Happy Halloween!
Before I get to part 1 of the giveaway, I want to share a last-minute Halloween idea.
I present to you: Spooky Shakes…
They are more homely than scary, but let’s just go with it!
I spotted this on Martha and I thought it was a cute idea. To make: all you do is melt a tiny amount of chocolate (about 1-2 tbsp) and then paint chocolate ghost faces on the inside of the glass using the end of a popsicle stick. Easy.
Place the glasses in the freezer or fridge to set the chocolate. For the shake, I blended vegan vanilla ice cream (I love almond or coconut varieties), with a splash of almond milk and some ice, served with a cinnamon stick. You could even make a healthier shake by blending frozen bananas with almond milk. The chocolate faces stay intact thanks to the cold smoothies.
Now, for part 1 of the giveaway…
Today, I’m celebrating YOU – the kick-butt, Green Monster chuggin, recipe-lovin’ Oh She Glows community! On October 31, 2008, I started the blog on a complete whim, not thinking I would ever have the attention span to stick with it, but here I am 4 years later still smashing my head against the keyboard daily and chasing my dreams. I am so grateful for each and every one of you who read the blog each day and my hope is that you find as much inspiration here as I’ve found in all of you.
Now, to celebrate!
1) Blendtec Total Blender & Twister Jar
Blendtec has been gracious enough to donate one of their coveted Total Blender Classic Wildside machines (picture above) valued at $454.95 USD! Whoa baby. I’ve reviewed the Blendtec before on the blog and I can attest that it’s a great machine.
About the blender: “Total Blender Classic Series® is the all-in-one appliance that makes smoothies, fresh juice, ice cream, milkshakes, cappuccinos, margaritas, soups, sauces, bread dough, dressings, salsas, and more! It replaces up to 9 other appliances with one fast easy-to-use machine, at a fraction of the cost. This package includes the new precision tuned 4″ blade in the large nearly 3-quart total capacity BPA-free jar. The new large blade / large jar combination powers through tougher blending tasks and larger recipes with ease, and in less time.”
In addition to the blender, they are also giving away a Twister Jar (shown below) valued at $119.00 USD!
About the Twister Jar: “Blendtec’s newest innovation, the Twister Jar, is designed to blend your thickest recipes such as: Nut Butters, Hummus, Baby Food, Dips, Thick Shakes, Dressings and more! Best of all, it’s compatible with all Blendtec Home Blenders.”
Update: The giveaway winner is….
Thank you for sharing your touching (and often hilarious!) “lessons to my younger self” comments. If you are ever feeling down and need a pick me up, just read through the comments. It’s amazing to see how many of us have struggled with the same life lessons.
The lucky winner of the Blendtec machine is #3659 – Alicia Woulfe! Congrats! I will email you shortly to collect your mailing address. Thanks to everyone for participating!
How To Enter:
Giveway is now closed.
I would tell my younger self to not waste so much time worrying about what other people think. Be yourself!
Practice makes progress…not perfect so stop aiming for perfection and aim to make progress in each and everything that you do.
I would tell my younger self to definitely not even bother to start smoking ….. not as cool as it looked and it was way too hard to quit !!
Just ‘tweeted!’ about this great giveaway! Happy Halloween!
I would tell my younger self to be more confident in herself and to worry less about the future and more about the right now.
I would myself to not be so quick to grow up. Enjoy each age as it comes.
I would tell my 16-year-old self to go to school for entrepreneurship and then study the health and fitness field after school. :)
I would tell my younger self not to try and fit in with the cool crowd if it means losing what makes you uniquely you.
I would tell myself to stop trying to impress everybody else, and figure out what makes me happy first. The things we realize as we get older :)
I would tell myself to take a deep breathe and not to worry so much silly if you give it your all things will work out for the best.
I’d advise my 16 year old self to keep finding ways to stay active long after the whole school sport thing ends. And to take some nutrition classes in college! You don’t keep that metabolism forever =)
Thanks Ange! I’ve enjoyed reading your blog since almost the very begining! I would tell my younger self not to hide that I’m smart or worry that people will think I’m nerdy.
Paint all the rooms of your house before you move in!
I re-pinned your baked apples stuffed with oatmeal…yumm!!
HAHAHA advice to my 16 yr old self? Oh, man. What a LIST!
I would tell my 16 year old self that smoking is bad and you should never have started. But don’t worry, at least you’ll quit before your 20. What was the point? You should have saved that money for college!
I would tell my 16 year old self that being right is necessarily always good and even if your parents are being evil and cruel and unfair, they are still your parents and you are really seriously lucky to have them.
I would tell my 16 year old self that no matter how hard life can get, it can always get worse.
I would tell my 16 year old self to go to class more often and stop skipping so often, even if you are too tired after working all night. The high school experiences you missed will make you sad for several years to come. And the knowledge you could have gained was worth going to school– even if by skipping you still got really good grades.
OK I’ll stop there- lol!
And I totally repinned a delicious sounding PB Banana Oatmeal on Pinterest. I’m gonna have to try that this weekend!
I would tell my younger self that I am worthy just the way I am.
I’d love to be entered in the giveaway! Note to younger self: be true to who you are and don’t live according to what you think others want you to do or be.
This is sooo hard because there are so many things that I would like to have told myself at the age of 16 that I now know.
Number one is that white eyeliner/eye shadow really is not a good look. Stop it. The second is that life really isn’t as bad as it seems so stop over thinking everything. It will all turn out okay. Trust me!
I don’t have a twitter account and I appreciate the option of pinning, instead! So, I pinned your “perfect veggie burger” recipe because it is probably my favourite (so far) of your recipes and it ACTUALLY is perfect!