WINNER: SARAH TANNER!!!
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Okay, you guys! I’m on overwhelm. This week is insane, in the best way. November Vitamix Giveaway + Fall Bundle Sale + Fall Bundle Sale Daily Giveaways + Movember (hence the Vitamix stache). Ready to get your groove on and join in on the madness?!! (Why do I have the same feeling I get when its March Madness?! Probably because it’s a short time of crazy awesomeness). Let the games begin.
NOVEMBER VITAMIX GIVEAWAY!!
This is my first giveaway since I started Freshly Grown and I couldn’t be more excited and honored to be giving away one of these beauties alongside some of my blogger friends. It’s a team effort around here and we love that!
About This Magnificent Tool: The Vitamix TurboBlend 4500 Countertop Blender with 2+ HP Motor
Besides preparing breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the machine can be used to quickly prepare frozen drinks, smoothies, nut butters, frozen desserts, dips, and salsas for everyday life and weekend entertaining. The TurboBlend 4500 breaks down whole foods, releasing phytonutrients that help build the immune system, fight disease and improve overall health.
- Has the ability to chop, cream, blend, heat, grind, churn and more, with a single machine
- Quick and easy self-cleaning with a drop of dish soap and warm water; just run on High for 30 seconds
- 5-year full warranty
- Ongoing recipe ideas and community support
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Good Luck!!
Oh, I would love to win a Vitamix. The first thing I would make would be a yummy pumpkin seed or pistachio nut butter or maybe a green smoothie or a carrot cashew pate- there are so many options!
baby food/smoothies for my kiddos.
I am needing an upgrade in my humble kitchen. The Vitamix would be a boost to my veggie prep. I still prepare by hand all of my veggies and fruits. I am exploring all of the seasonal squashes and pumpkins and would love to try it out with my soups!
Thank you.
vr
First thing I would make is smoothies for the hubby and kiddos! 🙂
I would make my first batch of hot sauce with peppers grown from my garden this past summer. Oh, the possibilities with a vitamix! I’m always finding myself in need of those beautifully sharp blades for one thing or another 🙂
My kids and I would LOVE a Vitamix! We make green smoothies EVERYDAY!
It is my “sneaky” way to get Green Veggies into my kids picky mouths.
AND IT HAS WORKED!
Was hasn’t worked? MY CURRENT BLENDER!
It is awful!
So I would make an AMAZING batch of perfectly blended Green Smoothie with my new Vitamix!
This is AWESOME! I would make a peach smoothie – just because the pic at the top of your blog looks SO YUMMY!!!
First thing I would make is a
Smoothie! Followed by pesto and seed butters!
I would probably try something simple like a soup or baby food as I’m a first time mom 😉
Erin!!! Congrats!!!! I will have to go check out the pics! Soo great 🙂 -Rama
I would make pumpkin or butternut squash soup!
I would definitely make a green smoothie!
I would love to win this vitamix. I juice a lot but I would really like to mix in some smoothies. I have seen somany other things done with them as well and I am an avid cook!
I would make some homemade salad dressing and some wonderful energizing smoothies for my family.
Yummy raw goodies and smoothies!
First thing would to make a strawberry and banana smoothie!
‘Cause nobody likes those 😉 😉
I have been wanting one of the beauties for awhile now! As a girl in her mid-twenties, I’ve been trying to navigate the world of health(ier) eating and daily exercise. The transition from graduate school to the working world was a big shock to my system (no more 8am workouts!) – I think a Vitamix would be a great addition to my kitchen and my attempts to eat healthier on a daily basis!
I hear you! Wait til you have kiddos! If you go down that route one day. I heart working out, but it is definitely something you have to make a priority. It’s tough sometimes, I can’t imagine single moms or folks who go to work at 8 and come home at 6, when are you supposed to get your groove on, you know? Welcome and check back on here and FB, we have a great community 🙂 -Rama, (rayma)
This year for Christmas, I’m giving my homemade applesauce. Usually creating this recipe involves many (many) steps including returning the batches over and over again to the blender and hoping I do not burn up yet another motor on an inexpensive blender. The recipe includes soaked almonds, Brazil nuts, apples and pears, spices, raisins, prunes…and a host of other things. (My friends ask me how I can still call it applesauce…yet the strongest flavor is of apples.) It is the perfect winter dish as best enjoyed warm each morning. So yes, I do believe that would be the inaugural launch of the Vitamix! My good friend who lives in San Antonio has a Vitamix. When I go to visit, I love creating with it!
