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affiliate marketing program - earn commission on better raw's products

Posted by 2 · February 19, 2012

Would you love to help others get healthy while earning extra cash?

I currently have these products available in the Better Raw Store:

Purified - Your Complete 7 Day Detox Program
Seduced - Raw Chocolate Recipes to Get Very Excited For
Festive - The Best Raw Food Christmas Recipes
Nourished - Comforting Raw Food Recipes for Winter
PLUS a highly popular eBook Bundle with all the books!

I am planning on releasing even more, so you can have a whole range to offer and get paid for.

What is an Affiliate?

An affiliate is someone who earns commissions for promoting someone else’s products or services. This person can already have products of their own and sell others’ products to compliment their range or they can make it their business to just promote other’s products. I personally know someone making six figures doing just that!

Who Can Become an Affiliate?

You can! If you love to promote health and wellbeing, use fun loving and ethical marketing methods and won’t tolerate spam either.

Does it Cost Anything to Become an Affiliate?

Definitely not - it's FREE all the way! All you need is a PayPal account to sign up and get paid.

Do I Need to be Technology Savvy?

Not at all. Once you are registered, you will get full access to a members area, where you'll find your unique URL, which is just a link you can post on your blog or website, your mailing list or just friends, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any other social networks. By promoting this link, any referrals that click on it are tracked and automatically linked to your account, getting you commissions once the sale is made. If you like to use images, we have even created a bunch of gorgeous banners to choose from, so it’s as smooth sailing as possible for you.

What Are the Benefits if I Join?

50% commission on every eBook sale and other commissionable products and courses to be announced soon
Earn up to 60% commission with a 2^ndTier bonus of 10%
Earn a bonus of £75 (approx. US $119) every time your commissions add to £750
No sales cap, so unlimited earning potential
Cookies don’t expire for 365 days, be assured that even if your client visits us directly within a year, you will still be credited the commission
Real-time accurate sales tracking and your own member’s area to view it all
Help others reach their ultimate health goals and thrive
Have real quality products to recommend with masses of positive review.

How Much Can I Earn?

Your earning potential is unlimited, but let me show you a very conservative example, so you can see how easy it is:

You email your list with the unique tracking code we provide, pop a few links on your website/blog and post this link on your social networks
People click it, they like the eBooks and the variety and you end up selling 2 eBooks per week (this is pretty easy to do, as I’ve created my eBooks especially for different seasons- Purified for detoxing time like the New Year and end of summer holidays, Seduced for Valentines and Easter, Festive for Christmas and more eBooks to come!), so 50% of £15 x 52 weeks x 2 books = £780
Then your contacts decide they also want to become affiliates, sign up to earn 50% like you are now, but because they ended up on my site via you, you will now earn an extra 10% on every sale they make. You get 10 of these contacts over the course of the year and they sell on average of 2 books per week, so 10% of £15 x 52 weeks x 2 books = £156
I give you a bonus of £75 for every £750 in commissions you make, so £780 + £156 + £75 = £1,011.00 (approx US $1,600.00)

And that’s truly conservative - your earning potential is unlimited!

How Will I Get Paid?

Once you earn £75 in your commissions, we’ll pay you via PayPal, 30 days after the close of the month this commission was made.

What Do I Do Now?

Click to join Better Raw’s Affiliate Program
Enter your details, so you can get paid
Choose a banner and pop it on your website, blog or anywhere on the internet
Send an Email or Social Media blast with your unique link
Get rewarded for spreading the wellness word!

Take a look at the gorgeous banners you'll have to choose from once you join...

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Raw Food Red Velvet Cake and Caramel Cream Icing

Posted by 2 · February 06, 2012

Valentines day is next week! You know what that means...
My Valentine gets a brand new beautiful cake and you get a brand new beautiful recipe.
Everybody wins!

Last year, when I posted the recipe for Raw Food Chocolate Cupcakes with Red Frosting and Chocolate shaped hearts, it quickly became one of the most popular posts in the entire history of my blog and remained in that category ever since. I recently noticed a massive amount of traffic coming to my website via Pinterest and to my surprise and delight I then discovered, it was all thanks these exact luxury looking raw food creations of love!

