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December Delights to you, Dearling...
Some of the wintery wonders on offer today include:
- 7 Tips for Eating Raw in Winter/Cold
Places
- Blendtec Contest, PLUS 14% OFF Blendtec Blenders -
Special Offer
- Recipe Videos Galore
- Mr. Monarch's Delicious
December Deals
- Best Of Raw Awards, 2009 - Vote NOW :)
- New
Year's Retreat in Arizona - $200 OFF - Join Us :)
7 Tips for Eating Raw in Winter/Cold Places
One of the questions I get asked most often at this time of year
(from the Northern Hemisphere at least ;) is: "how can someone eat raw in the winter time?".
As I write this, I'm in Arizona, in the blazing
hot desert and sweating just BEING here, yet I know many people
are feeling cold and shivery this time of
year...so here below are seven top tips
for keeping warm, healthy and raw during
the cold times - enjoy :)
1. Sprout, Sprout, SPROUT ;)
Lettuce may be $4 a head and your jaws might be aching from chewing
throug h the mounds of tough winter greens, yet a solution is easy -
SPROUT your own baby greens right there
in your kitchen, for pennies on the dollar, year-round. It doesn't
MATTER where you live, what the weather is like outside or what your
budget looks like - sprouting is easy, cheap and
provides abundant crops year-round. I suggest picking up a few
'sprouting
bags' plus a bag of easy
sprouts to start with such as alfalfa
or our 'Garden
Salad' mix and get going - ENJOY :)
2. Dense Foods - you might find
it beneficial to eat more dense foods in
the cold/wintertime, to help your body get essential fats and buffer out the cold. Nuts, seeds, coconut meat, avocadoes, durian, olives,
oils and other heavier foods might appeal to you more at this
time than in the summer/warm climates.
3. Warm Drinks/Meals - I have
always found warm herbal teas to be VERY
useful for getting through cold times a s a raw foodie (and
remember, I went raw in Iceland and am
from the UK originally ;)... Raw food does not have to equal COLD food. You
might enjoy having foods straight from a dehydrator or warmed soups too - if you can
keep your finger in a warmed soup without pain, then you're not
likely causing too much damage to the enzymes
in the food either ;) Avoid eating things straight from the
fridge if you're feeling chilly...
4. Warming Foods - certain
foods have a 'warming' effect on the body
and you might find these useful during cold times, e.g. ginger, cayenne and hot peppers. I like
sprinkling cayenne into my energy soup...I also know many people who
love to drink straight ginger juice shots
in the winter (NOT me ;)...
5. Dress Warmly - this might seem like an
obvious point, yet I'm always surprised how many people complain of
being cold in the winter time while wearing little clothing...dress WARMER ;) Just like other animals get their
thicker 'winter coats', you might want to thicken out your wardrobe in
the winter too, instead of reaching for that thermostat and turning the heating up ;) We
lose the most heat apparently from our feet and
heads, so keeping those areas especially warm could be
beneficial...
6. Exercise/Sweat - don't go
into stagnation over the winter time:
sweat ;) Do your best to get sweaty at
least once a day if you can. Move your body, exercise, get your circulation and metabolism going...rebounding
and hot
yoga are two excellent indoor winter
activities to get sweaty and limber ;)
7. Spleen Support - this last
tip especially goes out to all my brethren in
the UK, where the winters are typically cold and DAMP...be watchful of your spleen and liver at this time of year, as these
organs can often get low in energy in the creeeeeeeping cold
dampness...brrrrrrrrrr... ;) You can
support these vital organs with warming foods and herbs such as dandelion,
astragalus and milk thistle...
I hope that helps...sending bright winter blissings to you all,
wherever you are ;)
Blendtec Contest, PLUS $60 OFF Blendtec Blenders - Special Offer
If you watch our daily online TV Show, you'll know
we've been LOVING our new Blendtec
Blender with the 4" Blade recently...well, now we have two exciting pieces of news about this yummy
machine for all of YOU... 
