Week in Review – April 20th, 2018

Gifts for Guys That Have Everything, Mother’s Day Coming Up, Birthday Acai Bowl, Wild Rice Encore, Pasta Good for You, and more!

This is the online version of our weekly email newsletter. It features the latest updates to lifeisnoyoke.com, articles published, recipes we made, Vitamix buying advice for those considering, and links (generally plant-based-lifestyle-related) we’re thinking about. To get it delivered to your inbox on Fridays, you can subscribe right here.

***

Good morning from sunny Minneapolis!

Hope you had a nice week. 🙂

Here’s what’s new, exciting, and thought-provoking from the Life is NOYOKE world.

1. New YouTube Video for Gift-Givers (plus a giveaway)

I’m a guy who has everything. Partly because my family and I have our health. Partly because I get myself what I need when I need it. Partly because I’m a minimalist and constantly want less things.

But gifts are important, even if they’re more important to the gift-giver (instead of the gift-receiver).

Well, here’s a fun video about gift ideas for the guy who has everything.

Click here or on the thumbnail to watch the video now

And we’re going to try something new.

A mini giveaway!

Leave a comment after you watch the video. At 8pm CST tonight, I’ll pick one of the comments at random as a winner. The winner will get a set of 9-piece stainless steel beverage straws.

Any comment will do. Or if you want to tell us the best or worst gift you ever got, we’ll especially enjoy reading those stories.

2. Dear Mama

Reminder that 5/13 is Mother’s Day and you can find our picks among all the offers on our big Vitamix Mother’s Day Sale page.

3. Last of this soup for the season

Probably the last mention of our Creamy Wild Rice Soup for the season. We made a double batch during last weekend’s April blizzard!

+ And in case you missed it, we put together a great story about it last weekend on our Instagram.

4. Decorative Smoothie Bowls

In celebration of my bday on Tuesday, Shalva made me this Acai Bowl.

5. A pasta article we’re thinking about

We’ve been indulging in pasta quite a bit lately. In fact, we’re going to Olive Garden tonight; it’s our guilty-pleasure-pick! In the spirit of pasta and indulgence, here’s an article that’s not changing our evening’s plans despite it’s questionable claims and source: Per Big Pasta: Pasta is Good For You

+ A classic of ours we’ll be referencing as we begin again on Monday: Video: How to Break an Addiction to Carbs

***

Thanks for reading and have a good week,
Lenny and Shalva

Like weekly recaps like this? Sign up for our newsletter!

And then, catch up on the last few week’s week-in-review:

Vitamix Mother’s Day Savings Event, Baby Food Segment on Local News, Smoothie Bowl Art, and more!

Meal Plans Done for You, Blending Inspiration, the V1200, Cell Phone Follies, and more!

From the Freezer, Fan Favorites, Vitamix Deals, Easter Brunch and Passover Recommendations, and more!