Monday, March 8, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Hey everyone
How was everyone’s weekend?? We had a long one over here, but worth it ; ) Did anyone watch the Oscars?? We took the night off from work and enjoyed some wine and good entertainment. We just enjoy the awards shows…all the pretty dresses.
We enjoyed some good eats over the weekend…featuring some new recipes (which we will share ; ) )
Enjoyed a very large breakfast Saturday morning before we headed to the farmers market.
Buckwheat apple porridge. We have not had this in sooo long, it used to be our breakfast every Saturday morning last year before our Saturday markets. It is so simple and very filling, which is what we need for our long market days.
Sprouted buckwheat, apples, yacon, cinnamon, bee pollen
Our dinner was a lovely simple salad
mixed greens with avocado, kraut, and fermented veggies
Sunday morning we finally made some raw pancakes in honor of Heather’s Pancake Sundays.
These were not our best ones, it is pretty much just mashed up bananas. But we will share the recipe if you all want.
Yesterday we did our longest run yet since the marathon in January. Honestly we really have only ran 3 other times since the race, we just have not been wanting to run. We have been enjoying other forms of exercise.
Our goal was a 30 minute run, but it turned into a 9o minute run. We went up to the local park and got on a trail and did not know how long it was….but that is okay it was 60 degrees out and sunny!! We will take it!!
Pre-workout snack:
Cocoa date ball
We have been testing out new workout snacks for our cookbook, yep having a whole chapter dedicated to what we eat for fuel and recovery ; )
And then dinner and dessert were both new recipes!!
Dinner:
Fermented Kelp Noodles
With a side of kraut sprinkled with dulse
Perfect Sunday dinner!! We think kelp noodles will become a regular Sunday dinner ; )
And dessert took 2 trials. We have been wanting to make raw carrot cake since forever!! There are tons of recipes out there, so we of course wanted to create our own. We wanted to make it out of carrot pulp, so the first attempt failed….ended up in the trash compost. Second was beyond perfect….way better than we were planning, it honestly tasted like real carrot cake!!!!
Can you tell the difference?
Not only was it raw but free of gluten, eggs, dairy, peanuts, corn, soy, and NUTS!!!
We had seconds…it was that good. I think I could eat this every night. It was beyond words!! I know you all are thinking, do we plan to share the recipe….YES!!! We will expose this tasty easy to make dessert sometime this week ; )
Not a bad way to end the weekend.
We also tried a new product
Pure2raw Product Review
We bought this the other day at the store because our older sister loves it, so we had to try for ourself.
Verdict?
Different. It was very sweet compared to other coconut water, even though it claims to be unsweetened.
Maybe it is their types of coconuts? Or maybe it was due to being chilled and out of can? Who knows but it was bothering me that it was so sweet, a mental thing I guess. But we drank it all. Not sure if I would purchase it again. Just maybe when I need something cold to drink. Lori did not mind it too much, enjoyed having something different.
For more information check out the company’s website, amyandbriannaturals.com.
Finally review : one thumb up
Have you tried this coconut drink?
Do not forget to get your orders in while the sale is on for St Patty’s Day, it ends Wednesday!!!
And for more great news our Twin Cakes Bakery website if finally up. It still has some tweaks but overrall we are just happy to have it up. We have been waiting a year for it ; ) So we will take it!
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Fitness, dessert, gluten free vegan nut free recipe, product review
Tags: buckwheat, coconut water, farmers market, kelp noodles, raw carrot cake, raw pancakes, sauerkraut, Twin Cakes Bakery
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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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
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
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 05:58 PM
We are open for business!!! Our online store is live ; )
Check out our product benefits page for more information.
Then move on over to our store.
You will notice 3 product categories. Our RAW flatbreads, crackers, and snack bites. Orders right now are shipped via UPS.
These are some of our products, we will be adding more over the next few days. This is new to us, so please bare with us. There might be some bumps along the way, but we are soooo excited to offer our products to you all ; )
But we hope you all enjoy our goodies as much as we do, and some of our other fellow blogger friends Stephanie, Heather, Lori, Gina, Gena, Liz, and Katie.
Glad to you see you all liked the veggie mash Lori enjoyed earlier this week and we plan to re-create it tonight for dinner. Yes warm pureed veggies is perfect on a cold, snowy night : )
AND…
Well as we have previously mentioned we are going to be AUNTS!!!
We got a text from our older sis this morning and we found out she is having a BABY GIRL!!!! Another girl added to our family ; ) Sorry dad! Yep, Lori and I have 2 older sisters, plus our mom, so five girls! YIKES!! Now another little one is being added : ) We are so happy for our sister and her husband.
