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    Weekly Giveaway | Tribest

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    Another week has come and gone which can only mean one thing - someone has nabbed themselves another Better Raw Giveaway!

    To check out our latest grand prize winner of last week's Get Fresh! magazine subscription - open up Better Raw's Friday Newsletter which should be winging its way to your inbox right about now. If you haven't signed up to receive our Newsletter yet - you're a hop, skip and jump away. Sign up here >>>.

    Tilt your eyes down to behold another great giveaway. This week, we're in the kitchen :)




    Tribest BPA Free Mason Jar Personal Blender 350
    RRP £99.95
    Courtesy of: www.tribest.co.uk




    Tribest is an innovative leader in the Juice Extractor, Dehydrator, Blender and Sprouter business and continues to bring the best products oriented towards the health and well being of their customers. Some of their most renowned products include the Green Star Elite juice extractor, Sedona Combo raw food dehydrator, and Dynablend Horsepower Plus super power blender.

    Personal Blender 350 - small and compact, this high-powered smoothie-blending, coffee-grinding, sauce-making wonder is great for whipping up cool and refreshing smoothies plus lots more. The Tribest Personal Blender lets you blend different recipes for each family member without having to stop and clean a bulky blending jar each time. Simply pop all your ingredients into the unique, BPA free Blend-N-Serve cups, secure the lid, blend and enjoy – so simple. There’s no extra mess to clean up and everyone gets just what they want in under a minute. 

    Personal Note from Kelly @ Better Raw:
    I recently took the Tribest PB-350 for a spin around my kitchen and was pleasantly surprised by its hidden punch for such a 'light-weight' blender. I'm used to handling much heavier, high-powered blenders - the kind you don't really take on your travels. So as I sat the PB-350 on my worktop, I couldn't help but think, 'awww' at its unimposing form. I'll admit there was a small part of me that momentarily questioned how a blender so scaled down in size could break, pulverise and churn up several large handfuls of fruit and greens with a few quick blasts of its motor. BUT... it did. And it did it with a good amount of finesse and determination. Not only that but I really, really love the army of attachments that accompany this particular PB model. The glass mason jars which you can blend straight into - genius - and if you're on-the-fly, literally turn and walk right out the front door whilst attaching one of the useful drinking lids. You leave no washing up behind as you literally take that part with you! The BPA-free containers is a big plus for me as it gives me the peace of mind that I'm not ingesting a load of chemicals along with my nutrient-rich smoothie. I think Tribest have solved several issues for those of us who want simplicity and convenience in our blender but without sacrificing the highest quality and value.




    For a chance to win this week’s prize, follow these simple steps: 
    1. Subscribe to Better Raw’s Newsletter here. If you’re already subscribed, you’re done with step 1!
    2. Follow @BetterRaw on either Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram
    3. Share this week’s prize image on your favourite social network using the hashtag #BetterRawGiveaway. A post to one social network counts as one entry. Post on all four to get four entries!
    Be sure to complete all 3 steps, as we want you to be in with the best chance of winning this fabulous giveaway prize!

    You have until Friday 6th September 2013 before the giveaway closes and a winner is selected. This week's prize is open to UK residents only. For full T&Cs, go here >>

    Weekly Giveaway | Detox Your World

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    We’re trembling with excitement and anticipation at Better Raw HQ as we are delighted to announce that we will be doing some fantastic prize-giveaways for our valued and well-deserving followers. We have some seriously delicious, healthy handfuls (and armfuls) of enviable treats to shower upon some fortunate fair ladies and kind gentlemen.

    Better yet… we’re going to be making these giveaways a WEEKLY event! So if you enter and don’t win the first week, or even the second or third – guess what? There will be another week for you to clinch your prize!

    We’ve been fortunate enough to team up with some cracking companies who have bent over backwards to see to it that Better Raw’s enlightened readers and followers are equipped with the very best, highest quality, innovative, tantalizingly tasty prizes they could put their hard-working hands on.

