Carrot Cake Smoothie, and Tribest Blender Giveaway!!

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Hello readers!

I’m often asked whether it’s necessary to own a Vitamix to enjoy a high-raw lifestyle. The answer is no, absolutely not! I was eating raw foods long before I got my Vitamix. This said, having a good blender will enhance and contribute to a raw or semi-raw lifestyle immensely. With a decent blender, you can make soups, smoothies, and salad dressings; you can grind nuts, chop vegetables, and even whip up raw ice cream. Yum!

The only downside of having a good blender at home is that one tends to become spoiled; as soon as I grew accustomed to my blender (and, later, my Vita), I found myself longing after homemade smoothies and soups when I was traveling.

Enter the Tribest personal blender. This incredible little contraption allows you to whip up blended foods and beverages wherever you may roam. Small, transportable, and super high-powered, it’s an unbelievable tool if you’re looking to bring healthy habits on the road. My Tribest has lived under my office desk, has traveled home for the holidays with me, has accompanied me on two business trips, and is a terrifically easy to clean alternative to my Vitamix. In many ways, I depend on it more than the Vita, if only for its conveniance. To operate it, you need only put food or beverage contents in the custom cups that come with the blender, screw on the blade attachment, put the blade and cup into the motor base. You press and twist the blending cup, and in moments you have homemade soup, salsa, tapenades, smoothies, or ground nuts and seeds. Best of all, the pieces are easy to dissassemble and clean up–a rarity among appliances!

Various raw foodies have blogged about and promoted the Tribest blender. You can check out my girl Ani Phyo’s review here, and my friend Ingrid‘s review here. Suffice is to say, the blender is super popular in the raw community, and with good reason!

Now, you all have a chance to try the Tribest out, too. The good folks at Tribest have generously agreed to share not one, but two models with me.  They have models to suit a range of needs, and models PB-150, PB-250, and PB-350 all feature BPA free blending containers.

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The PB-350 Mason Jar Personal Blender, which Tribest sent me to sample and review, offers glass containers with blending and grinding containers. In the past two months, I’ve used it to make the following:

Green smoothie for Christmas morning:

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Salad dressing with fresh basil:

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Ground almond meal:

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…in addition to a ton of raw soups and dressings. Check out the incredible glass jar collection:

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The verdict? The PB-350 is an awesome home kitchen device. Best of all, it’s allowed me to bring raw soups and smoothies to the office!

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As if this gift wasn’t generous enough, Tribest has sent me a second model, the PB-250, to share with all of you! This blender features:

• Personal Blender Motor Base – 110V
• one Blending Blade Assembly
• one Grinding Blade Assembly
• two 16 oz BPA Free Blending Containers
• two 8 oz BPA Free Grinding Containers
• one commuter sipping lid
• three Regular Lids

It yields about two servings, and of course you can take it on the go anywhere, anytime.

So, what do you have to do to enter this giveaway? I dislike being forced into fourteen various entry steps, so I’ll keep it pretty simple:

1) Leave a comment on this post, telling me what the first thing you’d make with a new Tribest blender would be

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2) If you want an additional entry, Tweet OR mention the giveaway on your blog and then leave a comment saying you did it.

I will announce the winner on Wednesday, Feb. 24th!

I wish you all luck!!

Finally, a friend and client emailed me on Friday with the following request:

Hey Gena! I have really been wanting carrot cake type flavor lately…think there is any kind of smoothie recipe for that??

I’m sure there are a ton of options, but my own kitchen fiddling gave birth to this one. Of course, I used my Tribest blender to make it!

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Carrot Cake Smoothie

1 1/2 cups carrot juice
1 cup ice
1/2 cup cashews, raw
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice

Blend all ingredients on high. This will yield at least two servings.

OK, guys. Enough about me. Get commenting, and good luck!

xo

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  1. oh man I’ve been wanting one of those blenders!! I think the first thing I would do with it would be making smoothies for breakfast so that there would be less cleanup! I also was thinking of getting one since I am going away for my honeymoon in May and want to be able to stick with healthy eating habits while I am away!

    • oy, so many replies! here goes, the first thing I would make with this blender would be my first raw tomato soup! 😀

  2. My Magic Bullet and I recently celebrated our 1-year anniversary! I even took it to Europe this summer. I’m curious as to whether the Tribest is more powerful though? I made two batches of CCK’s Fudge Babies for Superbowl Sunday this weekend and it was kind of a pain to use the Magic Bullet.

