baked goods, especially cookies. These Grain-free Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt are simple to make and are soo delicious. The most wonderful combo of salty and sweet all wrapped up into one delicious cookie.
With Halloween looming around the corner, I am sure you are craving some delicious caramel apples, too, right? Here is my updated healthier version of the classic treat, Vegan Caramel Apple Dipping Sauce (Gluten-free). This dipping sauce features lots of yummy coconut ingredients, including some delicious coconut oil.
And of course there are always all of these favorite recipes, too…
What could be better than a homemade vegan and gluten-free apple crisp this time of year? Nothing! Instead of the usual butter, replace it with some delicious gold label virgin coconut oil.
As I mentioned a little while back, I recently received a sample of Gold Label Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions and I have really been enjoying making things with it. One of my favorites has been this Banana Blueberry Coconut Smoothie, that I featured recently. Sometimes I make a similar smoothie but instead of blueberries, I add in a tablespoon or two of unsweetened organic baking cocoa. Wow, what a delicious and sinful treat.
Another recipe that I made recently that really used coconut oil in a different way was this Blueberry Rosemary Multi-Grain Galette, instead of butter or a butter alternative, I use frozen coconut oil to give the crust of this galette the perfect texture, it is so easy and perfect if you are dairy-free or vegan.
And of course, the most popular recipe here on Tasty Yummies that really features coconut oil are my Dark Chocolate Coconut Treats, which can easily be made in a regular sized or mini-sized muffin tin. These may just be my favorite use for coconut oil.
A quick search for coconut oil here on Tasty Yummies will quickly show you just how often I use coconut oil and it will get you tons of great recipes to play around with and to be inspired by. In addition to being great to cook with, I also from time to time use coconut oil on my skin and hair (and the same goes for the dog), since it makes a really great natural moisturizer. The coconut oil that I received from Tropical Traditions really stands out for me among the different brands I have used, it has a great subtle flavor and it is very high quality. I find the coconut oil from Tropical Traditions tastes cleaner and more pure than any other brand I have tried. I cannot wait to continue making yummy things with it. A lot of you already know the great benefits that coconut oil provides and as much as I would love to go into that on here, the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, so here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.
Since, I am really enjoying the Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions so much, I am hosting a giveaway for a 1 gallon pail. (Yes, it a pail of coconut oil!)
Read below to see how you can enter to win.
Win 1 gallon of Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil!
Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil. Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their website: What is Virgin Coconut Oil?
You can also watch the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:
Tropical Traditions also carries other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil. Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the advantages of buying coconut oil online. Since the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.
Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.
Enter the contest
Please leave a *separate comment* below for each entry!
You can enter up to 4 times1) In order to be entered into the giveaway, you *must* sign up for the Tropical Traditions newsletter here.
Please comment below to let me know that you have done so (with a working email address) to enter yourself in the giveaway *Additional entries will be accepted for the following:
2) Like both the Tasty Yummies and Tropical Traditions pages on Facebook.
Share the post I put up on the Tasty Yummies page to be included in the giveaway then come back and comment here telling me you liked both pages, that you’ve shared my post and what you’d make if you won the gallon-sized pail of coconut oil.3) Tweet about the contest and while you are there follow me on Twitter @herobeth and follow @troptraditions and/or @ttspecialdeals
You could say something like: “I just entered to win @troptraditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from @herobeth on Tasty Yummies http://wp.me/p23r4t-Ia”
Make sure you comment here to let me know that you posted about the giveaway.4) Subscribe to the Tasty Yummies RSS feed in your RSS reader or by email
Again, make sure to comment here to let me know that you subscribed.Please note – this giveaway is only open to the US and Canada.
Again, please make sure you leave a *separate comment* below for each entry,
if you don’t comment you will not be entered!The giveaway will be open until the end of the day Tuesday, October 23.
Winner will be selected at random and announced on Wednesday, October 24. 1 winner will be selected and notified through email and this post.Please note: If you order by clicking on any of my links and have never ordered from Tropical Traditions in the past, you will receive a free book on Virgin Coconut Oil, and I will receive a discount coupon for referring you.
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New NuNaturals Stevia Flavors and Giveaway
****** This giveaway is now closed.******
Congrats to the winners – Nicole, Cara, Sonja and raechel.
These winners were chosen at random using random.org. Ladies, you will be contacted via email shortly to get your contact info. Thank you to everyone that participated.
