LIVE 10-Day Challenge & “Lucky Links” Contest – Ripple Maker Awards!

During our LIVE St. Patty’s Day 10-Day Green Smoothie Challenge, we were giddy when the generous folks at Blendtec came through with a fantastic prize that had our contest participants excited and spreading green ripples far and wide!

Our “Lucky Links” contest was a new contest that we tried on for size – something that would let anyone, anywhere participate in making green ripples and spreading the word about green smoothies, which is always a goal of ours!  We’re grateful to all of our helpful ripple makers, and we’re delighted to let you know who our top ripple makers were!

Our 3rd place Ripple Maker:

Tanya Armalla – Alberta, Canada

Tanya sent in 84 links and swooped into 3rd place.  This is a picture of the “Green Smoothie Smile” she sent in during the 10-Day Challenge.  It features her with cheerful greens in her teeth and all! – a look that I wear on a daily basis! 

As promised, we’ve invited Tanya to participate in the 21-Day Green Smoothie Detox that starts this Sunday.

Our 2nd place Ripple Maker:

Yvonne Bergeron – Texas, U.S.A

Yvonne dazzled her way into 2nd place with 119 links.  Now… I do have to say that Yvonne persevered through every “Lucky Link” mishap you can imagine! Can you believe she was almost too enthusiastic?  We were worried when she wrote to us and told her that she’d been given a ta-ta on the wrist from WordPress for leaving too many comments.  But thankfully all was forgiven!

And I’m sure we’ve all had files that were there one minute and gone the next.  Even with the missing links that are out there in the ether somewhere, Yvonne was one of our top contributors!

Her faith in us and green smoothies has also  earned her a place in our 21-Day Green Smoothie Detox program.

Our 1st place Ripple Maker:

Kristie Swing – Ontario, Canada

Kristie rippled and reached her way to 128 links, making her the winner of a shiny, red Blendtec blender!  We spoke with Kristie earlier this week to give her the good news, and she’s already cleared a spot on her counter!

Apparently our timing was good as she was trying to figure out how to get herself some or any kind of new blender. Her blending worries are over!  Her determination to earn herself the means to finally free herself of lumpy smoothies has been rewarded!

While Kristie rustles us up a picture to send in of her beaming, smiling face, we’ll share with you one of the recipes she sent in during the LIVE 10-Day Challenge:

I like to ‘turn up the heat’ with my ‘Mango Tango’…it’s great for the cold winter here in Ontario.

Mango Tango

By Kristie Swing
(makes about 20 ounces)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of a combo of frozen or fresh mango and pineapple chunks
• 1 cup of carrot juice
• 1 inch of grated fresh ginger
• 3 handfuls of greens (Today it was mixed baby greens, but yesterday it was baby spinach.)

Directions:

Blend well.  Then … add a teaspoon of ground flax seeds and blend again.

NOTE: Sometimes if it’s too thick I’ll add some orange juice or water to the desired consistency

Green and Grateful!

Our recent LIVE 10-Day Challenge was a green heaping success!  Our blenders runneth over!  Countless people wrote to me to tell me their stories, to share what an improvement that adding greens made to their lives, and to thank us for our spirit of adventure and fun!

Of course… the only thing that makes sense then is to carry on with more of just that!  So we’ll be enjoying the rest of April with our 21-Day Green Smoothie Detox.  It’s the first time we’re offering this program, so you can take advantage of our accompanying spring sale and take the program for half-price!  But Saturday is your deadline for signing up!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest, and we appreciate the health and wellness your work will inspire!  Every day more people are putting fruits and greens into their blenders and energy into their bodies!

Wishing you a joyful spring!

The Green Smoothie Queen