Week in Review – August 17th, 2018

A Meal-Replacement Smoothie, Babies Drinking Green Juice, Falafel, Vitamix Updates and Deals, and more!

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Hi!

Some of our best stuff lately has come by request. The smoothies for weight loss vid, the epic (vegan) grocery haul vid, the how to slice a watermelon vid, etc.

So here’s the ask:

Tell us: What are you and your family struggling with? 

Help us be helpful by commenting below! 🙂

Much love,
Shalva and Lenny

1. Five High-Calorie Ingredients, 1 Tasty Smoothie

Maybe you’re sick. Maybe you’re too busy. Maybe you just had your braces tightened.

No, this video is certainly not for everyone.

But it seems like everyone knows someone who is having a hard time getting enough (healthy!) calories.

Watch: Five High-Calorie Ingredients, 1 Tasty Smoothie

Hit that thumbs up ? if you appreciate the video.

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2. Babies drinking green juice

Waffles, sugar cereal, and yogurt may be all your kids want for breakfast. So what do you do? There’s a long answer for people looking to make breakfast more healthy for their kids. But the short answer is this: Start ’em early. Here’s our little guy trying green juice for the first time. And at the end, his 3-weeks-older cousin showing how it’s done.

3. Popular on Our Instagram This Week

Here’s a post from Shalva that’s getting a lot of love.

(And if you haven’t already, Follow Our Instagram; it’s free and we now have 15,117 followers!)

“Fa-la-fel ? Nothing better to serve non vegans in your plant-based home. Even the baby loves it!”

Editors note: We don’t have a recipe for this as of now. We buy boxed falafel. 🙂

4. Vitamix updates, demos, and deals

Update

Vitamix voluntarily issued a recall on some of the 8-oz and 20-oz containers for Ascent and Venturist. We’re relieved that it wasn’t user-error when ours came off the base during use. But we’re disappointed they didn’t catch the issue before releasing the product to market. And still, they don’t appear to be taking full responsibility for missing the defect originally. Hopefully we see a true, full update to these personal containers because in addition to this issue, feedback overall on these accessory containers has been mixed.

Demo

Here’s Shalva showing you the Certified Reconditioned Explorian!

Deals

?? USA: Summer Sale Part IV has begun.

Via our referral links, you’ll be able to get a Vitamix for under 250 bucks, all-in.

CR Explorian for $219.95

This is an deal, people. Wow.

Also…

Last chance on this one. Deal ends Sunday.

The CR Standard Programs is $249.95.

Also…

$20 off instantly at checkout on the CR Next Generation

?? CANADA: CR Standard w/ Programs for $329.95 

?? UK: There’s one really nice UK-only Vitamix deal for you right now! £299 for an awesome Vitamix.

5. Articles, links, and other goodness we’re appreciating

From The Oatmeal, a comic about eating healthy and social obligations you can probably relate to.

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Thanks again,

Shalva and Lenny
Life is NOYOKE

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

The Best and Easiest Way to Cut a Watermelon, Brunch Inspiration, 15k Berries, Vitamix Deals, Ikigai, and more!

5 Tips for Using Smoothies to Lose Weight (easily), Zesty Raw Zoodle Salad, Why We Cancelled Costco, Vitamix Deals, and more!

10 Vitamix Hacks in 90 Seconds, Green Smoothie Bowl Two Ways, Thoughts from Mama, Vitamix Deals, and more!