    We’re pleased, proud and ecstatic to announce our very first weekly prize giveaway as follows…




    1 x Cacao Powder (500g)
    1 x Cacao Butter (500g)
    1 x Cacao Nibs (500g)
    1 x Cacao Beans (500g)
    5 x LoveChock Bars – All flavours (40g each)

    RRP £76.00




    Detox Your World are the UK’s first ever shop for people living the raw food and healthy vegan lifestyle. As well as publishing educational materials, they retail over 800 genuine health products and are wholesalers to ethical companies worldwide.

    Cacao butter is an indulgent raw chocolate butter that’s prepared from certified organic Criollo beans and boasts a lovely delicate aroma. Perfect in a tempting range of raw chocolate recipes and a particularly nourishing massage oil for skin.

    Cacao powder is a totally pure and unrefined certified organic chocolate powder that boasts the powerful flavour and intense aroma of raw chocolate. Delicious in smoothies, shakes and protein drinks and an ideal ingredient in raw chocolate desserts, cakes and chocolate bars.

    Cacao beans are whole, unpeeled and totally unadulterated raw organic Criollo cacao beans of only the finest quality and the cacao nibs are the irresistible pieces. Both can be enjoyed exactly as they are or combined with a variety of dried fruit and nuts.

    LoveChoc Bars are a delicious selection of hand made raw chocolate bars that have been lovingly created from 100% organic ingredients and come in a variety of irresistible flavours including pure nibs, almond and fig, goji and orange, mulberry and vanilla, pineapple and inca.


    Note from Kelly @ Better Raw:
    Products such as the Cacao Nibs, Cacao Powder and Cacao Butter have quickly become everyday staples (code for absolute necessities/couldn’t live without/must-haves) in my kitchen. I am particularly fond of my cacao and almond nutshakes at the moment and even my husband has become besotted with them, so cacao is never far from my blender. I have also recently become a fan of the LoveChock Bars which I have been carrying around as they make great healthy snacks-on-the-go. I’ve been using Detox Your World’s cacao products since beginning my raw, healthier food journey and don’t have any reason to stop now!




    For a chance to win this week’s prize, follow these simple steps: 
    1. Subscribe to Better Raw’s Newsletter here. If you’re already subscribed, you’re done with step 1!
    2. Follow @BetterRaw on either Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram
    3. Share this week’s prize image on your favourite social network using the hashtag #BetterRawGiveaway. A post to one social network counts as one entry. Post on all four to get four entries!
    Be sure to complete all 3 steps, as we want you to be in with the best chance of winning this fabulous giveaway prize!

    You have until Friday 23rd August 2013 before the giveaway closes and a winner is selected. This prize is open to participants worldwide. For full T&Cs, go here>>

    Lately in the Press...

    Here are a few of the publications and events I was fortunate to contribute to recently.

    See the 'Appearing' page for more and feel free to get in touch with all media opportunities by emailing Tanya At Better Raw Dot Com.


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    All four copies of my eBooks (Purified, Seduced, Festive and Nourished) are being translated into French and will soon be available on http://www.marketveg.com 



    CAM Lifestyle Magazine- expert advice on finding the right juicer.
    August 2013




    Raw Food 101 is still the No1 Amazon Bestselling DVD since its release in November 2011.



    Planet Organic have worked tirelessly to give Raw Food more awareness in the UK. As their finale to a mega successful RAWvolution- their month of raw, I was invited to round it off as their expert guest chef.
    July 2013




    Healthy Staff Magazine - my collaboration with Tribest to bring healthy smoothie recipes to workplaces.
    Summer 2013





    Alternatives - this leading event organisation for conscious speakers had me as one of their Soul of Coaching presenters and the first ever spokesperson on Raw Food, since their release in 1982.
    Spring/Summer 2013



    Radio Verulam (St Herts, UK 92.6 FM) - interviewed by Elizabeth Shakti Kaloczi.
    July 2013


    Get Fresh! Magazine - My 'Cleansing, the Alkaline way' article.
    Summer 2013





    Jesse van der Velde - the CEO of Detox Your World and Superfood.nl interviews me.
    May 2013