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Stevia is one of my favorite alternative healthy sweeteners. It’s a herb from South America that has been used for over a thousand years. It’s 100% natural and has zero calories. Unlike other alternative sweeteners stevia does not impact blood sugar and insulin. NuNaturals Stevia is my favorite brand of liquid stevia for so many different reasons. There are no artificial ingredients and there is no lab altered weirdness. Plus, unlike some brands of Stevia that I have tried, NuNaturals leaves no bitter aftertaste. The key with stevia is to know that a little goes a long way, a few drops in a smoothie, tea, oatmeal, etc. is more than enough. I personally haven’t yet experimented too much with using stevia when baking, but I need to just take the plunge and play.
NuNaturals recently released a line of all-natural flavored stevia liquids that are are far superior than any other flavored stevia products available. Unlike other manufacturers, that use artificial flavors, these new products use all natural, REAL ingredients. NuNaturals was nice enough to send the new flavors for me to try and I have really been having fun with them. The aroma from these when I just opened the box, was incredible. The three new flavors are lemon, orange and peppermint. I plan to share some really fun recipes in the coming weeks with you guys, but some of my favorite ways to use them are, of course, in smoothies, vegan ice cream and they are also great in chia seed puddings. Just a few drops of the lemon and orange flavors are also great in dressings and sauces. A few drops of orange or peppermint in hot cocoa or coffee would be amazing, and the lemon in iced tea or sparkling water, yum! The possibilities are endless and I cannot wait to keep playing around, so look for some new recipes in the coming weeks here on Tasty Yummies.
I am very excited to be hosting a giveaway of NuNaturals’ newest flavors. NuNaturals is giving four (4) of my lucky readers one bottle each of Pure Liquid Orange NuStevia, Pure Liquid Lemon NuStevia and Pure Liquid Peppermint NuStevia. That’s right, we are giving away 12 bottles of stevia! It’s very simple to enter, too.
Enter the contest
Please leave a *separate comment* below for each entry!
You can enter up to 4 times1) Leave a comment below telling me what you’d use the stevia for.
For additional entries:
2) Like both the Tasty Yummies and NuNatural pages on Facebook.
Then, share the post I put up on the Tasty Yummies page to be included in the giveaway then come back and comment here telling me you liked both pages and that you’ve shared my post.3) Tweet about the contest and while you are there follow me on Twitter @herobeth and follow @nunaturals
You could say something like: “ I just entered to win @nunaturals‘ 3 new all-natural flavored stevia liquids from @herobeth on Tasty Yummies http://wp.me/p23r4t-Dt ″
Make sure you comment here to let me know you follow both of us and that you posted about the giveaway.4) Subscribe to the Tasty Yummies RSS feed in your RSS reader or by email.
Again, make sure to comment here to let me know that you subscribed.Please make sure to leave a comment for each entry and please make sure to comment using a working email address. The giveaway will be open until Wednesday August 29 with the winners announced on Thursday August 30. Winners will be announced here and contacted via email. Good luck guys!
**** If you cannot wait to see if you are a winner and you want to start shopping at nunaturals.com right away – you guys get 15% off! Enter the DISCOUNT CODE “BLG1212” at the checkout page and you will receive a 15% DISCOUNT on your ENTIRE ORDER. This discount remains EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2012. Plus you will also receive FREE SHIPPING to the CONTINENTAL U.S. on all orders exceeding $35.00 after discounts.****
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Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil Giveaway
********* The giveaway is now closed! Thank you so much to everyone that entered and congrats to Eve our randomly selected winner! *********
Eve I will be emailing you to let you know you have won and to get your mailing address.
If you are interested in purchasing your own jar of Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions website, you can start shopping here.As I mentioned a little while back, I recently received a sample of Gold Label Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions and I have really been enjoying making things with it. One of my favorites has been this Banana Blueberry Coconut Smoothie, that I featured recently. Sometimes I make a similar smoothie but instead of blueberries, I add in a tablespoon or two of unsweetened organic baking cocoa. Wow, what a delicious and sinful treat.
Another recipe that I made recently that really used coconut oil in a different way was this Blueberry Rosemary Multi-Grain Galette, instead of butter or a butter alternative, I use frozen coconut oil to give the crust of this galette the perfect texture, it is so easy and perfect if you are dairy-free or vegan.
And of course, the most popular recipe here on Tasty Yummies that really features coconut oil are my Dark Chocolate Coconut Treats, which can easily be made in a regular sized or mini-sized muffin tin. These may just be my favorite use for coconut oil.
