almond status, my dinner party, and a teaser about something EXCITING!

by Robyn on November 16, 2009 in Raw Food with 8 Comments

So lots of you have been getting your group buy items. It’s fun and the almonds JUST came out of the trees–you’ve probably never had them so fresh in your life!

The one problem we’ve had this year is that almonds came out of the trees later than expected due to weather (Butte Padres, the variety we got, are harvested later than most). So the shellers are backed up and we send a truck every time we can get 10,000 lbs. But we are shipping later than I would like. So we’ve gotten all the orders through Oct. 15 out and are working on Oct. 16-20 this week.

Thank you for your patience! Keep in mind that we’re not a store–we’re facilitating a group buy. So this isn’t Amazon. We collect orders for two weeks, order in quantity from the various suppliers, and then when it arrives we ship it. It’s going well except for ALMONDS being the bottleneck!

I had a dinner party last week. In addition to my boyfriend’s three sisters, his ex-wife, and her sisters and mother (yes, you read that correctly–and said BF was NOT in attendance) . . . a guest star was GSG reader Desiree Hancock.

She is this gorgeous young mom who is a WIZARD in the kitchen and she has been working furiously to test the recipes for our joint production,

HEALTHY HOLIDAY RECIPES FOR RAVE REVIEWS

It was a surprise for Craig that she made several versions of vegan, whole-grain, naturally sweetened carrot-cake cupcakes, his favorite thing ever. And then he wasn’t there. :( So he tried the cupcakes four days later. And he wrote me something like this:

“OMG!! If it doesn’t work out with you and me, please tell Desiree I want to marry her!!”

That was his reaction to the STALE cupcakes! Holy cow they were SO DANG GOOD! (Sorry, Craig, she’s married.)

Anyway, I’m so excited about the recipe collection to help you offer your family fantastic-tasting “traditional” favorites that you don’t have to feel guilty about! Virtually all the ingredients are vegan and gluten free, and you’ll have lots of raw ingredients too.

I’m excited! Don’t run to the GSG store yet, though, because we won’t have it all perfect and pretty until Weds. This is our first-ever recipe collection with PHOTOS. On Weds., I’ll post a sample recipe and photo–hope you’re as excited as I am to have you try Desiree’s magic!

Robyn

Robyn Openshaw is the author or editor of 10 titles, including the bestselling book The Green Smoothies Diet, the children's book,The Adventures of Junk Food Dude, and the course 12 Steps to Whole Foods. She’s passionate about overthrowing the Standard American Diet by teaching people to eat more whole foods easily, inexpensively, and deliciously. She’s the mom of 4 competitive athletes as well as a runner, cyclist, skier, and competitive tennis player. She travels all over the world speaking to sold-out audiences and studying non-toxic cancer treatment for her next project.

Deborah Boyle says:

November 16, 2009 at 11:03 pm

Did you say ALL the orders through 10-15-09 have been sent? I ordered 100lbs of almonds on 10-14-09, and used paypal. No sign of them yet. Should I be worried?

Robyn says:

November 16, 2009 at 11:20 pm

Deborah, one box of almonds was returned to my P.O. box today marked “Street in Address Does Not Exist.” Please write gsg@greensmoothiegirl.com. We need to compare your actual address with what was in your invoice.