Copper Vitamix Giveaway

We're giving away a copper Vitamix to celebrate the Love & Lemons Cookbook launch!

Vitamix Giveaway

Today, we’re celebrating our cookbook launch with one last giveaway – and it’s a good one! You may have noticed that I have a thing for smoothies, blended soups and creamy sauces. I just love my Vitamix – but have you seen the new copper Vitamix!? It’s pretty, it’s powerful, and one of you will get one!

Vitamix Giveaway

pictured above: Carrot Gazpacho with Lemongrass and Creamy Miso Brussels Sprout Fettuccini from the Love & Lemons Cookbook.

This giveaway is now closed, thanks for entering!

 

If you don’t have a book, click here to get one!

A winner will be chosen at random. The giveaway is open to U.S. addresses only.

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And congrats to @jamielynne19 who made our Quinoa Tacos and won the Staub Cookware Giveaway! Thanks to all of you who entered – it was so fun to see what you all made!

Special thanks to Vitamix and Williams Sonoma!

1702 comments

  1. Alicia Reynolds
    04.25.2016

    I love blending zucchini, celery, spices, lemons, limes, and almond butter together for a nice creamy sauce! So yummy!

  2. I have loved following your blog for a while now. I tend to make the entire recipe, and enjoy it for dinner and then lunch the next day! I’m a big advocate for your blog in the lunchroom ;). Oh – and I love gazpacho soup in the Vitamix!

  3. lezmachine
    04.25.2016

    Cashew cheeeeeese. Yes, yes, yes.

  4. Julie
    04.25.2016

    I love blended soups! One of my favorites uses carrots, red lentils, and Moroccan spices, though I am currently eating a blended black bean soup based heavily on a recipe I found on your site!

  5. Julieta
    04.25.2016

    OOHH that Vitamix is a dream! I love making soups and vegan cheese (I’m looking into transitioning to vegan) I think a Vitamix would do the job perfectly.

    I will have to get your cookbook asap – there are so many recipes I want to try!

  6. Anna
    04.25.2016

    Your creamy sundried tomato soup is my absolute favorite. It’s become my go-to comfort food.

  7. Adriana
    04.25.2016

    Beet and Strawbery Lemon Smoothie is my absolute favorite!

  8. erica from makegreat.wordpress.com
    04.25.2016

    kombucha smoothies!

  9. Carli
    04.25.2016

    Smoothies are my every day morning go to but the creamy tomato white bean soup was probably one of my favorite blender soups so far. Cashew sauce is pretty tasty too. Yum!

  10. JAMIE
    04.25.2016

    Smoothies are definitely my favorite, but I love to make a nice “creamy” blended soup! I like to use white beans to get a creamy-consistency.

  11. Kimberly
    04.25.2016

    Cashew cheese!

  12. Megan
    04.25.2016

    Sweet Potato Protein Shake!

  13. It’s so pretty!
    I thought blenders were created to make margaritas….

  14. Kim
    04.25.2016

    Smoothies of course, but also dressings and tahini sauce.

  15. tessa
    04.25.2016

    a roasted red pepper “cream” sauce that i make. or my chocolate avocado “mousse”!

  16. Kristin K
    04.25.2016

    My current blended favorite is a Chocolate Avocado smoothie – chocolate protein powder, spinach, avocado, cocoa powder and almond milk. So delicious!

    • Kristin K
      04.25.2016

      Wrong email – .com not .con 😉

    • Dae Bice
      04.25.2016

      I love to blend banana, peanut butter, yogurt, ice and vanilla protein powder! It’s so good!

    • Alexis
      04.25.2016

      Chocolate protein powder, banana, dates, chia seed, flax seed, almond milk, bee pollen and ice! Protein shake!

  17. Jessica
    04.25.2016

    I’m fairly new to vegan cooking and found your blog over the weekend. I am so excited about all of the lovely recipes and just ordered your book. I can’t wait until it gets here! The first recipe I tried was your healthy loaded vegan nachos. We were blown away! I would definitely say creamy, cheesy blended sauces are a favorite.

  18. Jessie
    04.25.2016

    My favorite blended recipe are sauces- especially cheezy ones with cashews for pasta.