    WOW TALKS - Special guest for Food + Drink London event.
    February 2013




    three things | the raw review

    A guest post by Kelly Smith
    If there was ever a soppy lover of raw food and an insatiable bounty hunter for all things nutritious and wholesome - you've just found them on this page. For me, it doesn't get much better than raw food and warm afternoons - preferably the two together but as long as there's raw food in the world and special people to help give it a platform, I'll be there with my trusty lasso.
    I'm super excited and delighted to share with you my recent experience with some highly nutritious raw food snacks and treats that I had the privilege of lassoing :)  Be sure to leave your thoughts and comments about any of these goodies.
    Love & Light,
    Kelly :)
     
    I was really excited to try these super-raw, dehydrated Reishi Crackits for the first time as I had been reading about tonic mushrooms and their mega, immune-boosting properties.
    These particular crackits are flavoured with tangy onion, black pepper and herbs and boy, are they a heady treat for the senses - as I was to find when I got inside the packet.
    On smell, they have a sweet, smoky fragrance which I found particularly appealing. On texture, you get a nice soft chewy crunch which won't disturb your work colleagues or make you have to turn up the TV mid-munch. On taste, all those added flavours really do sizzle without being overpowering or leaving that unpleasant onion-taste in your mouth - most important if you're working around others!
    Particularly note-worthy though is how nutritionally-dense these babies are. You'll find little gems such as almonds, sunflower seeds, carrots, courgettes, chia seeds and flax seeds - all packed tightly into a single crackit. Eating this variety of nuts and seeds in a compact cracker makes getting your daily protein and omegas so much more easier - I love that.
     
    It gets better as these heavenly offerings are not only nutritiously raw but also vegan, wheat-free and soy-free. I'm a big snacker and am always seeking out healthy alternatives to biscuits and crisps. I definitely found it in the humble, nimble crackit.
    Revered as 'King of the Fruits' in South-East Asian countries, though probably better known for its somewhat funky aroma.
    I was extremely excited to try Durian for the first time, having absolutely no reference point for its taste, texture or smell but having read about its reputation as a vitamin and mineral-rich treat.
    Living in a distinctly non-tropical climate (boo hoo) means it's very rare to find fresh Durian, so to be able to try the dried variety is the best I could hope for.
    The golden jagged-edge pieces of this fruit mimic little shards of honeycomb - even down to its light, crunchy texture. Although the smell and taste bear no resemblance whatsoever. That's where Durian is in a class of its own. It has the most surprising taste - it's definitely not unpleasant - but it might not be what you would expect from its appearance.
    Most tropically-grown fruit such as pineapples, mangoes and papayas are incredibly sweet to taste - even the dried out versions - but I didn't feel this was the case with dried Durian. Maybe it started out a little on the sweet side but as you get into the chew, this unique savoury flavour begins to take over.
    I would even go so far as to describe the flavour as onion-like. I hope that doesn't put you off trying it! Just to be certain I wasn't going mad though, I asked some of my family members to try the Durian for themselves to see what they thought. Without my even mentioning the onion taste, everyone immediately said it had a soft onion flavour that was very savoury and enjoyable.
    So there you have it - a tropical fruit that tastes like a savoury vegetable. Well, sort of. Try it for yourself and see what you think.
    To fully appreciate the breadth of this super-fruit, allow me to quickly run through some of its vital statistics for you.
    1. Natural multivitamin - super loaded with vitamin C, calcium, potassium, thiamin and vitamin B6. That all means that you'll benefit from increased energy and metabolism (hooray), a reinforced immune system (bye, bye bad guys) and a reduction in tiredness and fatigue (now you're talking).
    2. Rich in Fibre - astonishingly, Baobab is 50% fibre, half of which is soluble - easier to digest.
    3. High in Antioxidants - Baobab really takes the prize here. It contains one of the highest antioxidant capacities of any fruit in the world! It has five times the antioxidants of Acai berries and twice that of Goji berries. Wow. Impressed? I clearly am.
    So how does it taste? When I got round to experimenting with this super-friendly super-fruit, I first diluted it into some pure distilled water to get the full impact. I was pleased to discover a very lemony, almost sherbet-like taste which was enjoyable and easy to drink.
    You could easily combine this powder with items in your regular juice or smoothie. I did this several times by mixing it with a combination of bananas, spinach, lemons and parsley. Whilst it's harder to pick out the delicate taste of the Baobab when its surrounded by other flavours, just knowing it was there and giving me a nutrient boost was sweet enough.
    This super-fruit even tastes good all by itself. I've taken to scooping my finger into the powder and enjoying it totally neat - as if my finger was a replacement piece of liquorice in those much-loved sherbet dips. I think I've come to enjoy those tangy tongue tingling sensations a little too much. So there you have it: three things, all raw, all delicious. Look forward to posting more reviews here very soon... Happy munching :)