Baby food first – my little munchkin is getting ready to start solids! For me: soup, soup and soup . . . and almond milk 🙂
First thing I would make is a boat load of soups (both cold and hot) and freeze them for the rest of soup season (AKA Fall/Winter)
Id love to win this! Ive been wanting one for so long! Id definitely make a shake with coconut water, frozen berries, half a banana, coconut yoghurt, and raw cacao!
Mmm…sounds delish!! Heart coconut & cacao!
Ooooo! The first thing I will make when I win this wonderful Vitamix is a yummy green slushy for my 15 month old baby girl! I want to make sure she’s getting all the green leafy veggies she needs! 🙂
Good mama, Katie!!
I’d make a raw pumpkin pie! I’ve tried to make it with a blender but it was far too chunky…and a vitamix would make all the difference. It’d help my family indulge in healthy ways.
I would make healthy smoothies for my daughter who has a severe autoimmune disorder.
Smoothies! I’d make them all the time
I would definitely make a smoothie to drink while I make some butternut squash soup 🙂
The first thing I would make would probably be humus. Then a bunch of smoothies.
I would make green smoothies. Yummy!
The first thing I would make with my new Vitamix would be cashew cheese.
Loove cashew cheese!!! -Rama
I’d make a smoothie to start
A smothy of ourse!
I would make a veggie filled Thanksgiving soup for our preschool feast with families and friends of our precious children!
Your email only shows up in the box, because YOU are logged in… I’m pretty sure anyways. Lol. Because it’s not showing up on my end. It just says “email address”.
Cool giveaway!
Hilary x thehealthycollective.com
And… I would make a big batch of pesto!
Oh, hahahaha!!!! I will delete that part. That’s funny. Thanks, Hilary. -Rama
I would make hummus and pureed cauliflower… then soups! all my foods for the whole day, all in the fancy Vitamix!
Dreaming of potato leek soup… Mmmm!
I would probably make a smoothie.
There are so many things I want to make that make blender just can’t do!
I would make a spinach smoothie
I could use this to puree fresh soups and smoothies. I would first use this to try a vegan butternut squash sauce that’s tossed with pasta and greens.
What’s this Vegan Butternut Squash sauce you speak of? Yum!! -Rama
I would make almond milk if I won this since I don’t have anything big enough to do that
Oh, where to begin… I think the first thing I’d make is hummus. I just can’t get the consistency I want with my old food processor. Then it’s on to smoothies galore… then soup… then almond milk and almond meal… fingers crossed!
I will absolutly make some raw nutella and coco butter!
Ok I know this may seem kind of boring BUT the first thing I would blend together on my Vitamix would be a kale smoothie! I love green smoothies but my current blender isn’t powerful enough to fully puree the kale — it always comes out grainy =( So making a green smoothie with Kale on a Vitamix is an absolute MUST. =)
Thanks for this opportunity!
I hear you!! And not boring at all!
Hi Ashley-Marie, hat’s exactly what I wanted to make! I have collards, kale, parsley, spinach, ginger root, flaxseed, wheat germ, and aloe; but with the blender I have it’s like cutting this stuff with a knife. I still end up chewing and the flaxseed is already too small to be made any smaller; apparently. So frustrating…
Hmmmmm. What would I make first… Almost butter or almond four I think!
The first thing I would make is sunbutter!
It’d be a tough toss-up between a fall-spiced (I’m talking nutmeg…cinnamon…cloves…ginger…) green smoothie (can’t wait to have a vitamix that truly blendssss the greens!) and chocolate chip cookie dough real food, paleo style with some coconut oil, dark cocoa, and so forth. HMMM…can’t wait just thinkin’ about it!
Undoubtedly, the first thing I would make would be a pineapple, spinach and banana smoothie. Nothing special but I LOOOVE them!
