Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 09:35 AM
Happy Sunday everyone
Everyone ready for the big hockey game tonight?? Go USA!!
Lori and I enjoyed a nice relaxing night last night, nothing beats a good glass of wine & a movie : )
Hope everyone was able to check out all the amazing giveaways. Although we forgot some other great giveaways, Debbie is giving away Glass Dharma Straws and SPARK book and Michele, Raw Juice Girl , is giving away a $30 gift certificate to Glass Dharma Straws, and Kristen is giving away nut butters.
We love our glass straws…perfect to drink green smoothies
And our nut butters
Again sorry for the short post yesterday, we had a long day. Got up early for the farmers market, which was a great a day to be outside! The sun was out ; )
Following the market we attended our first farmers market meeting. It was the annual meeting, where all the vendors come together and discuss the market, budget, etc. I must say it was interesting…and long. It went on for about 4 hours ugh. But we are very excited to be apart of a Nationally Recognized Farmer Market. The Carrboro’s farmers market even has been in magazines such as Bon Appetite!! We are ranked third in the nation.
Working at a farmers market has its ups and downs, just like any other job. But it is fun to get out of the house and talk with our customers!!
Do you support your local farmers market? If yes, Great!! If no, why? Do you not have one in your area?
We are very lucky to say we are surrounded my amazing farmers!
We did not workout yesterday…gasp..But we are okay with it, because life just sometimes gets in the way. And your body does need a break! Although our goal today is to fit a workout in…Tracy Anderson and yoga hopefully!
We have been seeing and hearing about a lot more people giving fermented foods a try!! ; )
So in honor we wanted to share with you all our fermented food/drink stations
Kombucha and Kefir
Kombucha…nicely dated, got to love sticky notes!
Water kefir and coconut kefir…we do these every other day so we do not date them
We have made kraut and fermented veggies a few times here on the blog
What is under the towel?
Lots of kraut and veggies : ) Again love all the sticky notes!!
Then you make yummy meals like these with fermented foods
Kraut tahini tart
Coconut kefir pudding
Kraut sandwich on our Pure2raw flatbreads
We know fermented foods can be scary, but once you do make them a few times you will see how easy they are….and become addicted like us! Would you all like us to do some more videos on how we make our fermented foods? Just let us know!
We got a busy day…lots of prep work for the week ahead, cleaning, paying bills, cleaning out garage, and other house work!
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, ingredients, pure2raw products
Tags: coconut kefir, farmers market, fermented foods, fermented veggies, kombucha, nut butters, sauerkraut, Tracy Anderson, water kefir
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 03:53 PM
Hey friends
Sorry for the late post but today has been the longest day ever. This is the first time I have been in front of the computer all day, which actually is not a bad thing for a Saturday. But just wanted to stop in and say hey and hope you are having a great Saturday. We will explain our day tomorrow….too tired.
But something to do is check out these amazing giveaways from some pretty amazing ladies
Julie’s Sweet Treats
Megan’s Kitchen Gadget
Michal’s Vegan Treats
Averie’s Tropical Traditions Coconut Peanut Butter
Stephanie’s Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil
Lauren’s Garden of Life Raw Cleanse
Phew!! That is a lot of giveaways, so go check out these amazing ladies!!!
Have a great evening….there is wine in the future for the twins, it just has been one of those days!!
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, Miscellaneous
Tags: coconut oil, giveaways, vegan, wine
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 05:40 PM
Good evening luvs,
Let’s just say love is in the air and we got some romantic readers 
We absolutely loved hearing all of your favorite romantic movies!!!!! Some of you mentioned some really old classics
Anyways for some laugh and giggles this Valentine’s Weekend we wanted to share with you all the top 5 romantic movies that were given. Let me tell you that there was over 52 different movies mentioned! Now that is a whole lot of love! xoxoxo
- Notebook
- Love Actually
- Pretty Woman
- Dirty Dancing, Titantic, Sleepless in Seattle, and Princess bride (tied for 4th)
- Serendipity, The Holiday (tied for 5th)
It was pretty close between Love Actually and the Notebook! Both which are great movies. Here are the twins favorites:
Lori: Serendipity, Tristan and Isolde, and PS I LOVE YOU
Michelle: My best friends wedding, The Notebook, and PS I LOVE YOU
Thanks for everyone’s great comments and love for some great romance Boys listen up you could learn from these movies
Time to finally announce the giveaway!!!!!