    eating amsterdam | raw food style | reviews

    I love Amsterdam. Period.

    It wasn't my first time paying the Netherlands a visit last week, but it was the first time since the birth of Better Raw. And because now I was seeing everything through a different lens, you can argue that this was really the first time after all.

    Come on a mini walking tour with me...

    Wondering along Amsterdam's canals 

    This makes me want to live in a house boat

    Cute + stylish + historic + fresh + cosy + adventurous = all in one apartment, only in Amsterdam

    Like a flower to sunshine

    Bicycle central!  Sis- you'd love this!!

    Getting amongst it.

    Backwards, yet makes so much sense.


    I had all sorts of intentions to try every single raw food cafe in the city, but... 1). I underestimated how many choices were available, especially that I was only there for 30 hours. And 2). I didn't expect to be catered for by the most beautiful hosts with their delicious homemade smoothies, pesto courgette pasta, raw chocolates and chia puddings.  

    As awesome as that is for me, I'm not so sure that Marjolijn and Jesse have plans to open their own restaurant any time soon (they already run www.superfood.nl and www.detoxyourworld.com), so I figured that even if I grabbed a small snack somewhere, I could report back to you on what raw food eats are available in Amsterdam... 


    Our first stop was the Superfood Centre, an all-in-one wellbeing hub (check out the people working out in the background at 9am Sunday morning). I just arrived then and wasn't hungry for the big selection of their cereal bar/ snack/ chocolate/ superfood range, but they had a juicer, which may as well have been called 'the transportation device to heaven' and at that point I wouldn't have known the difference. 

     

    Eazie was a lunch time stop. To be honest it wasn't on my list and I was heading elsewhere, but the fact that it said 'Salads, Woks, Smoothies' caught my eye and woke up my hunger. I had their basic Greek salad and the most delicious 'Crazy Coconut'- banana, pineapple, orange, coconut smoothie. This I think is a great example of one of many restaurants, where you can find a full raw meal, without it specialising in our funky cuisine. 


    Juicy Details at Schiphol Airport was a very VERY exciting discovery and made me seriously wonder why every airport doesn't have a juice bar. Flying is so taxing on our immune system, but a juice or a whole food smoothie before and after a flight is all that is needed to rebalance, ground and reinvigorate our precious body.



    Here are some of the places I never made it to, but hopefully if you visit Amsterdam, you can benefit from these suggestions...

    The Soulsister sells vitamins, superfoods, natural cosmetics and it has a wheatgrass bar! You could even grab yourself a handy booklet called InLivin' The Good Life Guide To Amsterdam, while you are there. 

    Unlimited Health seems to have it all- a health foods store, a yoga centre, as well as a juice bar, restaurant and a bistraw, where you can get some apparently delicious salads, quiches and cakes to eat in or take away.

    Golden Temple has been recommended to me for their raw chocolate slice and other cakes on the permanent desserts menu, but if you would like a three course raw food meal, reservations will need to be arranged in advance. 

    Bolhoed looks really good for a vegan (not raw) option and by the sounds of the reviews, definitely a place I'd like to pay a visit, especially being so near Anne Frank's House and Noordermarkt.



    Did I miss any of your favourite raw food eats? Maybe even just a vegan option? Let me know in the comments below...