Gooooood morning ye’ ol green smoothie guzzlers!
Forgive this friendly take over of our Green Smoothie Blog, but we’ve got somethin’ exciting going on and thought you should know about it.
It’s St. Patty’s Day! One of the most important days of the year for a Green Smoothie Queen like me. The only other day we get THIS excited about is our International Green Smoothie Day coming up on August 15th. Mark that one in your calendar, my lovelies.
As you’ll see there are a lot of exciting things going on around here… helpful tips, suggestions and recipes galore, so if you’re new to the world of Green Smoothies, then DIVE IN, DARLIN’ and click those links on the side!
For those of you who are currently participating in our Green Smoothie Challenge then Heads up, Honeybunch! It’s finally time for me to reveal our Green Smoothie Awards and The Pot of Gold we’ll put putting at the end of your Green Smoothie Rainbow.
The Pot O’ Gold
While some prizes will be easier to determine than others, we’ll have to decide based on the degree of effort and output. We have books, diva shirts, all of our programs to choose from. The only prize predetermined is the blender and that is for the The Ripple Maker Award–The Person who makes the greatest effort to get the word about Green Smoothies.
Be assured of this, dear green smoothie goer, if you make a stunning effort, we will do whatever we can to dish you up with goodness. Last year we asked Blendtec for an extra machine because we were so impressed with the efforts put out by others.
Successful Green Smoothie Participant Award (Everyone Can Win!)
Just like in marathons and half marathon races, everyone gets a finishers medal for coming on out and playing along. So, as long as you do your best, make it to the finish line and let us know that you’ve made it there and had a great time along the way (it’s okay to tell us if you didn’t have a great time, too, you know) then you will be awarded one of our successful Green Smoothie Participant Awards.
We can’t put a medal around your neck, but we can tell you that for having participated fully and for having shared your success with us, we’ll pass along a special gift to help you along your journey to excellent health and high energy living. So, for those of you who make it to the finish line and tell us about it, we’ll be gifting you with…
...an entire MONTH of raw food recipes LOADED with Green Goodness to inspire you along your journey.
Qualifications: You must be a registered participant of our Green Smoothie Challenge, and you have to send us in a letter letting us know you played along and telling us how it went!
Top Powder Room Posters (5 Winners) Prize Value $30
We’ve got a great community forum going on and this is really the place where people come to support each other, give and get feedback and make things happen. If you’ve not yet check it out, then you can feel free to visit by clicking the link HERE!
Starting today (Tuesday, March 17th) and ending on Saturday morning, after we celebrate the coming of Spring, we’ll be keeping tabs on the Powder Room posters. Those of you who are out there contributing the most, sharing your stories, encouraging others and playing along will be awarded a special Gift from us.
Get Out Your Cameras and Start Revving Your Blenders Because These Are The Active Green Smoothie Goer Awards! All prizes in this category will be valued at between $50-$100.
We’ll be dishing out some treats and surprises for those participants of the program who send in pictures of their kitchen experiments. You can visit the Diva Blog to see examples of how people have done things in the past.
Most Elegant Green Smoothie Presentation Award (1)
C’mon, make it DIVA! 
Let yourself go with some flash and sophistication! We’ll be watching!
Most Creative Green Smoothie Presentation Award (1)
We’ve seen all kinds of displays of green love! Whatever you do, make it creative and we’ll be fairly easily impressed.
Most Prolific Green Smoothie Recipe Producer (1 or more if warranted)
This is the person who sends us the most new green smoothie recipes!
Green Smoothie Mustache Awards (5)
These are for kids that get into the spirit of things. Send us pictures of your loved ones smothered in green love lips and we’ll gift you a copy of ALL our ebooks for toddlers and healthy lunches so you’ll have the support you need to get your muffin through his/her growing years with healthy snacks.