Firstly, for the first
time ever, you can now buy a Blendtec
Blender WITH the new larger carafe and the 4" blade. Mr. M is so
enamoured with the new carafe that he
worked personally with the suppliers of this product to get this new
combo out on the market :) We're thrilled it's now here...
Mr. M
did a whole write-up on it recently,
which you can read over HERE - to
summarise, you can now buy a Blendtec Blender WITH the 4" blade, BPA-free carafe, instead of
the smaller carafe - HURRAY :) ...and from now until the end of
December, you can get $60 OFF this
new combo if you use the coupon code 'blendtec' on our site, which will make the
price just $369 (rather than $429):) This could be an IDEAL Holiday Gift. This coupon code will
only work for the new Blendtec Blender with the larger carafe AND...
if you buy this Blendtec Blender, we also programmed the coupon code
to give you 14% off anything else that
you put in your shopping cart :))
You can ALSO get just
the new larger carafe if you like - it will fit
onto any existing Blendtec base and we're currently offering the new
carafes at just $100 each :) These
Blendtec offers are only good until January
1st, so get on this fast if you want to enjoy these fabulous
Holiday deals...
In the video below, we discuss the differences between the high-speed blenders and
carafes:
...AAAAAAND, the other piece of exciting
Blendtec news is that we ALSO have a contest on right now to WIN a free Blendtec Blender with a 4" Blade :)
This contest also runs until the end of December and to be in with a
chance of winning, please send in your
most creative and amusing video entry of no more than 3 minutes
in length, telling us why YOU would love to receive a shiny new Blend-Tec
:) You can send your entries in to
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(we recommend you upload your
video to YouTube and send us the link) before midnight Pacific
time on December the 31st,
to be in with a chance of winning...
(: HAPPY
BLENDING :)
Recipe Videos Galore
MMMmmmmm, we’ve got some yummy raw inspiration treats for you today, with a
selection of raw recipe
videos from our very Monarch selves... ;) Yes, being “off
the road” seemingly gives us more time to get creative in the kitchen and
we’ve been whipping up veggie storms this last week in kitchens across
California ;)
Here are a few of our
recent recipe vids over
at TheRawFoodWorld.TV –
more to come ;)
Muscle Building Recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkbzX9T8H8EDried Mulberries Recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUF2r4ZZOTI
More recipe videos to
come – Mr. M has a whole reel of them lined up ;) If
you're not already subscribed to receive the free daily video emails
over at TheRawFoodWorld.TV, now might
be a good time to subscribe - ENJOY...
Mr. Monarch's Delicious December Deals
Updates and
daring deals from Mr. M's monkey-mind:
 "About 6 months ago John Roulac, the owner of Nutiva, gave us an
incredible deal where you could buy a 3lb bag of
hemp seeds 'Below-Cost'... AND... get a FREE
bottle of Hemp Oil 16oz in a Dark Glass
Jar... Well... John has offered this to us ONCE AGAIN!!! Last
time, after the sale was over, I had people telling me they wished
they had bought more of this special offer. This is the BEST
DEAL we have ever offered... and I’m sure that you will
never see a hemp deal as good as this
one, EVER!!!
Thank you Mr. John Roulac for
helping us out with this amazing special
offer. Get a 3 pound bag of Hemp Seeds ($34.95
Value)'BELOW OUR COST' for as low as $22.88... AND!!!...
When you buy this, you get a Hemp Seed Oil 16oz in a DARK Glass
Jar ($14.95 Value) for FREE!!! This Beautiful Hemp Oil in a
dark glass jar could make a LOVELY
GIFT. Also... if you noticed... as the years go by, the
cost of hemp seeds seems to be slowly going up HIGHER and
HIGHER. Inside word suggests that another JUMP in price is
going to happen again soon, so this is an IDEAL time to
STOCK UP.