The winner will receive this goodie package full of our favorites!!!
A bunch of Artisana Coconut oil and butters….we love this stuff. We not only use them in our personal recipes but for our Pure2Raw product line as well. It is amazing stuff with such high quality!!
Our favorite chocolate mask from Raw Gaia!!! An amazing company with wonderful products, they even sent us another mask to try out ; ) We will review it soon.
And of our course some chocolate goodies
Raw chocolate cookies and peppermint goji kreams
And the winner is….
Click here to find out!
Thanks everyone, have a great Valentines!!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, Miscellaneous, pure2raw products
Tags: chocolate face mask, coconut oil, movie, nut butters, pure2raw
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 03:38 PM
Hey everyone
How is your Friday?? So glad everyone enjoyed our story about us becoming bakers and creating Twin Cakes Bakery. In cased you missed them you read them here, Part 1 and Part 2.
Don’t forget we announce the winner to our giveaway tomorrow...so get your comments in today!
We have been extremely busy here…non-stop in the kitchen getting all our Twin Cakes Valentine’s Day Orders in.
We even didn’t get to eat till after 1. Just been snacking on this and that in the morning…a random day of eats for us. But the weird thing is that we have been feeling good. By not eating too much in the morning has actually given us more energy…which sometimes is hard for us because we were raised you have to eat breakfast.
Well this maybe true but we are starting to realize for us not having a huge breakfast has been nice for our energy levels. It is hard not to eat right away in the morning, but as long as we are busy we do not even think about eating, sort of ; )
Do you have mornings were you do not eat much? How do you feel? What are your thoughts on eating breakfast or no breakfast?
Now do not get us wrong, we do eat something, just not a full blow meal! And this past week we have not been eating till around 10 am. We are playing around with our morning eats, which means we have been having later workouts. We will keep you posted, but in the mean time check out Gena’s great tips for breakfast. I could go for some of those green eggs!!!
Anyways here are some food we have been eating these past few days
Kraut Salad drizzled with tahini
Avocado pudding drizzled with yacon
roasted butternut squash & brussel sprouts, with fermented veggies and some white stuff, aka coconut oil ; )
Coconut kefir pudding with coconut oil, hemp protein and yacon
pure2raw cracker wtih tahini (that we blended with cashews and maple)...sweet and savory!!
pure2raw cheez cracker dipped into cashew tahini maple spread...it was uniquely good!!
And we may or may not of had some of these
Twin Cakes gluten-free vegan strawberry vanilla cupcakes
Twin Cakes gluten-free vegan chocolate strawberry filled cupcakes
Some days I just love my job!!! ; ) Being a baker has it’s highlights but also sometimes too much temptation!
Okay well we still have a long night in the kitchen for our farmers market tomorrow!
Two great things to check out tonight:
Our guest post on our friend’s Robyn blog. We share our tips on being raw while having a busy schedule and running our bakery!
And the amazing Debbie is having a giveaway!
Have a great night!
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, Miscellaneous, ingredients, pure2raw products
Tags: breakfast, coconut kefir, coconut oil, farmers market, gluten free cupcakes, guest post, hemp protein, tahini, Twin Cakes Bakery, yacon
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Hey luvs
Glad to hear you all have been enjoying our story of how we started up our bakery. And thanks for all the nice compliments on the pics!
And our story continues….
So we looked into selling our baked goods at local farmers markets. We were terrified!! I can remember our first market. It was selling at the downtown market on Wednesday afternoons.
Lori and I packed up are the car and headed out. We both we were not talking much, which is unusual because the two of us together we sometimes can get carried away, so we both were scared. This was the first time we were ever doing something like this. Sure sure we have been cooking for people and made treats for others as gifts but to sell our gluten-free vegan peanut-free no refined sugar baked goodies was something new.