  3. I haven’t had a blender in so long (ever since I moved away from mom and dad two years ago) and I have been DYING for a green smoothie! That’s what I would make.

  4. Gena, Gena, Gena!! OMG I was just thinking about how awesome a carrot cake smoothie would be, and here you are with a recipe!! <3 <3 <3

    I think a carrot cake smoothie would be the first thing I’d make! LOL

  5. I’ve always wanted to make my own nut butters, and to have something that better blends my protein powder into my shakes instead of leaving that chalky taste! These blenders look amazing!

  6. My family and I live a very hectic lifestyle. My husbands job takes us across the country and back about every 6 months. We try to pack light, and this would be perfect for our green smoothies! 🙂

  7. I would love to use this in my office to make smoothies – for everyone 🙂 It looks easy to clean too!

  8. I was lucky enough to have sprung for a Vitamix years ago, before I even got into raw foods. But I find that it has a hard time with small recipes, and it’s just me (well, DH, but he doesn’t eat a whole lot of raw foods). Not that I’m even close to 100% raw, and probably never will be.

    So I bought a Magic Bullet before Christmas. It died within 3 weeks as I was trying to grind up some dates.

    The first thing I’d make? That’s tought. But maybe some fudge babies or peanut butter fudge babies (a la Chocolate Covered katie’s blog). Or maybe some salad dressing — I’m sure making a lot of those lately!

    Hey, it IS my birthday this Valentine’s Day. Really!

  9. The possibilities are endless! I would be able to make soups, smoothies and dressings in my less-than-adequate, less-than-state-of-the-art kitchen. It would be an awesome way to add variety to my newly vegan diet!

  10. I want to make green monsters! My blender leaves bites of kale and spinach that usually end up in my teeth. Blech.

  11. A portable version of my Vita?? I did not even know such a dream existed. I’d be so much more excited about eating at work with one of these– I’d start by whipping up a smoothie for breakfast, then soup for lunch, maybe nut butter for an afternoon snack?
    Thanks, Gena!

  12. I would love to make green monster smoothies when I visit my parents. Great giveaway!

  13. Hi Gena! Wow, what a great give-away! And what a handy little device. I’d love to have that to keep at work..especially when I have to stay late. It would be great for making soup at my desk! Or a smoothie in the mornings when I am running late! Oh, the possibilities are endless, but I’d definitely make soup first!

  14. I would make raw chocolate pudding!!! Been wanting to make this for ages, but as you know the Vita doesn’t really tackle single-servings all that well, and if I make more pudding than that it’ll be gone in an embarrassingly short amout of time :s.

    I also mentioned your giveaway on my blog…so please put in that extra entry for me!

    Thanks, you’re awesome!

    ~vanessa

  15. Love those self-storing containers! I think raw chocolate ice cream would be in order.

  16. oh man…i would make a batch of katie’s fudge babies. i’ve been mad craving them lately!!!

  17. Oh my, I need a new blender! Mine just bit the dust! 🙁 This seems like such a great product, and I LOVE the size!

    The first thing I would make would be a Green Monster, naturally! 🙂

    Thanks for this chance Gena.

  18. I would love LOVE one of these? I would make green smoothies with spinach and kale.

  19. The first thing that I’d like to do with a new Tribest would be to whip up your Smoky “Roasted” Garlic and Red Pepper Soup for my family to enjoy. My mother is recuperating from stomach cancer, and even though she is moving towards vegetarianism, I want to show her how easy and delicious raw veganism can be. Same with my baby sister; she is lactose-intolerant but still eats dairy, and this is a great way to show her how effortless it can be to live dairy-free. My father is suffering from high cholesterol, and if this can convince him to try veganism, raw or not, I’ll be grateful forever (only animal products contain cholesterol). The second thing I’d do would be to make almond butter… Because I looove almond butter!
    I’ve blogged about the giveaway on my blog: http://swaggalikeus.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/its-yummy-time/

  20. I’d make a breakfast smoothie! One that usually takes me 6 -7 minutes to blend – hopefully this one would do it more quickly!

