A HUGE thank-you goes out to the generous folks at NuNaturals!!!

Did you enjoy the chocolate recipe I created with stevia? Hope so!

Have you ever tried stevia? What about NuNaturals products? Would you like to?

Cross your fingers, enter this giveaway, and maybe you can – FOUR of you!

Yes, FOUR readers will win the following:

ONE Box of NuStevia Packets

ONE Bottle of NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia Liquid

To enter the giveaway:

Simply leave a comment letting me know if you’ve ever tried stevia. If so, do you love or hate it? Would you try it again? What’s your favorite recipe using stevia? Something along those lines.

That’s it. Easy peasy!

Winners will be randomly chosen. Contest ends Thursday, May 31.

 Contest open to Continental U.S. residents ONLY.

Now, on to freebies and discounts for YOU!

FREE SAMPLES

(Open to all Continental U.S. readers.)

Just send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to NuNaturals at the following address:

NuNaturals, INC
2220 West 2nd Ave. # 1
Eugene, OR 97402

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – ENDS JUNE 30, 2012

Be sure to take full advantage of SPECIAL DISCOUNTS on all future orders only available from ordering through the NuNaturals website :
www.nunaturals.com

When you to www.nunaturals.com CHECKOUT PAGE just enter this DISCOUNT CODE:

BLG0612

And you will receive a SPECIAL DISCOUNT of…

15% on your TOTAL ORDER.

FREE SHIPPING, TOO!!!

By ordering from www.nunaturals.com, you will ALSO receive FREE SHIPPING to the CONTINENTAL U.S. on all orders TOTALING $35.00, and over, AFTER this special discount.

Have you ever tried NuNaturals Stevia? Well, if you haven’t, take advantage of the free samples, discount code, and FREE SHIPPING!!

Ever since NuNaturals sent me that awesome gift package (I blogged about it here), I’ve been trying to think of something awesome to make with some of the products – today was the day!

I wanted something with coffee, double mocha powder, stevia, and something super moist and decadent.

Oh, wow.

This cake DELIVERS all that and more!

Yuuummmmm!!!!

To get started, gather all your ingredients, measuring cups, bowls, etc. This will save you time in the end.

I took a photo of the healthiest ingredients (although milk and coffee are healthy too but they missed the photo).

SWEET TOOTH NOTE: I use stevia in my coffee, tea, and baked goods so I am not used to sugar. If you are, you might not think this is as sweet as you’re used to. You may want to add more sweetener.

Sugar-Free Wake-Me-Up Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

11/2 cups self-rising flour

1/4 cup ground flax

2 cups NuStevia Sweetener (Stevia Baking Blend)

3/4 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup coconut oil

1 cup strong coffee, cooled (not cold, just not hot)

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup greek yogurt (I used vanilla Chobani)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Baking Note: Stevia Baking Blend is a 1:1 ratio compared to sugar. So, if you use 1 cup of sugar in a recipe, you can replace that with the same exact amount of Stevia Baking Blend—1 cup.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350*.

2. Spray a light coat of cooking spray in your cake pan ( I used a medium-sized bundt cake pan).

3. Combine dry ingredients in a big bowl. I whisked mine together (instead of sifting): NuStevia Baking Blend, ground flax, self-rising flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt.

4. In a second bowl, whisk your wet ingredients: strong coffee, vanilla extract, farm fresh eggs, oil, milk.

5. Now add half of your wet ingredients into the dry ingredient bowl and combine until smooth. Add the rest of wet ingredients, stirring until well combined.

6. Pour your sugar-free chocolate coffee batter into your lightly sprayed cake pan and bake 30 – 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Time and temp vary according to oven. (I have a small, apartment-sized gas cookstove so I bake at a lower temp for a little longer and that works well for me.)