I remember we both recited the Lord’s Prayer in the car….we need HIS help!!
We put up our tent and table. Put up our sign and said, “Okay here we go, no turning back!” And then people came (this market was for the lunch crowd) so a lot of people wanted dessert to get them through their afternoon full of meetings!! We had samples, lots of samples (which we learned is a must when selling your product, especially if it is gluten-free and vegan!) A lot of people we shocked to try something that was “free” of so many things. Some liked it and others did not get it (which is a whole other topic).
First let me back up a little.
How did we know we wanted it to be a gluten-free vegan peanut-free sugar-free bakery?
Well because that is how we ate and thought that is what our bakery would be as well. Ever since we moved here we find out there was no allergy friendly bakery. So we started taking some of our family recipes plus created our own to be gluten-free vegan all naturally sweetened treats. Finding suppliers was a headache all together because we wanted to be peanut-free as well. Over time we perfected our recipes and Twin Cakes Bakery was born. And let me tell you, we spent hours in the kitchen creating recipes over and over again till they were perfect!! We had a lot of failures….trash full of bad recipes plus we enjoyed some of the not so bad ones ; ) We wanted our products to be different…to be better…to be healthier!! Our gluten-free baked goods are not your typical white rice flour, evaporated cane sugar, potato/tapioca starch filled, tofu infused gluten-free vegan treats. We wanted texture, flavor, so we created our own blend of wholegrain gluten-free flours, plus a few other tricks.
At the market, I remember some people’s excitement to find a treat they can eat…some could not have sugar, solved, some could not have eggs, solved, and most could not eat gluten, solved! It was a success!! Word was spreading fast about us. The only advertising we did was through word-of-mouth at the farmers market ; ) We love our customers!!!
Now the madness began…
Throughout our first months selling at the farmers market we got more and more request from individuals do we offer soy-free, corn-free, casein free, potato-free, rice-free products. I mean the request kept coming for us to make this without this and that. It was crazy. More light bulbs went off. Hearing all these request made us recreate all our products again to meet all these food allergies request. Which looking back on was not a very smart business decision, because we wasted more ingredients and time. Not good for a company just starting off….we are just people pleasers. Having this type of personality ended up hurting us…we eventually had to learn to say no.
By turning our bakery more into an overall allergy friendly bakery, it made our own personal diets to more allergy friendly. We started taking out soy and corn from our own diet. Finally we got some relief with our stomach issues!! The more we took out the better we were feeling.
Our mom made our table cloths and sign!! love u mom ; )
So what about our raw products?
Well one day at the market a new regular came to our table and asked us to create her some raw foods. She was already vegan but wanted to try raw. She just got back from NY and ate at the prestigious Pure Food and Wine. After a long interesting conversation we were intrigued. So immediately after the market Lori and I started researching….and we fell in love!!
We loved everything about raw foods!!! The idea, the health benefits, the people…it all seemed to make sense. So back to the kitchen is was…but with new tools!! And then Pure2Raw products were born ; )
A few months after we started this blog, to share our journey of raw foods.
Over the first two years of business we sold at 4 different farmers markets, done so many events for various charities and schools, done one TV show, and been in the local paper and magazines.
And then Lori became a certified Raw Vegan Chef and counselor and then we heard about the new culinary school opening…105 Degrees Academy, (check out my picture) and we knew we had to go!! Hello Matthew Kenney was running it. One of our biggest raw chef idols.
But which one of us would go?? We debated over this for weeks…time was ticking and we had to make a decision. So I enrolled. And the experience was amazing and I was lucky enough to spend it with another person I was thrilled to meet, GINA!! Love her!!
I sometimes still cannot believe I met Matthew and got to work at his restaurant….amazing!!! I was truly blessed for such an unbelievable experience!
Where we are now?