  21. I’d definitely make a smoothie first! Your carrot cake smoothie sounds delicious.

  22. So many good options! I’d love to try your carrot cake smoothie, though. Or maybe I’d celebrate with some delish banana softserve. 🙂

  23. Hi Gena!
    I’ve never commented before but I’ve been reading your blog now for a couple months and just wanted to thank you for all your wonderful raw food info! I LOVE your blog! 🙂 I had to comment when I saw this little guy! I’m going away in March and the Tribest blender would the perfect companion for my vacation! I’ve been debating how I’m going to pack my vita… but if I had the Tribest, I wouldn’t have to worry about it! I have a green smoothie every morning for breakfast so I need a blender with me on vacation. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this! The first thing I would make is my super green smoop, haha smoothie/soup;) Made with lots of kale, dandelion, spinach, 1/2 avocado, chia seeds, celery, and cucumber! YUM! Love my greens!:)

  24. I would love to win, what an amazing appliance. I don’t know how I ever lived without my food processor, I seriously use it at least twice a day, between the smoothies I adore and the nut pates and dips I eat constantly, I’d be lost without it.

    Hmm…the first thing I’d make would be that carrot cakes smoothie, of course! Sounds like dessert in a glass!

  25. That’s an awesome blender! I’ve been eyeing the magic bullet for a while now since my current blender is almost completely useless and as a college student I can’t afford something like a vita mix! Plus blenders like this seem so convenient for my lifestyle!

    What I’d make first is a green smoothie, of course. And then I’d make soup! And pesto! (i don’t have a food processor either, it’s a drag…)

  26. These little blenders sound fabulous for those of us who travel or work outside of the home. I’d make a banana berry green smoothie.

  27. The first thing I’d whip up is a big green smoothie! I can almost taste in now, made in my new Tribest Blender!

  28. ohmygoodness! I’d whip up some of Ani’s vanilla mylk. In a baby portion, i’d be less likely to cry when i don’t use it all up!

  29. I would use this blender to make raw pudding! I have made the recipe in Sarma’s cookbook and you really MUST have a good blender to make it smooth and creamy. It would also make green juice SO much more convenient 🙂

  30. Awesome giveaway! I loooove the mason jar model.

    The first thing I would do is take a weekend trip to my parent’s house (out of state) and make them green smoothies. Whenever I go home my family wants to know what I’ve been eating to stay so healthy. It would be great to have a portable high powered blender to take with me so I could share soups, sauces, dips & smoothies wherever I go.

  31. I would make my own almond milk – I have been dying to try that but just don’t have the equipment!

  32. I would make a hummus/avocado hybrid dip. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.

  33. If I won I would go through the history of your blog until I found the recipie I think my girlfriend would like the most and make it for her.
    Because she deserves it.

    Afterwards I would probably try something for myself as well (I’m a pure fruit smoothie kind of guy, and have only really tasted the alternatives my girlfriend has made for me).

  34. I would definitely make some almond butter with cinnamon and vanilla…delicious! I hope to win…

  35. Is shipping to Europe possible? I’d make a lot of strawberry coconut ice cream I’ve been thinking lately. Then, some gazpacho. I’d use it a lot:)

  36. Can overseas people participate? If so, I have to second Hanna M.: almond butter (terribly expensive in Finland as well). And then raw soups – never tried those.

  37. Hi! Well I would make a smoothie with fresh squeezed oj and frozen oranges, chia and flax seeds, spirulina, coconut oil, vanilla sun warrior protein and some fresh vanilla. That has been my smoothie of choice lately, and smoothies are my “go to” since I am struggling with my auto immune and nerve damage diseases lately, so when my body if feeling down and I can’t make anything too time consuming smoothies are a life saver! Now, if I was able to use this blender and not even have to use a separate cup, ahhh, needless to say I would be in heaven!! I mean don’t get me wrong I adore my vita-mix, but it’s so big and not too convenient when I am only make a smoothie for me.
    I also just ordered a juicer, and I am a juicing virgin (at home that is), so I will have an abundance of juice to make super smoothies with!!
    Thanks so much for the post, it makes me so giddy just thinking about new and exciting ways I can use it!!