“Sugar-Free” Double Mocha Coffee Glaze

Ingredients:

7 tablespoons strong brewed coffee

2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I used Singing Dog by NuNaturals)

3 tablespoons double mocha powder (omit this ingredient if you want 100% sugar-free result – I threw this in at the end and it was delish but there is sugar in the double mocha powder)

1 1/2 cups NuNaturals Sweet Health Erythritol Crystals

1 tablespoon (melted) butter

Directions:

1. Whisk above ingredients together and drizzle over cake.

Now on to the sweetest part of all… digging in!

Have you had your chocolate fix today?

And….

Now, on to freebies and discounts for YOU!

FREE SAMPLES

(Open to all Continental U.S. readers.)

Just send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to NuNaturals at the following address:

NuNaturals, INC
2220 West 2nd Ave. # 1
Eugene, OR 97402

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – ENDS JUNE 30, 2012

Be sure to take full advantage of SPECIAL DISCOUNTS on all future orders only available from ordering through the NuNaturals website :
www.nunaturals.com

When you to www.nunaturals.com CHECKOUT PAGE just enter this DISCOUNT CODE:

BLG0612

And you will receive a SPECIAL DISCOUNT of…

15% on your TOTAL ORDER.

FREE SHIPPING, TOO!!!

By ordering from www.nunaturals.com, you will ALSO receive FREE SHIPPING to the CONTINENTAL U.S. on all orders TOTALING $35.00, and over, AFTER this special discount.

Have you ever tried NuNaturals Stevia? Well, if you haven’t, take advantage of the free samples, discount code, and FREE SHIPPING!! I’ll be back soon… I have a SURPRISE for you all!!!

A HUGE thank-you goes out to the generous folks at NuNaturals!!!

What I received:

* Stevia, 100 packets

* Stevia, Alcohol Free Glass Bottle (2 oz.)

* Morefiber Stevia (14 oz.)

* Stevia, Vanilla Alcohol Free (2 oz.)

* Stevia Clear, Plastic Bottle (2 oz.)

* Stevia Pure Bottle (1 oz.)

* Stevia, Cocoa Bottle (2 oz.)

* Vanilla Extract, Alcohol Free (2 oz.)

* Vanilla Beans (2-pak)  

Now, on to freebies and discounts for YOU!

FREE SAMPLES

      (Open to all Continental U.S. readers.)

Just send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to NuNaturals at the following address:

NuNaturals, INC
2220 West 2nd Ave. # 1
Eugene, OR  97402

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – ENDS JUNE 30, 2012

Be sure to take full advantage of SPECIAL DISCOUNTS on all future orders only available from ordering through the NuNaturals website :
www.nunaturals.com

When you to www.nunaturals.com CHECKOUT PAGE just enter this DISCOUNT CODE:

BLG0612

And you will receive a SPECIAL DISCOUNT of…

15% on your TOTAL ORDER.

FREE SHIPPING, TOO!!!

By ordering from www.nunaturals.com, you will ALSO receive FREE SHIPPING to the CONTINENTAL U.S. on all orders TOTALING  $35.00, and over, AFTER this special discount.

Have you ever tried NuNaturals Stevia? Well, if you haven’t, take advantage of the free samples, discount code, and FREE SHIPPING!! I’ll be back soon… I have a SURPRISE for you all!!!

And don’t forget to see if you’re the Chobani giveaway winner!

How’s everyone? Enjoying a beautiful, sunny Sunday – I know I sure am!

But I know the real reason you’re here isn’t for small talk, but to find out which one of you very lucky readers won an ENTIRE CASE of Chobani Greek Yogurt.

I always use Random.org so everything will be fair and square.

Mr. Random chose # 48, which belongs to Candace!

Candace said in her winning comment:

Congratulations, Candace!!! I’ll contact you via email with the news and instructions to receive your prize.

Thanks so much to all who entered. Hold on, there’s more giveaways coming – SOON!!!

Did you read my Chobani Greek yogurt review yet? If not, you can click here. Go ahead, I’ll wait for you to come back….

Finished? Good.

As you could tell from the review, I simply cannot say enough good things about this yogurt. The company and people behind it are awesome and provide such a rich, creamy, healthy, luscious, decadent, fresh AND refreshing yogurt that I’m simply and utterly blown away!