A quick search for coconut oil here on Tasty Yummies will quickly show you just how often I use coconut oil and it will get you tons of great recipes to play around with and to be inspired by. In addition to being great to cook with, I also from time to time use coconut oil on my skin and hair (and the same goes for the dog), since it makes a really great natural moisturizer. The coconut oil that I received from Tropical Traditions really stands out for me among the different brands I have used, it has a great subtle flavor and it is very high quality. I find the coconut oil from Tropical Traditions tastes cleaner and more pure than any other brand I have tried. I cannot wait to continue making yummy things with it. A lot of you already know the great benefits that coconut oil provides and as much as I would love to go into that on here, the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, so here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.
Since, I am really enjoying the Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions so much, I am hosting a giveaway for a 1 quart (32 ounces) jar. Read below to see how you can enter to win.
Win 1 quart of Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil!Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil. Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their website: What is Virgin Coconut Oil?
You can also watch the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:
Tropical Traditions also carries other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil. Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the advantages of buying coconut oil online.
Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.
Enter the contest
Please leave a *separate comment* below for each entry!
You can enter up to 4 times1) In order to be entered into the giveaway, you *must* sign up for the Tropical Traditions newsletter here.
Please comment below to let me know that you have done so (with a working email address) to enter yourself in the giveaway *Additional entries will be accepted for the following:
2) Like both the Tasty Yummies and Tropical Traditions pages on Facebook.
Share the post I put up on the Tasty Yummies page to be included in the giveaway then come back and comment here telling me you liked both pages, that you’ve shared my post
and why you’d like to win the quart-size sample of coconut oil.3) Tweet about the contest and while you are there follow me on Twitter @herobeth and follow @troptraditions and/or @ttspecialdeals
You could say something like: “I just entered to win @troptraditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from @herobeth on Tasty Yummies http://wp.me/p23r4t-B7″
Make sure you comment here to let me know that you posted about the giveaway.4) Subscribe to the Tasty Yummies RSS feed in your RSS reader or by email
Again, make sure to comment here to let me know that you subscribed.Please note – this giveaway is only open to the US and Canada.
Again, please make sure you leave a *separate comment* below for each entry,
if you don’t comment you will not be entered!The giveaway will be open until the end of the day Wednesday, August 8.
Winner will be selected at random and announced on Thursday, August 9. 1 winner will be selected and notified through email and this post.Please note: If you order by clicking on any of my links and have never ordered from Tropical Traditions in the past, you will receive a free book on Virgin Coconut Oil, and I will receive a discount coupon for referring you.
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Tasty Yummies’ Two Year Blogiversary and a Giveaway!
Thank you so so much everyone for participating in the Tasty Yummies 2-year Blogiversary Giveaway and thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all of your lovely comments!! Random.org gave me the random #11 for the winner. Congrats to our winner Alex – who will be getting the Tasty Yummies / Hero Design happiness care package of goodies!! Thanks again everyone!
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Today is the two year blogiversary of Tasty Yummies and I can hardly believe it. When I started this blog two years ago, I never thought it could turn into what it has become today. I started writing two years ago just after I lost 30lbs by changing the way I was eating. So many people were asking me what I was eating, how I had time to cook, etc. – so I thought I would start writing up my recipes to share them with people who were interested. I honestly didn’t think anyone would read all of this, let alone be cooking using my recipes or be inspired to change the way they themselves are eating. It still blows my mind every day when I log in here to read the comments and look at the stats. In the last year the amount of people that visit Tasty Yummies seems to go up every week and I am so incredibly humbled by this.
In the last two years so many aspects of my life have changed, but one of the many things that will never change for me is my love for creating in the kitchen and all of the delicious, healthy and clean foods that you can cook and bake, when you just get into the kitchen and start playing. I have so much gratitude for all of the wonderful people, like you, that come to this site, click around, comment and even print out my recipes and try them, you continually inspire me to create more. Just last week I received an email from someone who recently found out she can no longer have gluten, she felt lost and confused and didn’t even know where to begin with her new lifestyle. She wrote me to tell me that she had found my web site and had already tried a few of my recipes and she was instantly put at ease and excited for her new journey. The overwhelming sense of pride that consumes me reading those types of emails and comments give me the energy to make cookies at 10:00 at night or spend an entire weekend trying to figure out a waffle recipe that I know can be done. It makes me happy to know that even if just one of my recipes on here allows someone to see how easy cooking and eating gluten-free and clean can be, then it is all worth it to me.