  38. Wow! That is one convenient blender!
    I would first of all make plain and simple ALMOND BUTTER. Since my blender broke down, I haven’t been able to make it, and it soo expensive here in Norway (and most varietes are over-roasted)… Definitely the first thing on the list! Then a green smoothie, as I have never tried it before. Then some… ha ha, let’s stop there. I’m sure I would make good use of it!

    Have a great day!

  39. I would make a chocolate banana smoothie with cocoa beans, some perfectly ripe bananas, one or two vanilla pods depending on how indulgent I’m feeling, and maybe some ice! And then I would bounce around the room in excitement!

  40. Oooh, the first thing I would make would be a chocolate milkshake using dates, bananas, raw ice cream, cacao, and agave!

  41. I would absolutely love it, as I am addicted to your fabulous banana soft serve (most recently with frozen mango chunks!) but as a college student in a teeny tiny dorm room, it’s hard to rationalize having my clunky old blender on hand!

  42. Hi, greetings from cold Norway. I would make a spicy, creamy spinach/avocado soup, cuz that’s the only raw soup my boyfriend likes, and its my favorite, and it would warm us up with the spices.

    And it’s mentioned on my Norvegian blog:)

    Greetings Lise

  43. The first thing I would make would be the greenest of green monsters to help me start my day off right. I use both spinich and kale and add fresh blueberries, a banana, almond milk, flaxseed, and a bit of honey for sweetness. As a college student, having a portable blender would make my healthy lifestyle choice a lot easier to maintain!

  44. I am currently blenderless (which is tragic, it turns out!) and miss my green smoothies terribly. Without a doubt that’s the first thing I would do with a snazzy new item like this!

  45. I would make a very berry bannanas and truffles smoothie w/Mila!! I can taste it already!!I was diagnosed with SLE Lupus and am not only on a strict kidney diet but have severe gastointestinal problems that make it hard for me to eat. Raw foods, Smoothies, and soups have been my best friend for the last few years now.I have always lived a healthy lifstyle and have been using a blender I have owned since college. But this would allow me to take my drinks/meals on the road with me when i travel and when i have long stays in the hospital….Smoothies and soups are one of the few things i eat when I am in the “medical prisons”…Who says you cant blend anywhere!!!
    So I hope u choose me!
    This is a gret site by the way!!

  46. If I were to win, the first thing I’d make is a Carrot Cake Smoothie as a toast to you. Thanks for your great recipes and raw education!

  47. I would love to win this! Id make all kinds of nut butters, such as almond and peanut butter. I’ve always wanted to try different combinations to see how they taste together. I have so many ideas…pick meeee!

  48. Ooooh. I’d probably make a smoothie, or a raw milkshake, or a pesto, or grind some flax. I really actually don’t know.

  49. The first thing I would make would be my morning smoothie! Having a blender as powerful as a Vitamix that you travel with sounds pretty amazing!

  50. Definitely the carrot cake smoothie…the thought of it is making my mouth water!

  51. The first thing I would make would be raw banana soft serve. My blender has not been able to make it 🙁 I’ve heard it is divine and I always have bananas around!

  52. I’d love to try this banana soft-serve I’ve been hearing about on the blogosphere! Holy yum!

  53. This is awesome! Traveling a lot in the next few months for work, so I might have to get me one. I would make a chocolate hemp banana smoothie with frozen bananas and almond butter. Yum!

  54. What an amazing giveaway! The first thing I would make with this blender is any smoothie with ice, I always have ice chunks that never get blended in. Those glass jars really make me jealous!

  55. I’d make some raw remoulade for dipping kale…in honor of my WhoDat Nation’s champion Saints! Geaux Saints and Geaux Raw! 🙂
    and now, to tweet…

  56. Wow, wish I had one of these while visiting very non-raw in-laws! The first thing I’d make is a berry green hemp breakfast smoothie! Then maybe a lunch soup, frozen fruit dessert … This would be perfect for all the road trips and family visits this year and for helping family eat better while I’m visiting 😉

  57. I would make a Green Monster smoothie! As a student, I only have a massive blender from the 1980s and it actually scares me to use it…I would love to win one of these!

  58. Fantastic product!!! I am a college student, trying to be raw, while living on a college student’s budget. This little guy would be my meal ticket to quick/healthy smoothies for fast breakfasts and perfect take-alongs for long days on campus. But the first thing I would probably make is Mango sorbet.. Mmmm 🙂