  19. Sarah
    04.25.2016

    Matcha Kale & Peach Smoothie!

    • Cheryl Knox
      04.25.2016

      Ice cream!

      • Aerin
        04.25.2016

        Creamy split pea soup!!

      • PEARCE THOMPSON
        04.26.2016

        Kale Pesto!

      • Molly O
        04.26.2016

        Spinach & peach smoothies!

      • Kelsey Bowyer
        04.26.2016

        Butternut Squash soup!

      • Lonny
        04.27.2016

        Spinach, Orange, Banana, Cranberry and Vanilla yogurt

      • Brandon
        04.28.2016

        Strawberry, orange and banana smoothies with kale and hemp seed.

      • Martha Edmundson
        05.02.2016

        Mayonnaise!

    • Shelly
      04.25.2016

      OMG – I love the Carrot Gazpacho it has the best flavors and is pretty simple to make!

    • Caroline
      04.25.2016

      Green smoothie with spinach, banana, mulberries, coconut water, tahini and flax seed!

    • Caitlin
      04.25.2016

      I love strawberry, peach, and orange smoothies!

    • Kate
      04.25.2016

      I make a smoothie every morning. Great way to start the day with something healthful and delicious!

    • Rhiannon
      04.25.2016

      Cilantro jalapeño hummus!!

    • Christina edgar
      04.25.2016

      Fresh and tasty homemade basil pesto

    • Jesse
      04.25.2016

      roasted red pepper hummus!

    • Jennifer TO
      04.25.2016

      I love to make a spinach, cucumber, green grape smoothie–refreshing and delicious!!

      Jennifer

    • I LOVE making almond milk!! Lavender is my favorite and I have always wanted to make it in a Vitamix!! How much better would that taste!

    • Melissa
      04.25.2016

      Fellow smoothie addict here! I usually like to make some nice and beautiful green ones– lots of kale and spinach!

    • Dorothy Lee
      04.25.2016

      I love blending green smoothies, soups and well as dairy free ice cream. Yum!

    • Lalitha Ganesan
      04.25.2016

      Butternut squash soup!

      • Kirst
        04.25.2016

        My favorite too! Especially when you add carrot and/or pear!

      • Danielle from thedaniellesmith.com
        05.03.2016

        Roasted tomato and basil soup

    • Leah
      04.25.2016

      I love homemade tomato soup!

    • Gina Ordonez
      04.25.2016

      I make a big batch of smoothies every week with blueberries, bananas, almond butter, Greek yogurt, orange juice, and spinach for my family and I. I freeze individual servings in ziplock bags for easy(er) mornings and less cleanup!

    • Ellie
      04.25.2016

      Making a Tropical Kale Smoothie with coconut water, banana, mango, pineapple, and peach is one of my favorite blended recipes!

    • gina
      04.25.2016

      Being in an Italian-American family, I think my all-time favorite is pesto – although lately I have had an healthy obsession with green goddess dressing. I love it so much I could drink it!!

    • Lauren
      04.25.2016

      Coconut milk, strawberries, chia seed and kale!

      • Kelly Ann
        04.26.2016

        Love to make a cold strawberry soup and truffled mushroom soup

    • Shannon
      04.25.2016

      Kale and berry smoothies..or even better frozen into Popsicles!

    • SKitto
      04.25.2016

      One of my favs to make in the blender is your recipe for Minty Green Shamrock Shake??

    • Zoey from Www.zoeycnunes.com
      04.25.2016

      The tortilla soup that you have on your recipe index! It’s so good!

    • Brigid C
      04.25.2016

      I love Roasted apple and butternut squash soup!!!

    • Jordan dennis
      04.25.2016

      Vegan cauliflower soup with roasted garlic!

    • Gregory Ragan
      04.25.2016

      I LOVE a good, smooth squash and apple soup with toasted hazelnuts!

    • Ash from ashleyzelinskie.com
      04.25.2016

      I make my own bloody Mary mix with homemade tomato juice. The recipe has over 30 ingredients to make the balance of sweet, tangy, spicy just right. I make them once a year at the end of the summer and can then to enjoy throughout the year. A big blender would really help!

    • Nicole
      04.25.2016

      I love green smoothies in the morning! Recently I’ve been adding mint and cucumber. So delightful and healthy!!