Green Smoothie Video Awards (1) Prize Value $100-$150
We want YOU to get out your home video camera and make a mini green smoothie video. It doesn’t have to be about “How to Make” a Green Smoothie. You decide. We give you full creative license to do whatever it takes to inspire us about Green Smoothies, then post it on Youtube. The only qualification is that you must tell people in the video to take the challenge themselves. It doesn’t have to be OUR challenge, just challenge them. Of course,
The Ripple-Maker Award And The Big Red Blendtec Looooove Machine!
We’re pulling out the spanky love machine for this one. I know many of you have been waiting to hear what it’s going to take to win the Blendtec blender and let me tell you, it’s not going to be easy. We need to keep this fair and usually the way we play the “Win the Blender Game” is like this:
As you’ve noticed around here we do our best to offer a lot of great things for FREE or darn near close to FREE. We have out FREE 7-day detox, we have our Green Smoothie Challenge (which is only $5 and we give $3 to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society AND let you invite a special guest for FREE. We also have going on right now a FREE 90-day detox through the diva blog. So it’s proof we don’t mess around when it comes to offering services and support for a community of people inspired about health.
But you know, when you were walking outside the other day… all those people you noticed who look unwell and likely aren’t feeling so hot, either, we don’t know how to get their attention.
We don’t know how to nudge them on the shoulder and say, “Hey! Check out this detox. It might help for that skin condition you have.” or… “Look at this! Maybe it could help you.” We don’t know how to reach all the people in your local community, but YOU DO! and we can certainly help you do it.
Now… here’s the thing:
The Blendtec Love Machine is going to go out to the person who organizes the Green Smoothie Party with the biggest impact on her/his community. The one that touches the most lives.
How do we measure that?
Well, the number of people in attendance is key.
But the number of people promoted to is also key. Let’s say you work like crazy to prepare a Green Smoothie party at your house, but people cancel or don’t come. If you can get them on board by trying it at home instead, then you still expand your ripple.
If you distribute a whole bunch of Green Smoothie cards in your community, that counts, too.
This person DOES need to host an event. The event DOES need to include an educational component–a part of the evening where you get up and explain what Green Smoothies are and provide a demonstration of how to make them. Keeping it simple, of course. Kids in attendance count, too.
Taking Green Smoothies into a school, office or other organization (like a church meeting, or something) also counts. You don’t need to host the event in your own home, you just need to be out there as a spokesperson for Green Smoothies, then tell us about it. We would especially appreciate you taking pictures so we can share this with other people and inspire others to get out into their community and do more of the same.
Okay, so that’s what the luck of the Irish have brought to your Green Smoothie adventure. If you’re not signed up for the program yet, you better get hustling, because you must be REGISTERED in order to WIN!! Even though you would be starting late, if you sign up today, you’ll still get in for the last 4 days of the program.
CONTEST DEADLINE: Even though our 7-day challenge is ending, you will have until midnight on March 27th to submit your entries and we’ll make the official announcement on March 3oth right here on the Green Smoothie Blog!
We know there’s a lot of pressure to get this done, but they say pressure produces the finest results. So get busy, get out there. Don’t make it perfect, just make it and start spreading the word about Green Smoothies. You don’t need a certificate in anything to show someone how to run a blender or buy fruit and leafy greens. You just need enthusiasm and a wee bit of courage!
IMPORTANT NOTE: All participants need to send their submissions to the following email address:
thequeen at greensmoothiequeen.com, or just respond to any of your emails from the program!
May the luck of the Irish be with you this fine sunny day and every day!
With clover coated kisses,
Green Smoothie Queen
The Raw Vegan Network Member’s Recipe e-Book
This week I was fortunate to be able to speak at a “Greening Your Life” seminar for a small group of moms and their babies. I thought a lot about what I wanted to talk about because there were so many ideas I wanted to share with them,; however, having 45 minutes in which to speak, I wanted to really get the message out about the importance of non-toxic cleaners in the home as well as the importance of organic and locally grown foods.