Tasty Yummies was always meant to be a hobby for me, something I did in between all of the other aspects of my life. Many of you already know this, but my husband and I own our own business, Hero Design Studio, where we specialize in custom design and illustration as well as hand silkscreen printed goods and wares. We are so fortunate to not only do what we love, but to do it with each other. Since we closed our boutique of nearly 5-years ago, just over a year ago and moved our studio home to really be able to focus on our work, I have had even more freedom to create in the kitchen, since it now means just a short walk downstairs. Being that all aspects of my life are more intertwined than ever, I am obviously influenced in many ways from all of my loves. Whether it be design, cooking, yoga, etc – they have all come together in a way, that allows every single day to be a happy one!
In honor of Tasty Yummies’ two year blogiversary – I wanna share my happiness with you guys. I am giving away a little Tasty Yummies / Hero Design Studio package of goodies. These are just a few things where my love of cooking and creating in the kitchen and the happiness it gives me, has crept in and met up with my love of design, illustration and printmaking! I am giving away all of the items you see below. All are designed and hand silkscreen printed by myself and my husband, Mark.
And thank you again, from the bottom of my heart to all of you that take time out of your very busy lives to read this blog, to try my recipes, to comment, to share my site with others, etc. It truly means the world to me. Namaste.
8×10 2-color Kitchen Tools Art Print
16 x 20 5-color Hand Printed Silkscreen Poster – “Make Every Day A Happy Day”
Kitchen Measurement Conversion Apron (kitchen conversions are printed upside down so you can read them when you are wearing it)
The winner will receive: 1 – 8 x 10 Kitchen Measurement Conversion Print (in the color of your choice), 1 – 8 x 10 Kitchen Tools Print, 1 – 16 x 20 Make Every Day A Happy Day Art Print and 1 – Kitchen Measurement Conversion Apron. This package is valued at over $75.
How to enter:
You can enter up to 5 different ways:
Comment below: Tell me what makes you happy!
Subscribe to the Tasty Yummies RSS feed in your RSS reader or by email
Facebook Like Tasty Yummies
Follow me on Pinterest
Tweet it and while you’re there follow me – @herobeth – You could say something like: Celebrate Tasty Yummies’ 2 year blogiversary by winning a collection of Hero Prints valued at over $75 from @herobeth http://wp.me/p23r4t-y5Please leave a *separate comment* below for each entry!
This giveaway is open to everyone.
The giveaway will be open until the end of the day Wednesday, May 2.
Winner will be selected at random and announced on Thursday, May 3. 1 winner will be selected and notified through email and this post.
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Kitchen Measurement Conversion Print and Tea Towel GIVEAWAY!!
As many of you know, my husband Mark and I, own our own graphic design / illustration studio, Hero Design Studio, and we also have a storefront here in Buffalo where we sell all of the things we make by hand. Beyond all of our client work and having a storefront, we sell our wares online in our web store and our etsy store and we also travel the country attending different music festivals and craft fairs. I feel blessed every day to be able to do what I love most with the person I love most. Besides cooking, getting up and going to work is one of many joys in my life, I love being able to be creative everyday and to make what I love. There are so many similarities between cooking and a creative job, both come from the heart and are so personal. They are so unique to each individual and when you give yourself fully and honestly to your craft you are also (hopefully) bringing that love and happiness to others, as well.
I recently combined my love of design and illustration with my love of cooking and designed a kitchen measurement conversion print and a flour sack tea towel. The print is 8″ x 10″ and available in 4 different colors, Vintage Blue, Lemon Yellow, Retro Red and Green Apple and it was hand silkscreen printed by us. The 22″ x 38″ flour sack tea towel is available in Vintage Green and Retro Red and was hand silkscreen printed by our good friend Tom from Pavlov’s Togs. I have had a number of different food, wine and cooking projects on my mind for sometime now and I decided to make this the first of hopefully many, as it is not only fun to look at, but it is also functional.
I am giving away a towel or print to two lucky readers!! The contest starts today and runs until Thursday, January 27. I will choose two winners at random (using random.org) on January 27 at noon EST.
HOW TO ENTER:
In the comments section below, leave a comment and tell me which Tasty Yummies recipe that you have made is your favorite or if you haven’t yet made one, tell me which you are most looking forward to making. That’s it. Please make sure to include your email address in your posting information so I am able to easily contact you to let you know you have won and to arrange shipping. I will choose two different winners and each winner will have their choice of a flour sack tea towel or 8″ x 10″ print.
Contest participants may reside anywhere, this is not limited to just US Residents. Anyone is eligible to win (even friends and family, hi guys!). If you are chosen as a winner and do not respond to the email notification within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.
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