We still sell at farmers markets in the local area, side orders all the time for birthdays, etc, launched a mini online store here on P2R, and getting ready to launch our Twin Cakes Bakery Online store….finally are online bakery that we have been talking about for years….our dream is coming true ; ) We even more surprises ahead….much more to come from us.
Mom makes our aprons too!!
It sure has been a long and hard journey, but all the ups and downs were worth it. We have learned so much about ourselves, how to run a business (out of your home), how to start up an online store, how to wear all the hats of running a business (bakers, cleaners, accountants, sales personnel, marketers, errand runner, financial advisor, etc) all while trying to have a personal life (eat healthy, workout daily, blog, travel) and relax somewhere ; )
Who do we did it for?
You!!! All our customers, our readers, our family and friends. For the little boy or girl who gets so excited when they can come to our table and PICK ANYTHING off it because it is SAFE for them to eat!! And now we get to share that with more people….
Blessed, I think so!!
Lori and I thank everyone for their support and patience. We have many more business ideas to come so please hang around for the ride!!
Phew….that is how we got to where we are today!
Man I am hungry talking about all this food ; ) But before I go check out our amazing giveaway plus our friend Betty is have one too!
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: 105 degrees academy, Giveaway, Hot Topics, Miscellaneous
Tags: farmers markets, online bakery, owning a business, pure2raw, raw foods, shopping online, Twin Cakes Bakery
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Hey luvs
Our friend Lori had asked us to share our story about Twin Cakes Bakery. So grab yourself a something good to eat or drink here we go with your story. We hope you enjoy…
Background:
First, here is a little background on who are the twins. We were born and raised in Fort Myers, FL. We have two older sisters; we have Italian/German in our blood so food was a main topic in our family. We were definitely that family who continual looked forward to our next meals!
Don’t you just love my little grin and how Lori is not looking at the camera?? Love our brown paper lunch bags??
From a very young age were taught to make our own food mainly due to having 4 girls in the house we all wanted something different.
And now we are all grown-up : (
Lori and I really had some unique food habits. We ate completely different things while growing up. Lori wanted everything plain and I wanted everything with either cheese or mayo (which Lori hated both). Our mom was smart, a great way to avoid many fights she made us start packing our own lunches. This was the beginning for us girls to fall in love with cooking.
When did we start baking:
Although our baking really did not start till we were in high school. Our second oldest sis, Jen, was the one that taught us to bake. She loved it and still does, but due to severe food allergies she no long gets in the kitchen as much. She would create some delicious things for us to enjoy…our favorite mint chocolate chip cookie sandwiches, cinnamon buns, her famous sour cream coffee cake, and much more. As she went off to college, we started playing in the kitchen. And realized we loved baking!
Our grandma’s side of the family were German bread bakers, so I guess you could say baking runs in our family. It is in our blood to make things for others. All throughout college we would bake for our teachers, family members and friends. Everyone loved it!! And so did we! We got more joy for baking for others than ourselves.
Lori and I at graduation...yes with our Pluto and Stitch suff animals, hey we are Disney lovers!
How did you know you were going to have your own company?
We both majored in business during college. During college we worked for an entrepreneur so we got to see what was involved in starting a company from scratch. We knew we would have our own company one day just not sure what that would be nor when. After college we went home for a year to figure out what we wanted to do with our life…like most college grads due, right??
What happened next?
Well to make a long story short Lori moved to Richmond, VA as Michelle moved to Denver, CO. Both of us felt we needed to finally spilt up after 23 years of being together! Well as we both worked for other companies we started realizing what we were doing was not making us happy! So the massive research began and our dream started to be come real on paper. After many hours of talking on the phone, emails, and texting we knew it was going to be an online bakery. We wanted it to be a different type of bakery but still was not sure exactly what that would be. We had so many crazy ideas running around in our heads.
How do you realize you had food allergies?
We started to experiment with alternative foods and diets. We tried all different types of cleanses, food combinations, etc. because all during college we suffered from stomach issues. This is a health problem that our whole family suffers from but we did not really know why we were always feeling so bad all the time. We thought we were eating healthy. Nothing really worked.
