Tamater of my dreams + giveaway
Hey everyone! Hope your humpday is treating you well 😀
For dinner last night, I broke out this treasured heirloom tomato.
I got it a Whole Foods on Sunday because it was so beautiful, and decided it was destined for some caprese before our dinner last night.
I sliced it up and topped with sea salt and pepper
Topped mine with raw goat cheddar and the pilot’s with havarti, and fresh organic basil
It was pretty face-rocking amazing 🙂
For dinner, we had a little Italian shrimp stir-fry thingy that I made up on the spot.
I sauteed an onion and garlic, then added a can of organic diced tomatoes, oregano, rosemary, sea salt, pepper, a splash of balsamic and red pepper flakes. Then I added in some organic shrimp, topped with fresh basil and served with roasted asparagus.
Not too shabby 😉
The pilot had a lot of studying stuff to do last night (wah wah) so I chilled and watched American Idol and then called it a night.
This morning, I met the girls for a weights sesh (munched an apple on the way) and we dominated our core. I’m going to be sooooore tomorrow. It feels nice to know you did something 🙂
After weightstravaganza, I couldn’t wait to have another Cherry Chocolate Bomb smoothie (Kristen’s recipe). I made the same changes that I made the other night and it was equally amazing.
I did some work on the computer, then had a slice of millet for snack covered in a blanket of nutritional yeast and chili powder.
After running some errands, I had a quick meeting with the cafe owners to go over the plans for the cafe.
I still can’t believe this is really happening!
The thing is, we need some help. We’ve been thinking of names for a few weeks and haven’t found anything we love. (The pilot has contributed the funniest hippie sounding names he could come up with…goofer). I want to name for the cafe to be something intriguing, but without the words “vegan” or “raw” because I don’t want to scare anyone away by thinking we only serve carrot sticks. So, what would you name a high-raw, gluten-free, vegan cafe??
By leaving a suggestion below, you’re giving us permission to use the name you suggest (or a variation) 😀
The creator of the name we end up using will receive a batch of macaroons and $50 worth of goodies from the health food store (think almond butter, bars, nutritional yeast, or whatever fun things you might be needing).
We’ll pick a “winner” by Friday and I’ll have the goodies out by Saturday.
I know ya’ll are geniuses at this sort of thing and I can’t wait to read your suggestions!!!
I’m off to train a client, then pilates and ZUMBA!
xoxo,
Gina
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sweetgreen, whole.
What about “The Other Side,” as in “The grass is greener on…”
Nature/Nurture
With a big slash between:)
Sounds great- wish I could come eat there!
Real.Food.Cafe.
one.more.macaroon.
clean.plate.club
fresh eatery
olive oil or sweet pea (popeye’s people)
CONGRATS!!!!
Aureole, it’s a beautiful word meaning ‘halo’, which is like having a healthy glow!
The Vibrant Almond
Spicy and Fresh
Clean Flavor
Living Flavor
I’ve never been a huge fan of tomatoes plain … I do roast them with some basil and garlic once in a while and they’re delicious!
How about something like Fresh? Or The Lite (or Light) Cafe?
K
I think it needs a nice catchy one word name. Something like ‘Fresh’ or ‘Crisp’. One of my favorite little spots is a salad shop called ‘Tossed’. It’s simple yet inviting
Veggie Palace?
Veggie Enchantment?
What about Nuts & Beets instead of “Nuts & Bolts” may be too far fetched but I can’t get it out of my mind and then you could have a blender/nut cracker symbol or something. My other idea was Devour, short and simple and would definitely entice me to stop by!! Good luck and congrats!!
Cafe liberation!
Liberating cosumers from the nasty derivatives and additives that are now all too common in everyday food(especially processed).
Also liberating in the sense that it defeats the prejudice that all vegans only eat huge salads(even though salads are bomb).
and last of all it also plays off the rebellious edge I feel a lot of vegan and vegetarians embody to forgo what is “marketed” to us as healthy for “economical” and other unsightly reasons
what about Sano cafe (Sano is spanish for healthy )
I like “It’s All Good!”.
Living Well or The Living Well (as a play on words since it’s raw a.k.a. “living” food and people could come to the Well for nourishment…)
Congrats and good luck! 🙂 Your blog is always so inspiring and “real”!
how about…..
ahh!vocado
I always thought a good vegan restaurant name would be:
Root
or Cafe Root?
It sounds very strong to me.
I’m not sure if it has been suggested yet…I started reading, but after 4 pages I skipped to end. LOL
Origins, or Origins Cafe or Taste the Original
okay I just typed out a bunch of names and clicked submit and they didn’t go through… a little frustrating!!! :/ i’ll try to remember them…
-ohm
-Nectar
-Bliss
-Namaste
-sanctuary
-Vivre… means to live, to be alive, to exist
-ambient
-Ambiance
-Nurture
-aroma
-osmosis
-Horizon
-Flavor
Oh Vivre is good! Although maybe people wouldn’t know how to pronounce it?
Lonchi 🙂
A Piece of Mind
Au Naturel
Crunch Cafe
Naturally Better
According to Nature
& the beet says to the coconut
nature’s script
Nature’s Rx
Green with Energy
Quintessence-which is Latin for essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
Lucky Palate
Everybody Eats-food for everyone
Sacred Chow- like sacred cow
Green Symphony
Cafe Viva
Real.Food.Daily
VegiSoul
Good Earth Cafe
Plate
Lucky Palate
Gina’s Munchies!
How about Health Nut, or Tru, as in, Too Good to be True (because it is healthy and raw and still yummy)?
Raw and Raunchy
Devour (I don’t know if I spelled that right. Like if you devour your food.)
NOSH (as in, munch)
Nothin’
Ordinary
Served
Here
or
kNock
yOur
Socks off
Healthy
or
No
Ordinary
Snackin’
Here
or
New
Order
Snackin’
Happenin’
(I’d love to be noshin’ on your macroons!)
Zoom Bar
Pros: Airplaney reference, Zumba shoutout, about getting Energy
Cons: Might sound too much like a coffee shop
Lift / Cafe Lift
Pros: Lift evokes pilot stuff, as well as health & wellbeing – lifting your game, getting lighter, weightlifting.
Feast
Pros: Simple, encapsulates the vegan/raw ethic and food aesthetic. Evokes Luxuriousness and abundance – the opposite of the stereotype of vegans as abstemious sprout eaters.
Enlighten Food
Pros: About lighter, more mindful and considered eating.
Cons: A bit hippy-ish, could come across as preachy
Pulire (clean in Itallian)
Tersus (clean in Latin)
Aptitude for Epicurean
Evaporate
Apple Pie Order
Hey Gina, I already posted but I saw this as a name for an event and I thought it was a great name for a cafe.
reFresh
Glamour Grub by Gina
That’s a glorious-looking tomato right there! And my mouth’s watering just looking at your stir-fried shrimp.