I’m so very honored to have the opportunity to host this giveaway for you. If you’re like me, you’d heard about Chobani all over the web for quite some time but maybe it isn’t sold in your area or for whatever reason, you haven’t taken the leap to try it yet.

Well, now’s your chance to WIN an entire case of Chobani yogurt!

This giveaway is open to both US & Canadian residents, though Canadians will just receive the flavors available up there: Strawberry, Peach, Black Cherry, and Pomegranate.

To enter this contest, there’s only…

ONE Required Entry!!

 

Visit www.chobani.com and let me know which product you’d most like to try – AND come back and leave a comment letting me know that you did. That’s it – easy peasy!

BUT… If you want to put in a little extra effort….

(and receive a LOT of extra entries – aka chances to win) keep reading…

Numerous ways to get extra entries!

Note: Don’t forget the above, one required entry.

2. For FIVE EXTRA ENTRIES, share this contest on your blog, linking back to this post. Leave FIVE SEPARATE COMMENTS to let me know you did. (Yep, you’ll really leave FIVE different comments for this so you’ll be able to get five extra entries. )

3. “Like” Chobani on Facebook. Then, come back here and leave a comment to let me know you did that – or that you already are.

4. “Like” Raw Juice Girl on Facebook. Leave a comment on this post saying you did-or that you already are.

5. Follow Healing with (Raw) Juices on Facebook’s Networked Blogs. Leave a comment on this post saying that you did- or do.

6. Do you use Twitter? Follow @RawJuiceGirl on Twitter. Comment on this post, saying you did- or do.

7. Follow @Chobani on Twitter. Leave a comment on this post that you did that.

8. Tweet about this contest and then leave a comment with your Twitter name. You can use this tweet (or your own, just be sure to include via @RawJuiceGirl @Chobani) – Then, leave a comment that you did – with your Twitter name or status link.

@Chobani @RawJuiceGirl are giving away a case of yogurt! Enter now!! (http://tinyurl.com/85t92vo) Ends 2/18 US & CA

FOR EVEN MORE ENTRIES: For tweets and Facebook shares,  you may share the contest up to 5 times a day, but each tweet/share must be 1-2 hours or so after the previous one. (Thanks so much for understanding my position of keeping things fair and square, y’all!)

9. Subscribe to Healing with (Raw) Juices via e-mail (sign up here) – be sure to verify your subscription or this entry won’t count.Then comment and let me know you did – or that you already are.

10.  Subscribe to Healing with (Raw) Juices via RSS (sign up here). Then leave a comment telling me you did – or that you are.

11. Subscribe to Raw Juice Girl’s newsletter (sign up here ). Then comment here and let me know you did -or that you already have.

NOTE: Please leave a comment for each entry (tweet, facebook share, etc.) because each comment will be counted as a number when I enter the total number of comments at Random.org once the contest ends.

Contest Deadline: Saturday, February 18, 2012

I’ll accept comments until midnight. (Central Time).

Random.org will be used to select the winner, who will be posted the next day.

That gives you TWO WEEKS to get your entries in! Hurry and spread the word.

The more entries you have, the higher your chances of winning this rich, creamy giveaway!!

Go tell all your friends and have FUN!!!!

Let the contest begin!!!

Hurry and get your entries in, so one of these lovely boxes will be arriving on YOUR doorstep!

Delivery!

Enter: Chobani Greek Yogurt

“We make Chobani deep in the rolling hills of Central New York. Our expert team is committed to bringing you products made with only natural ingredients that are not only the highest quality but also taste great too.” – Chobani

About Chobani

So what’s this about Chobani? When did the company start? Who founded it?

I did a little research on the Chobani site, www.chobani.com, and discovered some facts about Chobani’s history:

“Chobani was founded by Hamdi Ulukaya in 2005 and is now the largest yogurt manufacturer in New York State.”