I always put a little extra time and effort into a special Valentine's Day treat for Elliot and this year was no exception! I've dreamed about creating Red Velvet Cupcakes for so long now, trying to make up formulas in my mind about how to substitute ALL the not-so-good for you ingredients in a traditional recipe for the best-ever-in-the-whole-world ingredients, without fake colourings, processed or animal products, but still tasting divine...

Well I could spend all day selling to you the scrumptiousness of how the cake turned out or quote all the amazing things Elliot said about it, but you really MUST try this for yourself!

PS If you are more into a live class and would love to see how I make it step by step, as well as learn how I make swirly marble tarts, cheesecakes and brownies, there are still a couple of spots left for the brand new Raw Food Sweet Sensations workshop, come and join me!

RAW FOOD RED VELVET AND CARAMEL ICING CAKE

For the essentials
7 inch (18cm) adjustable cake tin
blender
food processor

For the red cake

3 cups almond meal (left from making milk out of 4-5 cups soaked almonds)*

1/2 cup beetroot juice (from about 2 beets)**

8 medjool dates, pitted

4 Tbsp lemon juice

3 Tbsp cacao powder

pinch salt

For the icing

2 cups cashews, soaked overnight

3/4 cup coconut butter, gently melted

1/2 cup lukuma powder

1/3 cup agave

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1 vanilla pod

For the optional decorations

goji berries

mulberries

*The prepared almond milk will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge and actually is an amazing compliment to this cake. Otherwise make superfood shakes or freeze in ice cube trays to use in smoothies later

**If you don't have a juicer, use the blender, like I've done here. Blend up the beetroot and strain the juice through a nut bag/ cheese cloth

-Process all the red cake ingredients in a food processor with an S blade

-For the icing, firstly scrape out the seeds from a whole vanilla pod. To do so, slice the pod in half lengthwise, then use a teaspoon to literally scrape all the seeds out until the inside of the pod is dry

-Blend all the soaked cashews with melted coconut butter, agave and lemon juice until smooth, then add the seeds of the vanilla pod and lukuma powder, blend until combined

-If your icing mixture happens to be really runny, add more lukuma. If too think, add more melted coconut butter. If it is too warm/hot, transfer to the fridge for a few minutes to cool down before icing the cake

-Now for the tricky/fun part: divide the red cake mixture into three equal parts, take one part and distribute it along the bottom of the cake tin, firmly pressing it down with your hand or a soft spatula. The trick here is not to spread a layer of icing and then add another layer of cake, as it will all turn into one big splurgy mess when you try and make a firm smooth layer of the cake again... so...

-Open up the cake tin and with a help of a knife or spatula, carefully remover the layer of cake and transfer to a clean serving plate, spread a layer of icing on top. Repeat this process of creating the red cake layer two more times, each time carefully removing it out of the cake tin, placing on top of the frosting layer and icing it again

-When all three layers of red cake and icing are structured into a cake, use the remainder of the frosting to cover the sides of your cake, until the red colour is no longer peaking through

-Decorate with berries / dried fruit of your choice

-Place in the fridge for a minimum of 4 hours to set, then slice with a sharp knife, wiping it clean with a paper towel after each slicing

Happy day of love!!!

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How to eat and stay raw in winter (video)