Then our health started deteriorating and we started eliminating things out of our diet. We realized our bodies did not like gluten, wheat, peanuts, and dairy. For us we were never upset that we could not enjoy certain foods. We were actually excited to finally start feeling better and actually eating this way helped make us eat healthier. And we slowly starting cutting back on our meat intake. We were never really big red meat eaters though we did like our chicken and fish. But after years of still not feeling better we decided to try anything that help and if that meant no meat, etc. then so be it.
What changed?
We got more relief once we stop eating meat though we still were not 100% better. This lead us to even more confusion and determination to figure our health out.
Another year past and we both ended up in Raleigh, NC. Still working for other people, ugh. We kept working on the side as we also figured out what our bodies liked to eat and not eat. We then started creating meals that were safe for us and realized we wanted to help others that had limited diets.
Overtime and more research, our business plan changed (we wrote two different business plans, which is a must if you are thinking of opening a business). We decided to start as personal chefs and put our online bakery on hold.
How did we chose this career?
People reminded us since we love to bake and cook why don’t we do it for a living. It was like light bulb going off in our heads. So then came about Twins Kitchen Personal Chef Service, yep we both got certified through United States Personal Chef Association. And our first few months of business was a test. We both did not have good sales skills and had to learn to go out and sell ourselves. You must learn to grow thick skin! We gained some clients but realized there was still something missing. We were not having as much fun as we had thought having your own business would be.
Let me tell you starting up a company is not as easy as it may sound…unless you have tons and tons of money saved up. Now we had some savings, but still nothing to prepare us for what we thought. It takes a lot of work, many long hours and lots of sacrifices.
What happened next?
Baking!
That was the missing link. Sure we still enjoy cooking but baking was what we really enjoyed and could do it all day long. So we signed ourselves up for farmers markets, and that is when everything changed.
To be continued…
While you wait to find out what happens next be sure to check out these amazing giveaways:
Blender from Gena
Chocolates from Natasha
Coconut oil from Averie
Ice Cream maker from Lori
Living Raw Magazine from Robyn
AND OF COURSE OUR VALENTINES GIVEAWAY and RAW GAIA FACE PRODUCTS!
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Posted in: Giveaway, Hot Topics, Miscellaneous
Tags: chocolate, coconut oil, face products, owning a business, Twin Cakes Bakery, twins, valentines day giveaway
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 08:47 AM
Good morning friends,
We are loving the favorite romantic movies comments happening on our Valentine’s day giveaway!!! 
Oh all the love is in the air
Going back to our tasty and easy Superbowl recipes that many of you requested to see I will share some here and the others will be posted under our recipes tab.
First recipe is our Kabocha Lime Guacamole
This recipe is super easy and taste amazing!!! A fan favorite for all And who doesn’t love some guacamole?
© 2010 Pure2Raw Recipe: Kabocha Lime Guacamole
Ingredients:
- 2 avocadoes
- 1/4 cup puree roasted kabocha squash
- 2 garlic’s
- 1/4 tsp salt
- handful of fresh cilantro
- 1 scallion
- 1 lime zest and juice
Directions:
Place all ingredients into a large bowl and mash up using a fork!
We like to have our guacamole a little on the thick and chunky side. Though we can mash it up as pureed or chunky as you like
Leaves such a fun color don’t you think? And taste unbelievable!
That’s it for that recipe, so simple you just need a bowl and a good fork
Next recipe is our Cheezy pepper nacho sauce
Again a very simple recipe with a little twist in it! We added some of our roasted kabocha squash to it as well And let me tell you this brought the sauce to a whole new level, a little bit of sweetness for the squash! YUM!
© 2010 Pure2Raw Recipe: Cheezy pepper nacho sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 red pepper
- 3/4 cup nutritional yeast (we love this stuff)
- pinch sea salt
- handful of fresh parsley
- 2 garlic’s
- 1/2 zucchini
- splash of water
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tbsp sunflower lecithin *you may use guar gum or xanthan gum (about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp)
- 2 tbsp kabocha squash puree *if you do not have any veggie puree made you can just add a dash of sweetness from agave nectar
Directions:
Place all ingredients into food processor or blender and blend till creamy and well combined. Ours we a little on the runny side
And enjoy over some crackers or chips (or pictured here our pure2raw rosemary crackers)
I will add our club sandwich later today to our recipes tab!