    • Sarah F.
      04.25.2016

      Love the green smoothie recipe! 🙂

    • Morgan Buehler
      04.25.2016

      Vegan/Paleo Cashew Spinach Artichoke dip (sans dairy and gluten). It’s a party favorite — and it passes the boyfriend/husband test for sure!

    • Martina
      04.25.2016

      I love a good homemade Romesco sauce. Roasted bell peppers, Marcona almonds, day old bread, garlic and sherry vinegar. So good with all kinds of grilled vegetables but especially leeks and spring onions. My favorite summer dish!

    • Jennifer Wenzel
      04.25.2016

      Spinach Berry Yogurt Oatmeal smoothie

    • Emily O'Connor
      04.25.2016

      Cauliflower and leek soup.

    • Meghan G
      04.25.2016

      My grandmother is French, and her vichyssoise recipe is sublime! As a child, I loved the silky creaminess of it. Now it represents to me something beautifully simple and nourishing. Of course, the quality is all about the puree consistency!

    • Amy
      04.25.2016

      Creamy avocado and cashew sauce for zoodles!

    • Emma
      04.25.2016

      Strawberry Banana smoothie!

    • Michelle
      04.25.2016

      I love making avocado pesto sauce with lemon to go on my pasta!

    • Angela from Ange.la
      04.25.2016

      Smoothies & hummus!

    • Lindsey
      04.25.2016

      My favorite so far is my spring cleanse smoothie – honeydew, cucumber, lemon, spinach, chia and frozen grapes! We’ve been wanting a Vitamix to help us explore more recipes, and this would be so perfect to win! Not to mention I just ordered your book on Amazon. ?

    • Clayton Kelly
      04.25.2016

      Love love love making roasted red pepper and tomato soup!!! Would die for a new vitamix!

      • Claire
        05.02.2016

        So many! But I’d have to say blended red lentil soup!

    • Sue
      04.25.2016

      I would love a VitaMix to use in my Family and Consumer Science classroom! I would teach the kids how to make soup in a blender, how fun!

    • Caroline Stevens
      04.25.2016

      I am loving smoothies with frozen dark cherries and peaches right now!

    • Krista Schumacher
      04.25.2016

      Green smoothies, avocado and cilantro hummus, and kale pesto are weekly staples in our house!

    • Kelly Williams
      04.25.2016

      Chia seeds ground flax seed spinach pineapple small banana blueberries and pitted cherries! Yum!!

    • Lauren Williams
      04.25.2016

      My favorite blended recipe is my grandma’s pasta sauce and then I add it eggplant at the end.

    • Ari
      04.25.2016

      Banana ice cream 🙂 yum

    • Whitney
      04.25.2016

      I love a good acai smoothie bowl, complete with all the toppings!

      • Brittany Lucero
        04.27.2016

        A big fat smoothie bowl, with a banana and spinach base with all the toppings on top 🙂

    • Natalie
      04.25.2016

      Fresh green smoothie with pineapple, coconut, kale, banana, and almond milk.

    • Nada
      04.25.2016

      I too love the carrot gazpacho!

    • Rebecca
      04.25.2016

      Roasted red pepper hummus is a fave!

    • Katreadme
      04.25.2016

      Cream of Cauliflower soup with lobster and basil oil!! Amazing.

    • Ally
      04.25.2016

      My favorite recipes are green smoothies that include spinach, frozen pineapple, and Greek yogurt 🙂

    • Mariah Smith
      04.25.2016

      Soup!!

      • Latrissa
        04.25.2016

        Protein packed smoothies!! 🙂

    • Jamie Packard
      04.25.2016

      Home made almond milk 🙂

    • Deirdre
      04.25.2016

      Tomato gazpacho is one of my favorite blended recipes. I also love it for dressings and pestos.

    • ami
      04.25.2016

      Green smoothies – kale, romaine, ginger, spinach, cucumber, apple, ginger, lemon. I make a big batch for the week (freeze as needed)

    • Laurinda Norris
      04.25.2016

      Tomato Basil Soup. Yum!