Posted by 2 · February 05, 2012

It's cold, so so cold, the last thing you want to do is open the fridge where you keep your veges in fear of making the room that fraction cooler and the oven is already on, not to bake (ok maybe to bake, or to grill, roast, toast, heat, burn, anything), but to keep it wide open so you can stand next to it with a mug of hot chocolate and begin to warm up. This is the exact story I've already heard from two of my coaching clients this winter, pretty much to the tee. The two biggest struggles during the year of an aspiring raw foodist is Christmas day in the raw, followed by the rest of winter. I totally get it too, I've come back to London from a month in Ecuador, eating soft, creamy, juicy, sweet mangoes and papayas right off the tree or for 50cents a piece, just to find myself on a mission to relive the tropical joy and after exchanging £4 for a pack of two mangoes (that's a special deal), the next thing I'm having to do is bin them both, as not only were they rock hard, but completely spotty and brown on the inside without any flavour at all. Poor me. What went wrong there then? Firstly, I pretty much asked for it, looking for produce that is not locally grown and secondly I definitely asked for it, looking for produce that is out of season! There is a very good resource I often refer to for finding out what is IN season, what is at it's very best and why it is so important to eat seasonally. Check it out http://www.eattheseasons.co.uk/ So even just looking at the list, already the options don't seem so limited after all, but the next challenge is how to keep yourself warm??... Start with putting on more clothes, I find that always helps :) Since, it's actually important to eat warming and comforting foods when it's cold, I wanted to show you how you can still eat healthy, immunising, raw food and achieve just that! In this little video I explain exactly how I manage it (and manage to not ever get sick- touch wood) in winter...

TOP THREE TIPS ON EATING AND STAYING RAW IN WINTER

UPDATE: 'Nourished - Comforting Raw Foods For Winter' is out now! Check it out>>

Elliot and I filmed the vid on our latest skiing trip to Sestriere, which is part of the stunning Milky Way (Via Lattea) near Turin, Italy. Here are a few of the pics we managed to get during an hour of sun we saw after three days of heavy snow and poor visibility...

Energy balls, chia crackers and snacks packed for the trip

waking up to this every morning

Elliot on snowboard, me skiing

Chugs, Tim, Reece, Chris, Elliot, me, Ben, Nick

Going off piste

Looking for the next thrill. Chris, Tim, Reece

In powder. Ben and Elliot

Is that blue sky? Very excited me

Reece, me, Si

back of our Ski Jumping Hotel, Paralympics 2006

all our tracks

stunning views

just because

Tim, Nick, me

Already looking forward to next time!

Have you seen my eBook 'Nourished- Comforting Raw Foods For Winter' yet? Oh yessss, there is a whole book full of my top tips and recipes to keep you warm, happy and immunised when it's cold outside. Take a look>>

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VITAMIX Total Nutrition Centre Promotion Code

Posted by 2 · February 01, 2012

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It's probably a little over dramatic, but I seriously don't know where I'd be without this stunning machine. All the smoothies, soups, cheesecakes, pastes, sauces, cupcakes, syrups, nut milks, shakes, ice creams, spreads, frostings and happiness, that I've been able to create for myself and thousands of people over the last few years, have all been thanks to my Vitamix! If you've seen this bad boy in action at a show/event, the chances are you were instantly sold on it and already own one!

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Smoothies vs Juices. What is the difference?

Posted by Tanya Maher · January 26, 2012

'What is the difference between smoothies and juices? They all look the same to me.'

Of all the questions I often get from a raw newbie, this one has to be the most common. Closely followed by ‘do I start with buying a juicer or a blender?’ or ‘which is the best for my health?’ or ‘which is more filling, more soothing, more energising, most tasty, takes least time to clean…’ etc, etc. So as you can see all of these questions belong in the same box and today I'm hoping to crack it open for you.

Firstly though, if you didn’t know the difference and felt silly asking, please don’t feel silly. I wish more people asked! I often meet with clients at a juice bar in Kensington’s Whole Foods Market and my word does this place make me wish more people would ask!

That particular juice bar tends to chew through staff A LOT and I find myself ‘educating’ [breathe Tanya, breeeeeathe] someone new each time on what machine to use when I order a juice, having to point to the juicer on their bench and steer them away from the blender they were about to load. Each time they look completely shocked to discover the two are not the same thing. It clearly states on their menu board that they offer both juices and smoothies, they have all the equipment, but when you are not told what the difference is, the chances are you’ll stick to what’s most common.

A Popular choice.

So, the most common is the blender. This machine consists of just a jug and a motor stand, is easy to use, easy to rinse, quick to put away and takes the least amount of time and effort. The juicer is a little more complex with various parts to it, so requires a little more time for assembly and cleaning.