I hope you get to make some of these easy and delicious snacks They are crowd pleasers!
Check out some great giveaways happening:
Just Audrey – Glass Dharma straws
Voracious Vegan – Sweet Earth Chocolates
And our Valentine Day give basket
Lots of goodies for people to win!!
Till next time,
Lori
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, gluten free vegan nut free recipe, ingredients
Tags: avocado, chocolate, guacamole, nacho sauce, squash, sunflower lecithin, valentine day giveaway
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 05:34 PM
Hey again
Twin Cakes Bakery has added a few new items to the Pure2raw store.
In addition, for a limited time only Valentine’s Day special treats. The special starts today Monday Feb 8 and ends Saturday Feb 13.
Treat your loved ones or yourself to healthy, fat burning (a.k.a coconut oil filled) raw desserts! We have things for chocolate lovers, white chocolate lovers, and peppermint lovers ; )
Valentine Flavors are:
Peppermint Goji Berry Cocoa Kreme Bites
Chocolate drizzled Vanilla Kreme Bites
White Chocolate Snow Caps Brownie Bites
Heart Shaped Chocolate Cookies
If you get your order in by Wednesday we will throw in a special treat!! It will be a surprise, so get your orders in now ; )
Go ahead a spoil yourself with these non-guilty treats!!
In addition to these new items we are hosting another giveaway.
Pure2raw Valentine’s Day Giveaway
One lucky winner will receive:
Twin Cakes Bakery limited time Valentine’s goodies – Peppermint Goji Berry Cocao Kreme Bites and Heart Shaped Chocolate Cookies.
And some delicious nut butters from Artisana and our favorite Raw Gaia Chocolate Face Mask.
And now not all our readers will go away empty handed because the great people over at Raw Gaia are offering ALL our readers a special Valentine’s Discount of 15% off!!!
Just got to their site http://www.rawgaia.com/ and enter the coupon code: pure2raw
Go shop now because you are not going to want to miss this opportunity!! : )
Giveaway is going on till Friday Feb 12th!! Will announce the Winner Feb 13th.
Sorry you will not be receiving your goodies till after Valentines…we did not plan this well, LOL, but hey they you got something to look forward too!! More chocolate : )
Rules of Giveaway:
1. Leave a comment telling us your favorite Romantic movie
2. Mention the giveaway on your blog, if you have one, and come back and let us know you linked it back to us
3. And please tweet if you have a twitter account…this is optional, although appreciated ; ) xoxo
Now go shopping!!
With love,
The Twins
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Posted in: Beauty, Giveaway, holidays, pure2raw products
Tags: chocolate face mask, coconut oil, goji berries, raw cookies, raw desserts, Twin Cakes Bakery
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 07:11 AM
Hey everyone
Congrats to the Saints for being Superbowl Champs!!! Michelle was cheering for them as I was for the Colts!!
Anyways we wanted to share want we enjoyed yesterday for the big game. Even some of our friends took some nibbles and approved ; )
First up:
Pure2Raw Kabocha Lime Guacamole
Yes we still had some leftover roasted Kabocha squash that we thought why not add it into our guacamole?? We enjoyed this with some of our Pumpkin Seed Kale Crackers…Perfect match!
It was soooo good!! Creamy, limey, & a little bit of sweetness from the kabocha squash, Heather inspired appetizer!
We are loving this squash…in everything!!
And of course we could not go a day without our fermented foods
Mixed in our guacamole in with kraut &veggies
Next:
Pure2raw Cheezy Pepper Nachos
We poured the cheezy sauce over our Rosemary Crackers.
We just went for the plain cheez and cracker (our chip) match ; ) No fancy toppings for us, sorry we are boring.
