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Vitamix Giveaway (Closed)

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I wanted to give my fans and followers a incredible giveaway to jump-start the fall season. However, the price tag for this giveaway was a little more than I can handle right now, so a few other of my blogging friends are teaming up with me to to throw this amazing giveaway.

I am super excited to announce that along with 11 other bloggers we are giving away a Vitamix Blender!!!

 Vitamix 5200 Blender – $549.99 Value!

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The Vitamix 5200 is SOOOO much more than just a blender. This machine is an all-in-one: blender, mixer, food processor, and soup maker.

 How can we win it??

We are using Rafflecopter, which is a reputable resource for online give aways. In a few easy steps you will be entered in a drawing to win.

Step 1):  Click RIGHT HERE to find out more about this Vitamix

Step 2): Leave a comment and let us know what you would make most if you won a Vitamix.

Step 3) Scroll to the bottom and enter on the Rafflecopter!

Bonus entries for going to each of the bloggers below and entering on their site! 

The Skinny Pear

Learning and Yearning

Don’t Mess with Mama

Nourishing Herbalist

Wellness and Workouts

We Got Real

The Darling Bakers

The Paleo Mama

Rethink Simple

Real Food Outlaws

Natural Family Today

 Moderately Crunchy Mommy

Healthy Roots Happy Soul

 Right now, the Vitamix 5200 Blender is on sale for almost 15% off retail price. That’s $64 SAVINGS — a wonderful deal. If you want to take advantage of this deal, CLICK HERE – that is if you can’t wait to see if you win the giveaway!

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Thai Shrimp Salad

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I miss and love good Thai food. I lived in Thailand for a year and grew to love the flavors and spices involved in making delicious Thai food.

One of my favorite dishes ever is “Som Tam“, which is green papaya salad. You take a unripe papaya, peel it, and then shred it. Add in some more veggies, shrimp, and special ingredients, and you have a very refreshing salad. I used to buy this salad off the street for less than $1! I loved my “Som Tam” Thai lady who thought it was funny to test my Thai language. The first time I ordered from her she asked me how I would like the salad…”spicy or a little spicy? ” she asked me in Thai. I responded to her in what I thought was proper tone (Thai has 5 tones) and said “no spice please.” I said the word spice with the wrong tone and it ended up coming out, “no sex please.”

She gave me the most memorable face, corrected me, and then we both roared with laughter. It was a joke from that day on that I don’t like no sex!

Anyways, I swapped out the papaya and am using shredded cucumber instead, which makes recipe  Whole 30 and 21 Day Sugar Detox approved. Green beans are ok on Paleo even though they are technically a bean, because they are more of a pod than a bean!

Shrimp Thai Salad

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1/2lb of cooked shrimp

2 cups of shredded cucumber or 2 cups of shredded green papaya

1 cup of very firm green beans (don’t overcook); cut in 1 inch pieces

1 cup of cherry tomatoes, cut in half

4 TB of sliced or mashed almonds

3 cloves of garlic, minced

juice of 2 limes

2 TB of fish sauce (or soy sauce)

handful of cilantro

1 TB apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar

Salt and pepper to taste

Optional: red chile pepper

Directions:

1. Lightly steam your green beans or eat them raw. Mine green beans were from the freezer so they were not too hard so I didn’t have to steam them. You want them to be crunchy.

2. Shred your cucumber and then place it in a colander to drain. Leave it to drain for like 15 minutes, then pat dry with a towel.

3. In a large bowl add your green beans, shrimp, cherry tomatoes, cilantro and chile pepper (if using).

4. Then add your wet ingredients: fish sauce, lime juice, vinegar, and garlic. Sprinkle on some salt and pepper.

5. Add cucumber to the bowl and mix. Taste and adjust seasonings.

6. Top with mashed or sliced almonds!

 

 

Two-Minute Paleo Mug Brownie

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I found this recipe online today and it looked sooooooo good. I wanted it soooo bad so I thought I would attempt to make a Paleo-version. The first I tried to make it, it tasted good but it was kinda oily and runny. This may have been because I didn’t use white flour…I used almond flour which has natural oils and doesn’t soak up liquid like white flour. I don’t know. Whatever the case may be, I tried again. This time, I used an egg, which the author was trying to avoid, but it came out great and hit the choco-G-spot.

Also, since I am learning how to take food pictures with my new camera, I used some of the author’s staging ideas for this recipe!

Two-Minute Mug Brownie

1/4 cup Almond Flour

1/8-1/4 cup Coconut Sugar

2 TB unsweetened cocoa powder

Pinch of salt

2 TB of beaten egg

2 TB of coconut milk, coffee, or water

Directions:

Stir together your almond flour, coconut sugar, cocoa and a pinch of salt in a ramekin.

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Stir in the egg and milk or coffee.

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Stir it all together until you have a thick, chocolatey paste.

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Microwave it for a minute. If you have a really powerful microwave you may want to check after 30 seconds. It’s done when it is puffed up and springy to the touch…but you still want it a little gooey – like a good brownie should be!

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This makes one ramekin. You can eat it all yourself or you can share it! I was nice and shared it….this time!

***Don’t have coconut sugar???

Use 2 TB of honey or maple syrup and ONLY 1 TB of milk/coffee!!! ***

 

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Giveaway Time!!!! PACEout Activewear T-shirt!

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In life, everyone needs a pace.

Your pace may change from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute, but picking your own pace will ensure a strong finish. Life is not about keeping up with others. It’s about starting and finishing strong because the pace you choose…is your own.

pick your pace…stick to it…you’ll finish!

This is the philosophy behind PACEout. PACEout is a clothingline that carries a wide variety of clothes and accessories for men, women and children. The founder of the company, Tara Baraniak, is a woman who has a passion for motivating people into achieving the goals that they desire.

I work-out at the local YMCA and the colors and different styles of PACEout surrounds me day-to-day! We can all take this philosophy and apply it to our own life. We all have a pace in life. The pace we choose will look different than others. My pace is slower than I would like but I look back at myself 50lbs ago and I don’t even recognize the woman that I was. I was weak. I was uncomforable in my skin. I was depressed. My race started when I heard about Paleo and applied it to my eating. I was transformed and I will never go back!

Tara was amazing enough to give me the shirt that she is sponsoring for this giveaway! …and I do LOVE it!  It’s a longsleeve T-shirt with PACEout written on the sleeve and the PACEout slogan on the back! It fits great and I feel empowered wearing it! It helps me to remember the pace and path that I have chosen!

You pick your own size and color! Winner will be chosen December 5, 2012.

To enter to win this shirt, CLICK THE LINK BELOW: (ps, this is my first time not drawing from a hat so, be patient with me!)

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