    • Jennifer Scorziello
      04.25.2016

      Vitamix blenders are the best blenders out there! I love making green smoothies every morning that energize me with organic kale, apple, spinach, strawberries, blueberries, lemon juice, chia seeds, goji berries, water and ice.
      I also love making frozen banana ice cream! Made with frozen bananas and cacao powder.

    • Beth Levine
      04.25.2016

      Split pea soup! The ultimate comfort food.

    • Lauren
      04.25.2016

      I LOVE the chocolate almond milk smoothie with banana. So yummy. The cinnamon makes all the difference.

    • Jessica from thekosherfoodies.com
      04.25.2016

      homemade almond milk!

    • Kale and mango breakfast smoothie!

    • Yesenia
      04.25.2016

      My favorite is roasted red pepper hummos and any green smoothie!

    • Mary Clisch
      04.25.2016

      Banana ice cream!

    • Maria
      04.25.2016

      Creamy broccoli soup with avocado!

    • christine
      04.25.2016

      The Filler upper smoother: Coconut/Greek yogurt, frozen blueberries, spinach, banana, flaxseed oil, and flaxseeds!!

    • Julie Boulais
      04.25.2016

      Cocoa matcha and tumeric

    • Heather
      04.25.2016

      My favorite is simole. I my bike commute year round. I love it but but it means that I need more energy in the morning but have less time because of my hour commute. No more tofu scramble or pumpkin pancakes. Making a green smoothie each morning saves me time, gives me an energy boost, adds water to my diet, decreases dirty dishes and ensures that I fit fruits and veggies into my busy schedule. Green smoothies have changed my day. Every day.

    • Elise
      04.25.2016

      My favorite blended recipe is cauliflower Alfredo sauce!

    • Michelle S.
      04.25.2016

      I love making a green smoothie in the AM- spinach, almond milk, vanilla raw meal & a banana!! ❤️

    • Shelby K
      04.25.2016

      Vegan creamy mushroom soup!

    • Joyce
      04.25.2016

      When I was looking for great smoothie recipes, I discovered Love and Lemons! My favorite smoothie recipe from the blog is the Superfood Sunshine Smoothie. It is amazingly tasty and I love the mixture of flavors. Always brightens my day!

    • Samantha from samanthamturner.com
      04.25.2016

      Decadent breakfast smoothies!

    • Angela
      04.25.2016

      Just made a smoothie tonight that included yogurt strawberries and mango and a few peach slices.

    • Theresa
      04.25.2016

      Acai bowls, nut milk, SOUPS smoothies yuuuum.

    • Heather
      04.25.2016

      Pumpkin Smoothie anytime of year! Makes me smile!

    • Michele
      04.25.2016

      Sweet potato hummus!

    • Katy
      04.25.2016

      Banana, blueberries, kale, Greek yogurt, almond milk, honey & organic plant based protein with greens

    • I love making mango sorbet in the morning for breakfast. I use frozen mango, greek yogurt, agave, a little almond milk, and some lemon juice. I also like to top it off with a nice heap of chia seeds 🙂

    • Lindsey
      04.25.2016

      creamy white bean soup!

    • A Vita Mix hasn’t always been in my budget but I want one terribly! I use my good ole fashion Dutch Oven to make my favorite soup, Split Pea with Ham. 🙂

    • Dee
      04.25.2016

      I just started making smoothies every morning. I have a cheap blender and usually have a chunky smoothie. Sometimes it’s hard to drink what I make but I’m trying! Usually do spinach, banana and sometimes a mango or cucumber.

    • Grace Spoors
      04.25.2016

      I love making chocolate avocado mousse! Just avocados, cacao and a dash of honey!

    • Grace Spoors
      04.25.2016

      Boiled cauliflower blended with a dash of milk makes the perfect Alfredo sauce

    • Judy Jones
      04.26.2016

      Roasted asparagus, sweet potatoes, & onion with fresh vegetable broth to create consistency you want. Run through Vitamix until HOT. Makes a wonderful soup/appetizer.

    • Jasmine Yu
      04.26.2016

      I love to blend up some smoothie bowls!

    • Melissa E.
      04.26.2016

      I haven’t made too many blended recipes. I used to do this smoothie with spinach, peanut butter, matcha, banana, coconut milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and chia seeds. So good! Recently made the parsnip and white bean soup from your cookbook, though, and LOVED it. I had it for lunch for days.