And we have briefly talked about her diet on here, and she is not 100% raw nor 100% vegan, although she most of the time her food choices are vegan. For those of you who have asked as about being pregnant and raw/vegan please check out the amazing Kristen who is a great example and is going through the great journey of motherhood. Plus there are many other great raw moms out there….Debbie, Lori, and check out this great list of super moms ; )
Have a great weekend. We have a feeling we will be snowed in, so might be taking the weekend off ; ) Maybe
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Hot Topics, gluten free vegan nut free recipe, product review
Tags: raw, raw crackers, raw onion flatbreads, raw snacks, Twin Cakes Bakery, vegan, veggie mash
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 06:16 PM
Hello Friends,
Glad to see that everyone has been enjoying our marathon re-caps and our food travels! 
Well as we mentioned earlier today we had some exciting news to share with you all.
First, we are attending the FitBloggin Event in March 2010! We are soooooooo excited for this event because we get to meet our dear friend Stephanie plus get to see Caitlin and Katy again! Plus get to meet Whit and the lovely MizFit herself!!
Second, Twin Cakes Bakery and Pure2Raw will be a sponsor at the event. We plan to provide information and samples of our products at the event We are very excited to be apart of FitBloggin.
For more information about FitBloggin you can check out more here. It is a great group of ladies and gentlemen who are not only speaking but attending. We have a feeling it is going to be a great time
Third, we are in the process of doing some major changes in our blog as well as for our company. Plan to see and hear more soon! And to answer majority of your questions – YES we are working on our e-commerce site! This has been a HUGE project and has taking a lot longer than expected. Our site is still not going to be quite perfect or where we wanted it, but we are taking baby steps 
And fourth, we might be moving?!?!?! That is still up in the air, but a decision that has to be made soon! Yikes!
Ok well that is all for now. That is big post with lots of info to take in
Also plan to see some serious post this week, especially geared to hormones. Therefore, if you have any questions please leave us a comment below and we will try to answer them all. We have gotten a few different comments and emails and what to make sure to cover it all. Thanks.
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Events, Fitness
Tags: changes, FitBloggin, food, pure2raw, sponsor, travels, Twin Cakes Bakery
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 04:06 PM
Hey everyone,
Are you staying warm? I must say these past few days we have been having our fair share of vegan sugar free hot cocoa…they have been splendid : ) Nothing like a warm cup of cocoa to get you in the holiday spirit!!
We got all of our Christmas shopping done..YAY! Still hard are to believe it is just 5 days away…crazy that another year is coming to an end but also exciting that here comes another year to get your health on track. And we want to help : )
Go Raw in the New Year with the help of your trained and certified Raw Food Chefs, the TWINS!
What a better way to get the year started off right than a basket full of some of our basic ingredients and tools to get you started. This basket is full of goodies that will help in getting your raw foods journey started off right! Buy this basket for yourself or maybe you know someone who has interest in the raw vegan lifestyle but does not know where to begin.
Well at Twin Cakes Bakery you can purchase a basket full of goodies, a value of $175, for just $125. After you purchase your basket to get you started then sign up for Choosing Raw and Spark! 2010 January Cleanse to find your raw foods journey and kick some old habits out for good!! Now that is a great way to start the new year off!!!
Isn’t your healthy worth it? We think so ; )
Please check out Twin Daily for more information about the basket. But here are just a few things you will see: coconut oil, nutritional yeast, Pure2Raw goodies, Pure2Raw recipes and some of our favorite kitchen tools.*The Twin Cakes gift of health basket is only going on for the month of January and if you purchase by January 5th you get the special discount.
Stay tuned for more exciting things coming from the twins!!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, Health
Tags: cleanse, Health, pure2raw, raw chef, raw foods, Twin Cakes Bakery
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Hello friends,
It is almost the weekend I know everyone is happy about that!
Here is a re-cap of our day 2 of our Candida Cleanse
Breakfast: green smoothie sludge (granny smith apples, flax meal, dino kale, ginger, cinnamon, lemon zest, stevia)
Smoothie turned out be more sludge, thick like so we ate it with a spoon. Actually really enjoy it I know we can be weird.
*saved half of this smoothie to be part of our pre-workout snack which we added some coconut oil to it for energy
Snack: one glass of homemade kombucha tea
Post-workout snack: rice protein, stevia, maca, and fresh parsley and mint
Dinner: wilted kale salad with avocado and apple cider vinegar
Dessert: warm sesame sunflower seed milk with stevia and cinnamon
Supplements: candex morning and evening, oil of oregano twice a day, L-glutamine twice a day, probiotic twice a day
How are we doing:
Well all of our meals have been delicious. We are actually liking these very simple meals. Our bodies are craving them!!