And FINALLY
Pure2raw Club Sandwich
And it featured some eggplant bacon, courtesy of Matthew Kenney and we know Mrs. Fitnessista loves some eggplant bacon!!
Oh did we eat this??
Well it was a little messy, but that was okay it was worth it ; ) It was actually kind of weird for us to eat a sandwich…. having a raw sandwich at that! We were eating a sandwich just like everyone else The bread is some of Pure2raw buckwheat bread (we will add this product soon) Heavenly YUMMY!
Overall we had lots of good eats that we were willing to share with others. It was great day to eat some special treats!
But wait what about dessert…
Pure2Raw Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
Inspiration from Chocolate Covered Katie snickerdoodle oatmeal.
PERFECT!!!
Seriously our best cupcake yet!! Love the blend of sugar and cinnamon ; )
Our friends even enjoyed some of these
Snickerdoodle cookies. They loved them!! No one could guess they were raw cookies! We are going to have to make more.
In the news:
We are working on adding some new products to our online store in addition we will be announcing later today our Valentine’s Day Specials!!
Check back in because you are going to want to miss it, plus we will be sharing the details about our Valentine’s Giveaway!!!!
Till next time,
Lori
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, Miscellaneous, dessert, pure2raw products
Tags: appetizer, cheez sauce, guacamole, raw cookies, raw crackers, sandwich, snickerdoodles, squash, valentines day giveaway
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 04:44 PM
Good evening luvs,
We are on a roll with making delicious recipes over here at P2R. Now if you have hemp seeds laying around you really need to make this sauce! It is so light and creamy and a little ‘nutty’! Love it
What have the twins been up to for workouts lately?
Well, we have really been focusing on our yoga. And doing this fantastic DVD! Staying active at home is key especially when you are snowed in We also have been doing lots of extra hip opening exercises and head stands. Loving it all!
This month we are really trying to do our workouts with a focus. Each day we are going to dedicate our yoga practice or whatever we do for a workout with an intention. Example: today’s practice for me was to be more confident!
Michelle’s intention was: to not care what others think- do her own thing ( I know that might sound selfish but we all need to start doing it)
For a great read about not letting others get to you check out here!
This article really got both of us thinking. Do we worry too much about what others think? YES!
Why? Not sure!
Both of us are not sure why we are always worrying about what others think of us. We try really hard to do just our own thing but it can be difficult. By having this blog has been a great experience for us both. We have meet so many great people and those people we now consider friends
Though by having this blog and reading so many other great blogs it can be very difficult not to compare yourself to others or stay true to who you are!
Does anyone else have this feeling as well?
I thinking having health, fitness, beauty, food blogs are great! I love reading them though trying to remind myself of who I am and not judge myself can be a challenge. I do admit most of the time reading other blogs can sometimes make me second guess my own choices and why I do things. But than again sometimes it makes me happy with my choices and makes me what to do better.
So in a way all of you are making me a better person by challenging myself to do my best.
Therefore, thanks to all of you for making Michelle and I push ourselves to our limits. Now it is just up to us not to worry about what ‘others’ might think of us no matter what we do. Because we write, eat, exercise, love, etc for ourselves!
Do you feel the same mental challenges with your blog or in your life?
Other Great News:
Due to request for a variety pack of all our pure2raw product offerings we have made some changes to our online store. Please check out for more information. *though more of a sample pack is something we are still working out the details
We are also running a 10% off special on some of our popular items like our rosemary cracker (our version of a Triscuit and Wheat thin) and our swiss chard black sesame chia flatbread (a lovely crispy and flavorful bread).
We forgot to mention some great giveaways going on earlier this morning that are definitely worth checking out.
Our good friend Stephanie is giving away Chobani – so for all your greek yogurt lovers check it out!
Laurens glass straws – love these
Kristen’s chia seeds – can’t get enough of these
Till next time,
Lori
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Fitness, Giveaway, pure2raw products, yoga
Tags: pure2raw, raw crackers, raw onion flatbread, rosemary cracker, swiss chard black sesame seed chia flatbread, yoga dvd