A native to Turkey, Hamdi’s experience with Mediterranean food goes back three generations. Chobani is his vision-become-reality desire to bring the U.S. delicious foods made from super quality, natural ingredients.

From the site:

Mustafa Dogan is Chobani’s Master Yogurt Maker. He’s an artisan armed with years of yogurt-making experience and is responsible for crafting the rich, deliciousness that is Chobani.

Mustafa custom blends special yogurt cultures just for Chobani. We add these to the milk that we receive daily from local farms to make yogurt. We then strain this yogurt to make it outrageously creamy and ridiculously high in protein.

This unique straining process is what makes Chobani “Greek” and full of flavor and health benefits:
·      Only natural ingredients. No preservatives. No artificial flavors.
·      Free of synthetic growth hormones: No rBST-treated milk.
·      Includes 5 live & active cultures, including 3 probiotics.
·      Made with real fruit.
·      Twice the protein of regular yogurts.
·      A good source of bone-building calcium.
·      Gluten-Free and Kosher-Certified.
·      Safe for people with corn, nut and soy allergies.

Peaches

Juicy little pieces of peaches are scattered throughout this one. The peach flavor is strong, but subtle – one of my favorites this far!  

Strawberry

See the strawberries all in there?! I ate this one with some cereal. Thick, creamy, decadent, rich, full of strawberries and strawberry flavor. Yum-O!

Blueberry

This flavor was spot-on. There are juicy little blueberries in every bite and it’s just delish!

Vanilla

Didn’t get a picture of this one (???) but it was so decadent and yummy. I’d definitely try it again! And it would be perfect for smoothies or overnight oats. Mmmmm….

Pineapple

As I go through the reviewing process and sample these Chobani Greek yogurts, they just keep getting better and BETTER! Introducing you to the pineapple flavor of Chobani Greek yogurt is MY PLEASURE. Goodness gracious, this is so delicious!

Let me begin by saying this one is fresh and refreshing, sweet and tangy, juicy and creamy and decadent and my, oh my! Mmmmm….

What a winner!

Pineapple Chobani Greek yogurt is SO good, in fact, I feel it could be used as icing on a tropical cake – NO JOKE!

Black Cherry

This was a really great one to eat straight from the container, with or without toppings. I combined it with cereal. It wasn’t my favorite but I have nothing bad to say about it – definitely yummy!

Strawberry-Banana

The strawberry-banana flavor was definitely a favorite. I loved the taste, the texture, the combo. Perfect!

Mango

I’m not a big “mango person” but once again, I was pleasantly surprised at the total fresh taste and refreshing aspect of Chobani Greek yogurt. The chunks of juicy fruit are simply amazing and extremely delicious. SO good! I’d absolutely eat this again and again!

Pomegranate

Like mango, I’m not big on pomegranate either. I don’t know why. It’s just never really “spoke” to me or called out: “eat me, eat me”! like other flavors this world offers.

However, it was spot-on and I couldn’t be more pleased with my experience. I’d eat it again!

Raspberry

I LOVE all berries I’ve tried (blueberry, strawberry, blackberry…) and raspberry is no different. I chunked the whole container of the raspberry Greek yogurt in a smoothie with banana, hemp powder, and ice. Luscious and delish!

I can’t say enough good things about Chobani Greek yogurt. It amazes me how fresh it tastes and how refreshing it is! I’m definitely SOLD and can’t wait to try more!

Thank you, Chobani, for the case of your AMAZING Greek yogurt. I enjoyed it, immensely!

Blueberry 0% Nutrition Facts

What about you? Have you tried Chobani yogurt? Do you have a favorite flavor? Chime in!

Would you like to win an ENTIRE CASE OF CHOBANI to gobble up yourself? Guess what? You CAN!

Enter HERE for numerous chances to win your very own assorted case of Chobani Greek yogurt.

Woo hoo!

Just wanted to let you know I’m still around – I’m just lost in Chobani Heaven.

Oh. So. Good.

I’m reviewing a case of different flavors and documenting my thoughts on each.

