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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What about The Basil Leaf Cafe?
Bare, Bare Bistro
Immaculate Consumption
In the Raw (In the Nude)
Nectar
Vitality Cafe
Unbaked
Oh those tomatoes looks soooo good!
Here are some ideas for you…The Good Life, Tasty Treasures, Healthy Eats, Delish, Delite
OK, that’s all I have LOL
Well if you’d consider used names: there was a place called Good Earth Cafe in Silicon Valley. I always loved that name!
DeLight
Honor – you honor your body by eating well
Change
Cherry (cuz its such a cool fruit and its fresh and hip)
Blue Orchid (I know it sounds like a cocktail lounge. but I still dig the name)
The Natural (cuz its my fav baseball movie)
Good Luck! and how exciting!
I love all the suggestions! Since so many have been snatched up – I’m going to put a vote in for the following:
Munch
CRISP (I Love this)
GROOVE (I love this one toooooo!)
Crisp is my vote, it just gives me such a good, mouth watering impression! Best of luck with this Gina!
my favorite vegan cafe in portland is called “blossoming lotus”… i love that name.
i’m on board with one word names, but i’m not sure i think a word from another language is a good idea or people will think you’re serving italian/spanish etc food.
acai
goji
drizzle
revive
fresh
pair
pure
pure eats
veglife
vibe
relish
ok i’m done
ok i have a few:
1. RAW
2. In the Pink
3. The Pink Lady
4. Coconut
5. More
6. Bliss
7. Rosado
8. RawSista
Good luck!
Agave?
How about Substance?
I have three
1. My favorite is- “succulent” (because they are plants that retain their water- just like raw and high raw food!)
Succulent would be cool because you could have tshirts and hats made that say succulent on them and the branding could have a small little jade plant- and you could have real succulents decorating the restaurant.
2 and 3 ideas are “amour vert” OR “Green love”
I love heirlooms…mmmm.
RAWR!
I know you don’t want to use the word raw…But I think you should play it up, get people pumped!
xo
The first this that came to my head was Macaroon b/c like someone else said, that is what started the whole idea. So how about “Maca-Roon”. Should peak people curiosity and still be true to what this is all about!
i like:
b.alive
la mano verde
samadhi
sunshine
may post some more later…
Infused Cafe… or Nude(y)
I always thought the name “Sante!” would be really cute for a healthy cafe. It means “to your health” in french and is used as a toast during times of celebration. It just sounds happy! It also refers to being healthy but not in an obvious or off putting way.
“Pure Goodness”, I think that has a nice ring to it.
I’ve been reading your blog for awhile now but have yet to comment, but I couldn’t help it today! Congrats on the cafe, here’s some of my ideas!
Vida
Uncooked Cafe
Simplicity
Cafe Soleil
Hopefully those weren’t repeats, so many great ideas so far!
Okay, I just asked my husband and he said, “We’ve Only Just Vegan” and “Rawsome Blossom.” Oh geez.
That is a tough one! I think having “Earth” or “Light” in the title would be good! Goddess Cafe? Garden of Good?
Oh geez– now he’s on a roll– “What about something with the word raunchy? What about Vegan Steven?” 🙂
i know you dont want the word raw in it.. but i thought Rawsturant sounded kinda cool. :] good luck!
I just started reading your blog and love it! Thanks for all of the great info. I’m starting a major overhaul of my lifestyle and have learned a lot from your blog so far.
Cafe Name Idea
Spring (sounds light, fresh, renewed)
“Pure Goodness”, I think that has a nice ring to it. Edit to add a nice slogan: “Food that’s purely good for you”. : )
The first name that came into my head was ‘blend’. However, I skimmed the previous suggestions and LOVE Smiling Cashew!
Lighter Fare
What an exciting adventure this will be for you!
How about “Taste”
Virgin or Virgin Cafe (since everything is fresh and new), Vegerella (a play off my favorite children’s story Cinderella), Picky Palate, Love Your Body Cafe, Free your Soul, Soulfull (I have visions of the l’s being carrots, lol), Vegeaven (isn’t it going to be like Heaven?), Vegizzle.
I love the other readers who said “Maca-Roon”!
Sunshine
Om
Shanti (means peace)
Simply Food
For Your Good
Joy
Vibrant Life
Best of Luck!
Oohh..I love thinking about this kinda stuff.
Let’s see..here are my suggestions:
Unrefined
Back to Basics
Clean Cafe
Natural Nourishment
The Un Bakery
I like the name FRESCA!
On Your Way
It indicates a couple different things:
1) the personal journey that you, Gina, are embarking on. You are on your way.
2) That you can pick up foods here as you are heading out to run errands, on a road trip, etc. Those people who are “on their way” to completing tasks a, b, and c
3) It is a healthy restaurant/cafe. People who stop in for food are on their way to a healthy life.
Good luck with the naming!
So fun! I love fun store names. Here are a bunch that come to mind:
De-lite
Flowerish
Inside, out
Spright
Energ-Me
Good luck Gina!
How about Evergreen? Or Evergreen Cafe?
Garden of Eatin’?
Baha, that is so funny!
Love all these responses! Two words that came to mind to use were Eden (if you’re willing to use a biblical reference – would be an advantage in the South!) and True. That being said, I’m totally digging the suggestion of Groove – plus it totally fits since you’re a dancer!
WOW! You’ve got a lot of great names to choose from here!
I’m curious to know what the Pilot is studying for??? If it’s not too personal a question, that is.
he’s going through an upgrade right now for flying
Too bad … a(nother) hottie in your cafe would surely help pull in the eaters?! ;p
“In a nutshell”
How about:
The Happy Body Cafe
Happy Bodies Cafe
Happy Body/Soul
The Happy Cantina
The Food Fetish
Good luck with your name search! So happy for you and your new endeavor, and looking forward to reading about it over the next year! 🙂
Ok, I’ll jump in . Fun!
Sol Food (spanish pun – so dorky I know!)
Naturally yours Cafe.
Congratulations to you! How exciting. 🙂
Some suggestions:
The Unclad Cafe
GO Cafe (The place to go to for gluten-free, organic/raw foods)
F-ROG (Foods that are raw, organic and gluten free)
UnPrepared
I didn’t read everyone’s comments, so not sure if these were already suggested or are trademarked somewhere, but here goes:
-Zenfully Delicious
-In the Raw
-Veganista
-Unbake ‘n’ Take
How exciting about your cafe! There’s a word “Genshai” which was introduced to me through yoga and it means never treating another being in a manner that would make them feel small, yourself included. This translates to raw vegan eating for me because I think that by feeding yourself alive, wholesome foods you are respecting yourself to the utmost as well other all other earthly critters. I feel that when a person eats a raw or vegan meal, they are practicing Genshai. So, maybe Genshai Cafe? or Cafe Genshai? or just Genshai? Plus the first 3 letters mimic your name…..you will be there in spirit even when you move 😉
The Bumble Bee
or
Gina Ballerina Cafe
So many great suggestions already!!!
Crop
Cafe Cru or Cafe Rustique (both mean raw in French)
Pure
Bloom
Verdura (vegetable in Spanish)
Zucca (Italian for pumpkin)
Pure and Simple.
I’m excited to see what you’re going to come up with!
I’m not great at coming up with names…but here’s my *attempt*
24 Carrot
^because that’s as pure as it gets 😉
fraîche
no capitals! because that’s edgy!