Preparation and outcome.

A blender/ smoothie maker requires whole fruit and vegetables to go into the jug for whizzing up. The outcome is a smooth, creamy, thick and filling shake, equivalent to a meal. The juicer involves a liquid extractor and separates both the juice and the pulp into different compartments, so the outcome is a thin and liquidy drink, nutrient packed and more hydrating than filling. This is a smoothie. This is a juice.

The fibre.

Since blending requires whole food, you are going to consume all of the fibre from whatever you are putting into your shake, while juicing takes this pulp/fibre away and you are left with just the liquid component. Fibre is important for elimination and if you’ve been consuming a ‘standard’ diet (don’t even get me started on SAD- 'Standard American/British Diet'), then you are likely to be in need of this fibre to help you move things along. ‘Regular’ is going after every meal, not once every couple of days, but the unfortunate fact is that pretty much all of what the majority of population consumes contains little to no fibre at all.

Nutrition density.

Let’s look at how much produce you’d require to get a pint of green smoothie versus a pint of green juice. [Pint is 1/2 Litre]. For the smoothie- you’d be looking at say 1 whole pear, 1 celery sprig, 2 kiwi fruits and a handful of spinach topped with pure water. If you were to take those ingredients (less the water) and extract the juice out of them, you’d be left with just over half a pint glass of juice, so naturally you’d be looking at adding more of the spinach, maybe another celery sprig, a cucumber, and already you have loaded the glass with almost twice the amount of nutrition.

Nutrition absorption.

The amount of nutrients in your drink is one thing, but whether you can properly assimilate and make the most out of them is another. If you’ve never done a detox, done one a long time ago or consume heavy or processed food on a regular basis, chances are your gut lining is going to be pretty polluted, would have a thick wall of toxins to get through and would require the fibre to clean it out before you can properly begin to absorb the goodness from your food. So smoothies may just be the answer for you. Once the system has been purified, you will not only get the best out of your food, you can consume juices and rest assured that they will travel to your bloodstream quickly and efficiently converting into all the energy you can handle!

The decision.

So the difficult (or perhaps easy) part is deciding which is for you. In my case, I love both and go by the mood, etc. I do tend to make more smoothies when I’m home as they fill me up and are quick to make. You’ll have to have a good think about which is right for you and your health based on the above, especially when you must decide on what investment to make first.

There’s also a HUGE difference between the machines. I explain further what two kinds of juicers are out there and how many more nutrients one excretes from the veg than the other, as well as how one can damage masses of nutrition, in my DVD Raw Food 101.

As for the blenders out there, the cheapo ones just swirl the produce around without releasing any of the nutrients to be available for assimilation, while the high powered blenders will break through the cellulose (wood like substance) which hold the precious chlorophyll and vitamins and make them available for us to digest.

You may probably know I am a massive fan of the Vitamix! I can’t even imagine a life without it- the smoothies, the nut shakes, the soups, the ice creams, salad dressings, sauces, pastes, cheesecakes, etc etc. So if I had to make a choice for you, I won’t even think twice on my answer. I know it’s pretty pricey though, but once you use it for the very first time, you’ll already know every penny has been worth it. Aaaand if it helps you at all, I even have a discount code for when you call the UK/Ireland branch to get free standard shipping. The shipping alone cost me something silly like £45 when I bought my Vitamix years ago.

Let me know if you are up for the promo code in the comments below and I’ll pass it on.

For now, here's another smoothie recipe for you to enjoy...

THE GREEN DRAGON SMOOTHIE

(Yields 1 litre/ 2 pint glasses)

1 pear

1 banana

3 kiwi fruits

3 handfuls spinach

1 tsp chlorella powder

1 tsp barley grass powder

1-2 cup/s pure water

Blend and serve

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UPDATE: 'Nourished - Comforting Raw Foods For Winter' is out now! Check it out>>

Have you seen my eBook 'Nourished- Comforting Raw Foods For Winter' yet? Oh yessss, there is a whole book full of my top tips and recipes to keep you warm, happy and immunised when it's cold outside. Take a look>>