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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“Pure Taste” New reader to your blog and loving it!! Good luck with your new venture 🙂 *Dana
Hiya! Love your blog! Two thumbs up! Do you make your own millet bread or what brand do you buy? A name suggestion for your new place:
1. Heirloom Cafe
2. MACA
3. CHIA
4. PLANT
5. HERB
6. VEGA
I like simple names…I like to picture what the sign on the building or in ads would look like. I am not sure what type of vibe you want to send out…but it will start with your name. I am a stay at home wife and now I feel like I am using my Bachelors Degree in Marketing! LOL! Thanks for asking our opinions and good luck with everything!
Taste and See
1) The Forbidden Fig
2) Fig and Honey
3) Uncommon Fig
Here’s a couple names I came up with: Fresh, Al Fresco, Clean and Green or my favorite, Verdura (green vegetable in Spanish…I like the way it sounds). Can you tell I like simple names? And one more, just because I’m feeling silly…..Nom Nom Nommers!
Deserve
Because you deserve to treat your health and heart with happiness and gina’s goodness, of course!
Simple as That
Simply Delish
I keep thinking about this all day! Gina I am so excited for you 🙂 Haven’t been able to comment in awhile, so finally decided it was time today! Never got to tell you thanks for posting the zumba video– can’t wait for more 😛
Came up with a couple more ideas for your cafe:
Made with Love, by Nature
Treats with a Twist
Sin-less Sweets
Macaroons and More (MacaMo!- like BevMo! lol)
I love the foodgasm ideas from other bloggers, so i thought of some names with a foodgasm twist lol:
Foodgasms Galore
Fresh Foodgasms
Foodgasm Central
This is so fun! Can’t wait to see which name you decide on… and more importantly, I can’t wait to be a customer 🙂
Balance
Bliss
Vitality
Rapture
Delight
Serene
🙂
I also like Pure and Fresh and all of those… but, seeing as so many people have come up with them, you can probably assume they’ve been done before….
so excited for you and to see what you pick!
How about something kind of sexy like: A Green Affair?
“PEAS ON EARTH”
I know you said NOT to use “raw” but I can’t help but LOVE
RAWstaurant
“NATURE-IFFIC”
Sorry, cheesy but I think it’s cute. And it sounds like a place I would try. 🙂
Skinny Greens
Sprout
Love Bites
The Good Stuff
easy treat
(kinda like easy street…)
good life cafe
(welcome to the good life.)
I’ve always thought “Naughty but Nice-Healthy Indulgences” would be a cool name for a “healthy” cafe!
Hmmm…here’s a few:
1) Pure-licious
2) Naturally Delicious
3) Back to Basics Cafe
4) Good Health Cafe
5) Better Balance Cafe
6) de la Terre (of the Earth)
I could go on and on. Can you tell I want some macaroons?! 🙂
RAWberry cafe
stRAWberry cafe
I keep thinking of more..sorry if I keep posting lol!
Honest Eats & Treats
Rawesome Cafe
how bout “hippie food”? 😀
“pure”
lower case.
without the quotes.
Do you use glass straws to drink from?
Wow there are TONS of comments already! I have a few I’d like to throw out:
1) Crudo – spanish for raw…uh if my high school Spanish still works.
2) Cafe Fresco (if it’s a sit-down) or Fresco to Go (if it’s just a bakery/takeaway concept)
3) Wrong Done Right – or something to this effect, that passes along the message of “bad” things turned into good/healthy things.
Good luck with your new venture!
Glorious
Isn’t that one of your favorite words? It seems like it would fit!
Sprouts Cafe
Greens and Beans
Elements Cafe
Lilac
Pura Vida
Tierra Verde
Verde
Sans – like sans cooking, gluten, meat, everything fresh
Mantra- yoga term/balance inner body
Prana vital energy force sustaining life and creation
Maha-great
i think these go well with your thinking, cooking,living and practicing. Probably not on their own, but maybe combined it would make a great name.
Good luck!
Fresh Express
Express Lunch
Sprouts
Colours
Good luck with your new cafe
Fresh Eats and Treats
Harvest Helpings
Best of luck with picking a name!
Fresh Fetish
I like the word “Fetish” lol
R & R
refresh and revitalize
Bello Verdua (Beautiful Vegetable in Italian) or would it be Verdua Bello? Not sure how the order goes for Italian, but either way, I love the words together.
Good luck in deciding, it looks like you have so many great options to choose from!
1. Native Foods
2. Vegan Village
3. Vegan Fusion
Eat Good Food
Real Food is Good
Good Real Food
Cafe Natural
oooo this is such a fun giveaway!! here are a couple of suggestions from me:
the Treehouse Cafe
the Box Tree Cafe
the RawTree Cafe
Living Tree Cafe
Green Life Cafe
Greens N’Things Cafe
This is my first time commenting, but I’ve been reading for several months and am so inspired! Anyway, here goes: “Naughty by Nature”. This actually sounds sorts familiar, so my B if it’s already trademarked :p
savor
*The Wild Flour*
Guilt-Free Pleasures
It’s Only Natural
The Ripe Cocunut
Wild and Sweet
Taste of Heaven
Pure Delight
🙂
Wow, all the comments are great! Its fun to read all the names people come up with:) Wish I was creative and had a cute fun name to share, but everything I would choose has already been said. I can’t wait to see what name you choose!
I know you are more of a pink girl, but the word green seems to be sticking in my head!
Green Love
Green Cafe
or maybe a nice one worder…Pure is already taken of course, but maybe Fresh?
Good luck, awesome adventure!
Gina’s Grill Unplugged
New Magnolia
Oh La La
Pure Goodness 🙂
I still like Vegan Heaven!!
i really liked the bella viesa idea!
I would love to see a little scandel/surprise factor in a cafe name… im not a creative genius, but ive given these a few thoughts:
Riskaay Business
Sexy Eats/sexy nibblets
Toothsome (just love this word from top chef, haha. who knows, it might be good pr)
Beware… my food bites
Warning, may result in sever foodgasms and pleasure.
yes, im as mature as a 13 year old school boy. Apologies
hmmm…. ?
maca cafe
plethora of goods
bakery of life
foodgasms bakery
fig ‘n delight
sweet fig
blissful eats
Slice of Heaven
I read a lot of the ideas, but there are so many I’m just going to offer a suggestion – sorry if it’s a repeat.
I like “Lush” although it would probably be more appropriate if you’re also going to serve wine 😉
How about THE CAFE? 🙂 So excited for you!!
LOL @ Naughty by Nature. Some great ideas here!
I however, am not going to recommend one. I have been reading for SO long and just figured out that it is just Fitnessista and NOT Fitness Sista. LOL
Here are a few:
1.) Bliss
2.)Mi Vida (spanish for “my life”)
3.)Qi
4.) Nature’s Kitchen
5.) Glow
6.) The Cacao Nib
7.) Earthly Pleasures
8.) Farm to Table