Although we have been missing a few of our sweet treats but managing to get by We both know our bodies need this cleanse so we are sticking to it. It is hard especially since we bake all day for our customers orders!
How is our face/skin doing? Well no improvements yet. Had a few more little breakouts randomly over the face. Though I know things sometimes have to get a little worse before they start getting better, Gena reminded me of this I am trying to stay positive through it all.
Now for some fun stuff! Awards! Now who doesn’t like awards ;
Please vote for us-pure2raw- for raw chef, raw blog, funniest raw vegan women.
Please vote for Twin Cakes Bakery – for best vegan company, best cracker (herb cracker), and best raw vegan sweet treat (chocolate macaroon)
And vote for some of other favorites Gena (choosing raw), Mike Lieberman (urban organic gardener), Kris Carr (crazy sexy life), and Ani Phyo and many more!!!
Please vote for your favorites! Thanks for your support!
Click here Best of Raw to vote!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Miscellaneous, detox
Tags: best of raw, candida diet, cleanse, dairy free milk, green smoothie, Twin Cakes Bakery
Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 08:06 AM
Good Morning Friends,
Well as we mentioned yesterday we have some exciting news! We are doing our first GIVEAWAY!! Yep, you heard us right! Our own giveaway
But first our day started with a lovely gigantic green smoothie ‘un-pictured’ (purple kale, ginger, and bananas). This smoothie we sipped on throughout the morning, so good it really hit the spot for the both of us!
Lunch was cooked amaranth with some warming spices
Warm and delicious! It has been a very long time since we had amaranth it was a nice change.
We tried a few more of these…. before tossing the rest of them
Just wasn’t feeling those.
So we treated ourselves to some hot cocoa which we have made before. Always a crowd pleaser
Dinner was a simple avocado with some red onion and lime juice along side some of this
Twins Workout:
50 minutes of an uphill climb on the treadmill
Walked at 4.0 mph at incline which we started at 10% and ended at 13%
We love this workout because it really works the legs!
Overall our day yesterday was a good day. We even managed to un-pack everything and put everything away!
Now you will be seeing some changes in our food choices over these next few weeks. After talking to a good friend and nutritionist, Gena, she helped me pin point what I need to try next to help with my hormones. Michelle and I have stopped taking birth control about 5 months ago and ever since than we have felt ‘great’ mentally by not taking the pill but our bodies are still adjusting to it.
As many of you know I am going through a real hard time with my skin especially on my face. And Michelle and I have looked over so much information and tried just about everything we thought would help control our hormones and acne. Like reducing our nut intake, increasing our fat (through oils) intake, tried different face products, and even did more yoga. Now, I did see some improvements in my skin and me emotionally though still not close to where I would like to be.
That is when I turned to the lovely Gena to help me! I had so many questions and it was so nice to have someone actually answer my questions! And I had a lot Gena answered every single one with such grace and knowledge. After we discussed a few different things we concluded that I might have some Candida issues.
Therefore, my food options will be different due to following a Candida diet. I will explain it more as we go through it over these next 3 weeks. If anyone is looking for more guidance, want their questions answered, or are just ’stuck’ with their dietary choices and are not happy than I highly recommend Gena’s services. My favorite thing that Gena said the other day to me was that the body wants to heal itself! That gave me the motivation and confidence that I can heal myself!!! Thanks Gena for your kind words and advice on what I should do next.
I am a big believer of fate and that sometimes certain people come into your life that teach you different things. By being in the blog world I have gotten to meet some amazing people and who all have touched my life in some way. And Gena is definitely one of those extraordinary people.
Ok now for the Twins First Giveaway!
In honor of the Holidays and Twin Cakes Bakery is coming to it’s 2nd year anniversary we are offering a variety pack of some of our top sellers. Everything is gluten free, vegan, soy free, corn free, peanut free, and a few items will be raw.
So what is in the variety pack? One lucky person will be getting a sample of the following items
- Raw brownie bites
- Raw rosemary cracker
- Raw pumpkin kale cracker
- Raw collard green fiesta flatbread
- Raw spinach flatbread
- Chocolate chips cookies
- Cranberry orange scone
- Lemon blueberry scone
- Pumpkin chocolate chip muffin
- And our holiday raw gingerbread macaroon
Rules:
1) If you have a blog please link this giveaway to your blog
2) As well as please leave a comment below and why you would like to win this giveaway
3) if you have a twitter account please tweet this post
4) If you do not have a blog, than please let us know if you want to be entered
5) And leave a comment and tell us what you favorite post of ours is
This giveaway will go till December 15th!!!!
If you have any questions please email us at twins at pure2raw.com
Thanks!!!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Giveaway, Health, Hot Topics
Tags: acne, candida diet, Giveaway, hormones, Twin Cakes Bakery, workout