I think I’d make some hummus!
The first thing I would probably make would be a smoothie.
smoothies…then something awesome!
i would make some immunity drinks. so glad i found this blog I have cancer and in need of some good recipes to help me fight this beast and heal my body
Oh, Kelley!! I’m sorry to hear! Hope you get to win this. For a ‘cancer diet’ as you probably know, go Vegan, juice, blend, toons of veggies and fruit, but organic bc you want to reduce your exposure to cancer-causing pesticides. I now eat grass-fed dairy and meat, but for cancer, look into going Vegan + you can do bone broth (see my post on it), it is incredibly nourishing and because it is in broth form it is easy on your digestive system. The reason you want to go Vegan is to give your body a rest from heavy digestion so you’re not using more energy than you need to, plus it includes soo many raw, veg and fruit foods. Keep in touch and find us over on Facebook, there is a lot of interaction over there. Be sure to comment and feel free to message me anytime. Best, Rama (rayma)
I’m sure the FIRST thing I would make is a smoothie, just to test it out. 🙂 I would love to have one…heard soo many good things about them!
I would probably make smoothies first by request of the tiny people in the house. But then! I would be making nut butters and seed butters and coconut butter and not worry about overheating and breaking my little food processor. 😉
Ohhhh the Vitamix I would make a green smoothie first then move on to nut butters 🙂 My poor old circa 1988 juiceman is finally getting ready to “retire” and I have been looking into all my options and a vitamix is on my list!
I’ve been wanting a Vitamix for ages. First I would probably make a spinach and berry smoothie with hemp seeds, but it’s soup season so I would probably follow it up with a spicy fennel and kabocha squash soup. Yum!!!
Wow! I think the first thing I’d make is a smoothie for my daughter. Then, I’d look up recipes and try to make every one!
i would make a smoothie! and some fall soups.
I’d probably toss together some tortilla soup. Or some sherbert. Or a smoothie… the options are endless.
I’d make a delicious looking butternut squash soup recipe that I saw. The woman who made it threw everything into a Vitamix and it was amazing how quickly all of the ingredients turned into soup! You can’t beat that.
What a blessing! I would make raw pumpkin pie
My daughter has been wanting me to get one of these for us! Every time they have a demo at Costco she loves to watch and is the first one for the “ice cream!” We would make ice cream first! 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity!
I would make a smoothie!
DEFINITELY my own roasted almond butter… WOOHOO!
Smoothies, smoothies, and more smoothies…. Nothing makes a smoothie quite like the vitamix. I know my mom bought one around ten years ago and I have wanted one ever since. Oh and peanut butter… Fabulous! And I just had a baby a little over a week ago, it would be fantastic for baby food. I don’t even own a blender because is have been trying to save up for a vitamix. The vitamix is just that good!
I would love to make fresh smoothies and juices to help me along in my quest for a healthy lifestyle!
Green smoothie first
I would LOVE a Vitamix! I really want one so badly! 🙂 I make green smoothies for my boys and I but my current blender is not cutting it! 🙂
It’d be Christmas to win this! Bring on a true green smoothie!
Right!! A true green smoothie indeed. Regular blenders just don’t cut it! -Rama
It would be hard to decide what to make first, but most likely a smoothie! Our blender is dying quickly and we all LOVE smoothies here!
I’d like to make coconut milk & coconut butter…woohoo!!!
Make nut butters and soups
I’d probably make some peanut butter, or use it to puree soup.
I would make Carrot and Ginger soup.
I would love to make green smoothies with mine!!!!!
Butternut Squash Soup!
The first thing I am making is fruit smoothies!!!
I would make nut cheese or nut milk, I’ve been wanting to for soooo long! I need this machine! A holistic nutritionist without a vitamix isn’t right.
Dare I say I know the feeling? I’m giving away one and I still don’t have one. Hello??!!! 🙂 -Rama p.s. high five holistic nutritionist sista!
I, like many others, would really like to make a green smoothie. My regular blender just can’t do it.
I would make smoothies!
How exciting would it be to make my first batch of Pumpkin Soup in a Vitamix!!!! Keeping my fingers crossed:)
I would start making smoothies again. They are 100x better with the vitamix vs. a normal blender! 🙂
100% better!!