There is a LIMITED SUPPLY of these hemp seeds at
this special deal, so I highly recommend JUMPING in on this
offer ASAP, because I don't think they are going to last until the end
of this month.
The following specials are available
until December 31st...
"Below Cost" While
Supplies Last:
Organic Hemp Seeds 3lb & Hemp Oil 16oz (Dark Glass Jar)
- $26, Normally $34.95 - with 7% coup0n $24.18, and 12%
'Inner Circle' coup0n $22.88
Organic Hemp Oil 16oz (Dark Glass Jar) - $5.95, Normally
$14.95 - with 7% coup0n $5.53, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $5.24
"At Cost":
Truly Raw Creamy Almond Butter, 16oz - $13.97, Normally
$19.95 - with 7% coup0n $12.99, and 12% 'Inner Circle'
coup0n $12.29 
Artisana's Coconut Butter, 16oz - $9.49, Normally $12.99 -
with 7% coup0n $8.83, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n
$8.35
Irish Moss, 16oz - $14.96, Normally $19.95 - with 7%
coup0n $13.92, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $13.17
Vanilla Powder, 4oz - $15.74, Normally $22.49 - with 7%
coup0n $14.64, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $13.85
Peruvian Unpitted/Uncured Olives, 15.7oz jar - $7.67,
Normally $10.95 - with 7% coup0n $7.13, and 12% 'Inner
Circle' coup0n $6.75
Spiced Peruvian Unpitted Olives, 8oz - $6.97, Normally
$9.95 - with 7% coup0n $6.48, and 12% 'Inner Circle'
coup0n $6.13
Herbed Peruvian Pitted Olives, 8oz - $6.97, Normally $9.95
- with 7% coup0n $6.48, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n
$6.13
Ocean's Alive Marine Phytoplankton - 3 Pack - $119.95,
Normally $179.85 - with 7% coup0n $111.55, and 12% 'Inner
Circle' coup0n $105.56
To access these
offers, click the link below, or type - hnymn - in the search
box at the top right hand corner of www.TheRawFoodWorld.com.
Click Here For "At Cost" Specials
Additionally, you can redeem this coup0n at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com by
typing in - HONEYMOON - in the coup0n number section, to get an
additional 7% off your order. This coup0n will be good through
December 31st, 2009 and can be redeemed at:
www.TheRawFoodWorld.com
You can get 12% off your order and ALL FUTURE
ORDERS by joining the Inner Circle Community HERE for ONLY $9.97 a
month."
Best Of Raw Awards, 2009 - Vote NOW :)
VOTING is now OPEN for the ‘Best of Raw 2009’ Awards :)
The nominations are all in, for around 30 categories of raw people, goodies, places and
services…and all those nominations have now been neatly
arranged into a pretty voting
form by the divine goddess Laura Fox over
at http://www.BestofRaw.net -
hop on over there now and cast YOUR votes in the myriad categories
such as favourite raw restaurant, book, educator, media, blog, online
store and so on...Mr. Monarch and I are smiling gratefully to be nominees in many categories
;) Thank you :) Winners are to be announced on December 30th – ENJOY...
New Year's Retreat in Arizona - $200 OFF - Join Us :)
OoOOooooo, The
Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center just announced a holiday discount
of $200 off our New Year's
'Renew Yourself' Retreat :) NICE :)
There's still room to join us for new years' at The Tree of Life in Arizona, at this 10-day 'Renew
Yourself' Retreat, from December 27th to January the 6th :) This
10-day celebration of
rejuvenation, raw food, relaxation and exploration of your infinite possibilities is going to be a
fabulous way to see in the new year with vibrant intentions...
You can check out allll the yummy details here
- massage sessions, bodywork, raw food talks, Q&A sessions,
colonics, food prep demos, inipi and more...
Call to
claim the $200 discount
and we look forward to renewing ourselves in unison with you...
:)))
~All blissings for your health and happiness,
this season and always,~
All love,
Ms. Stokes-Monarch. xxx
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