    • Tess
      04.26.2016

      Butternut squash soup

    • Sarah
      04.26.2016

      Cinnamon Almond Butter! Just roasted almonds, some agave, cinnamon and a little bit of salt. I could eat it by the spoonful!

    • Kirstin Rudd
      04.26.2016

      Butternut squash soup!

    • Megan
      04.26.2016

      I could make salad dressings all day long and never get sick of trying new combinations!

    • Greta
      04.26.2016

      Kale pesto, kale pesto, kale pesto….my 8 year old loves it 🙂

    • A chai latte smoothie is my latest favorite!
      A chai spice blend, instant espresso powder, milk, vanilla whey, a banana and ice.

    • Anne-Katrin
      04.26.2016

      rooibos tea and berries smoothie

    • Anne
      04.26.2016

      Berries, pineapple and kale!

    • Lara
      04.26.2016

      My favorite recipe to blend is my homemade marinara sauce! It takes less than ten minutes and is easily adjustable for different serving sizes! All I do is saute compari tomatoes, kalamata olives, green bell pepper, onion, garlic and a secret ingredient 😉 once it is fragrant and warm I throw it in, blend and serve immediately over zucchini noodles, chicken or veggies! I chose to blend this mixture because in addition to the warmth the sauteeing brings to my sauce, blending it makes it hot and ready to serve! I would enjoy experimenting with the vitamix 🙂 follow me on _littlemissfoodie on instagram!

    • Homemade avocado mayonnaise. Yum!

    • Ashley LaRue
      04.26.2016

      Berry Smoothie!

    • Lauren C
      04.26.2016

      My favorite thing I make in my blender is a butternut and apple soup. Butternut is usually more of a fall veggie but the apple makes it fresh, and I really like to cook it in the spring!

    • holly
      04.26.2016

      butternut squash soup

    • Laura Katherine
      04.26.2016

      Mar.Ga.Ri.Tas. The silkiness made in a vitamix is incomparable!

    • bosun
      04.26.2016

      green juice: spinach, ginger, mint, strawberries

    • carly luckow
      04.27.2016

      my favourite blended recipe is rawnola (medjool dates, oats, cinnamon, coconut sugar, cacao powder, and a pinch of Himalayan pink sea salt) 🙂

    • Savannah Powell
      04.27.2016

      Tropical banana nicecream!!!!!

    • Angie
      04.27.2016

      soup to nuts…nut butters to be exact

    • Jessica
      04.27.2016

      Pesto sauce, cauliflower soup, or any smoothie!!!!

    • Kim Jones
      04.27.2016

      Vichyssoise

    • Bina
      04.27.2016

      Green smoothie, kale, spinach, Apple, blueberries, strawberries, chia seeds blended with some almond milk

    • Tiffany Nam
      04.27.2016

      Broccoli soup!

    • hope
      04.27.2016

      roasted red pepper and carrot soup!

    • Allison B
      04.27.2016

      Magic green sauce from Pinch of yum!

    • Krista
      04.27.2016

      Vegetable bolognese!! Vegan and delicious! You need a powerful blender/food processor for the walnuts.

    • Terri
      04.28.2016

      Curried Parsnip and white bean soup- family loves it!!!!

    • Phyllid
      04.28.2016

      Peanut butter, cherry, chocolate smoothie.

    • Cindy from cindysgardentotable.com
      04.28.2016

      fruit smoothie with spinach

    • Genevieve
      04.28.2016

      Creamy cauliflower and sunchoke soup- so simple and uniquely delicious!

    • Maisie Greene
      04.28.2016

      I love pesto! The chart in your book has me like ahhh 😛

    • Luisa R.
      04.28.2016

      A healthy fruity açaí bowl every morning!!

    • I make a tropical fruit smoothie on the weekends! So fabulous!

    • Hannah W
      04.28.2016

      nice cream!! thanks so much for the opportunity!

    • Kristie May
      04.28.2016

      Cashew cream!

    • Becca
      04.29.2016

      banana blueberry smoothie!