In-depth review coming soon!

Have you tried Chobani? Have you tried Greek yogurt? I LOVE It!

Until then, check out my latest at Mainline Gardening: Hemp-Honey Donut Holes. Yum!

But it didn’t work out that way – not like I had planned, anyway.

The nuts arrived. I was excited. I took photos.

Then I started fantasizing about a unique recipe.

I asked myself the following questions:

Should I bake it?
Should it be in smoothie form?
Should I try to make it raw, or mostly raw?

Cookies?

Muffins?

Cake?

All those are so ordinary. Mundane. To be expected.

So, I thought I’d open the bag and taste ‘em and go from there.

Um, boy did I go.

Each day that passed by, I’d nibble a few more.

“These taste like cinnamon rolls!” I told my husband.

When I convinced him to taste ‘em, he thought the same thing!

“Hmmmm….” I thought. I can’t make cinnamon rolls – they already taste like cinnamon rolls!

And, of course, one day led to the next, the delicious cinnamon pecans (mysteriously) disappearing.

Until… slowly, but surely, they were almost all gone.

Yep, folks, almost the entire pound of pecans is now tucked away in my hips. *giggles*

I still have enough to make a recipe.

But honestly, I can’t think of a better way to eat ‘em than straight from the bag!

And, in the end…. cookies it was.

Cinnamon Pecan Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

(Based on Averie’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies)

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
2. 1 cup brown sugar
3. 1/2 cup white sugar
4. 1 egg (I used a large brown one.)
5. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
6. 1 teaspoon cinnamon (Averie’s recipe called for two but I cut it in half since I added cinnamon pecans from Oh!Nuts.)
7. 1 cup flour (I used self-rising ‘cause that’s what I had on hand.)
8. 1.5 cup old-fashioned oats
9. 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
10. 1 cup chopped cinnamon pecans (I used Oh!Nuts)

Directions:

1. Melt butter.

2. In a big bowl, add brown and white sugar to melted butter and stir. Allow to cool to room temp.

3. Add vanilla extract, cinnamon, flour, and oats. Stir.

4. Add coconut flakes and cinnamon pecans (or other add-ins like raisins, etc.)

5. If you have time, refrigerate dough (I’m not sure I’d do this next time – I’ll explain below.)

6. Drop spoonsful of dough on your cookie sheet.

7. I have a gas oven that really gets hot so I adjusted Averie’s suggestion of 325 to under 300 so my cookies wouldn’t burn. I also had to put my cookies on the very top rack. Depending on your oven, bake 10-12 minutes or so – or less until they reach your desired finished product. If you like them soft and chewy, bake less. If you want a crunchier cookie with that crunchy bottom, leave in the oven a little longer.

8. I cooled my cookies on a rack.

These cookies turned out a little crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. (My first batch. Details below. )

FYI NOTE: I baked the first batch and then got sidetracked so I decided to put the dough back in the fridge and come back to finish baking later yesterday. When I came back, my dough was too dry and hard, so I ended up having to improvise. I had company over and after my sweet cousin, Krista, added 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup peanut butter…. all was well in my cookie world!

The rest of the batch turned out really moist and chewy and delicious. Yum-O!

Depending on how big you make your cookies – and how much raw cookie dough you nibble on! – you’ll end up with a couple dozen cookies or so, give or take a few.  

She’s quite the little chef and baker!

Thank you Oh!Nuts – and Krista!

FTC Disclaimer: Oh!Nuts sent a sample of the nuts mentioned in this review. They did not pay me to write this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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How’s the holiday season treating you? Hope you’re taking breathers here and there (maybe even sneaking in a raw juice or smoothie!) and taking care of yourself as you take care of everyone else and prepare for all the celebrations.

That said, www.E3Live.com has decided to share some holiday cheer and pass on a 20% off discount to us. How cool is that?!

I mentioned E3Live a lot during one of my 30-day raw juice fasts (that was documented) and I’ve reviewed the following products and hosted a RAWsome giveaway for them.

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