A gorgeous fall soup with squash and greens!
Yum!
Almond milk! Yum!
Originally posted on Popular Paleo. Frozen Greek Yogurt for the win!
That would be hard either a smoothie or nut butter- I have been wanting to make my own for so long now but have not been able to.
Pesto first and then green smoothies every day!!
So many things I’d love to make! think I would start with coconut butter…
I would make healthy smoothies and nut butters!
Oh I would so make a yummy Pumpkin Nut Smoothie and nut butters!
first thing i’d make is peanut butter! No preservatives, nothing!
I would immediately start making smoothies so my husband (and I) would get all our fruits and veggies every day. I’d even slip in some fiber.
I would make almond butter 🙂 I just recently burned out the motor of my food processor in attempt to make it ha… but with the power of a vitamix noo problemo.
Thanks for a great blog! I would make sprouted hummus.
Thanks, Leela!!
I would make nut butters and smoothies! 🙂
I would make either a smoothie or a squash soup 🙂
I would love to make soup, smoothies and salsa. The vitamix will replace my ninja.
I would make almond milk and almond butter.
I would make breakfast smoothies!
I would make hummus, hummus, and more hummus! Oh, and some guacamole!
a beautiful green smoothie and spinach soup to go along with it yummmm I love spinach!
i would make loaded potato soup! mmmmm!
The first thing I’d make is a huge, creative yummy mess! All fresh foods blended together. It would depend whether day 1 was a sweet or savory, hot or cold, mood day, but my kidlets would be eating everything yummy in a delicious concoction. I miss my very, very, very, antique, dead, Vitamix….
Curried butternut squash soup – nothing better for a damp, miserable day!
Soups and dressings!!
If I had a Vitamix, I would make my own tahini with sesame seeds. Also some fresh almond milk, and maybe grind up my own whole grain flour. I can’t get any of these thing where I am living presently in South America.
A Vitamix would be amazing! So many possiblilites!
I can’t wait to make me some nut milks, sauces, dips and other lovely things!!
I am thinking pumpkin smoothies!
I would make Jalapeno Cashew Cheese!
I would love to have a Vitamix! I would make smoothies right away. And I would enjoy making my own Almond Butter and Almond Milk.
So glad I came across your blog. It’s lovely.
Thanks so much, Kristin. 🙂 -Rama
The first thing I would make with my new Vitamix is a couple of yummy green smoothies for my family!
I would make a smoothie with bananas, blueberries and spinach.
Pesto!
OOOHHH…I’d make an orange dream machine knock off from Jamba Juice!
Would love to win this!
I would definately make the chocolate cinnamon almond butter…I love it and would love to be able to make my own healthier version.
I would make homeade Hummus… mmmm
The first thing I would do is a 21 day juice fast followed by fall soups!!!
Wow, I would so love one of these bad boys. Especially since my inferior Breville kicked the bucket recently. I would make baby food! My little one is nine months and it stinks to not have a decent blender!
Ooohh… I would love to have this! I would make hazelnut milk and date coconut smoothie. Yum!
http://mywholefoodlife.com/2013/11/04/homemade-cinnamon-pecan-butter/
This is the first recipe I would try with a Vitamix!
The first thing I would make would be an omega enriched smoothie with lots of flaxseed and wheat germ. My Ninja gives me very chunky “smoothies” and I would like to actually make smoothies!
dreaming of frozen mojitos!
I would make soup.
It’s cold outside – i would make soup! and then protein balls, and then a recipe i found for blender banana bread – what wouldn’t i make! 🙂
My first blend in the Vitamix would be a very berry smoothie!!!!!!!
Nut butters:)
The first thing I would make is a yummy raw carrot ginger soup. Having been recently diagnosed Bi-Polar type two, I realized that I need to be doing everything I possibly can to make sure I’m healthy so I can function. The medication I was prescribed made me gain almost 30lbs in just 2 months! I’m ready to take control, by incorporating more clean eating and raw vegan foods into my life.
I would make some yummy winter soups!
I would make a HUGE green smoothie!!