    • Maeve
      04.29.2016

      Grad school Green smoothie: Lots of Spinach, about 2 dino kale leaves, 8ox coconut water, some aloe vera gel or fat free plain yogurt, a small chunk of ginger- diced, pineapple, mango, and topped with cia seeds!

    • Diane Ramirez
      04.29.2016

      I am obsessed with power smoothies from the Julie Morris book Superfood Smoothies! I make them for my husband and myself every morning.

    • Jennifer
      04.29.2016

      Vegan pumpkin pie pudding pots!

    • LInz
      04.30.2016

      Vegan Walnut Salad Dressing!

    • Kim Allison
      05.01.2016

      Almond butter, strawberry banana blueberry smoothie with bee pollen,cacao nibs and almond milk! Mmmmm

    • Sophie Bjork
      05.01.2016

      Plain green smoothie with banana, spinach, and molasses! So much iron and so healthy.

    • Melanie
      05.01.2016

      I love making puréed cauliflower with a touch of almond milk and vadovaun spice! Creamy, vegan, filling and delicious. It would be a dream come true to win a vitamix to use for this!!

    • Val
      05.01.2016

      Vitamix is amazing for 1,001 reasons …. As are new cookbooks

    • Katy Kvassay
      05.01.2016

      Brendan Brazier’s Chocolate Almond Smoothie…my go to breakfast!

    • Roslyn from artbyroslyn.on.ca
      05.01.2016

      I love any smoothie with ginger! My favourite would be ginger, spinach or kale and apple and carrots.

    • Andrea
      05.01.2016

      A moosewood cookbook dressing of cilantro, tomatoes, and nut butter!

    • Nicole
      05.01.2016

      I like to make juices the blend in some avacado.

    • Michele W
      05.01.2016

      Omelette are so fluffy blended in a blender

    • Annie Talken
      05.02.2016

      The best icecream ever!

    • Meghan
      05.02.2016

      fresh basil pesto!

    • sandra robinson
      05.02.2016

      turmeric carrot soup

    • Kevin
      05.02.2016

      Lemon blueberry pancakes

    • Heather
      05.02.2016

      The vanilla matcha smoothie is awesome but really everything on your site is great. Always find inspiration for dinner, lunch, and snacks!

    • Suzanna
      05.02.2016

      I make your matcha milkshakes all the time! This is the most blended recipe I can make with my stick blender. I would love a Vita Mix so that I can elevate my blended recipe portfolio!
      http://www.loveandlemons.com/matcha-milkshakes/

    • Carol
      05.02.2016

      Apple pie smoothie?

    • Keyla
      05.02.2016

      I love the cashew, lemon and poblano chili crema! Never made anything with poblanos before. Now it’s my go to topping sauce for all things Mexican!

    • Maria
      05.02.2016

      Butternut squash soup

    • Kristin
      05.02.2016

      Carrot Gazpacho w/ Lemongrass – just made it for the first time….

    • Lindsey
      05.02.2016

      banana soft serve ice cream using frozen bananas with some chunky peanut butter and mini chocolate chips. just like the real stuff!

    • Matcha coconut milk apple cucumber smoothie!

    • Hannah
      05.02.2016

      Love making smoothies packed with chocolate protein powder, banana, and spinach!

    • Amber Jansen
      05.03.2016

      Roasted Red Pepper & Carrot Soup!

    • Jenn Meads
      05.03.2016

      I love all your recipes and beautiful pics!! Very inspiring. My favorite is the chipotle stuffed sweet potatoes. Thank you!!

      Jenn

    • Melissa Mendez
      05.03.2016

      I am torn between the kale pesto and butternut squash soup 🙂

    • Erin Waidler
      05.03.2016

      Hummus! Love trying new flavors…latest is cilantro jalepeno

    • Lindsey
      05.04.2016

      Green smoothies!

    • alexis
      05.04.2016

      I toast sesame seeds, then puree them with egg yolks, mustard and vinegar for the most delicious salad dressing. I put it on baby kale with some salt and pepper and it is divine. My friend Dan who owned DABA in Hudson, NY turned me on to it.

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We love to eat, travel, cook, and eat some more! We create & photograph vegetarian recipes from our home in Chicago, while our shiba pups eat the kale stems that fall on the kitchen floor.