Day #14 Gift > One of each market item free

Today is the first day that the One Roast Vegetable “Fresh Market” is online and ready for action.

What is “Our Fresh Market”? It’s a market store. A place for cool things to hang out together. Imagine art, and cds, and books, and classes, and cookies, and t-shirts, and memberships, and even free classes. All that kind of stuff. It’s all together now on one page (some of it is still in progress … you’ll see when you swing by).

Yeah I know. OK. What kind of a “gift” is it for you if I open my “market” where clearly I’m going to ask you to part with some of your Christmas money?

Well, here’s my gift. The FIRST person to purchase each item up for sale will have their entire purchase refunded to their credit card. Be the first to buy cookies, and I’ll zip into my credit card company file, and refund you the entire purchase.

Some of the gifts are kinda big, so if you’re the first to buy one of those, yup, you’ll get that refunded too! It’s my way of asking you to part with some of your Christmas money AND giving back at the same time

Ready? The timer starts now.

The Fresh Market is here > http://www.OneRoastVegetable.com/market.html

All best,
Shelley

Day #5 Gift > Veggie Audio Bytes CD

Hello from Day 5 of my 29 days of giving.

After I posted yesterday’s story about buying lunch for a woman in a restaurant, my father sent me this email:

“Sometimes I wonder whether you are aware that you may be re-living early childhood experiences.

Once upon a time, very long ago, we (you, me and other siblings…) were in a restaurant. You were perhaps 8 years old.

Next to us was a woman with a couple of small kids…my most dominant memory was of an audible, even pathetic discussion between her and them over what she could afford… they would suggest something and she would desperately try to redirect them, to something less expensive. Eventually they settled upon their choices and it was clear that she was very stressed about the potential total cost, which she was frantically trying to add up in her head.

I leaned over to you and asked whether we should offer to help and you (quite properly) said no because it would “make her feel bad.” I then proposed that we discreetly and anonymously pay her bill at the cash register when we were leaving and never say another word. You were so excited that you could hardly eat your food and I became worried that you were going to blow the whole thing because you kept looking over at them with this big smile on your face… more than once, I had to persuade you to stay focused on our table.

We managed to finish our meal without further incident (if we don’t count the inevitable ring of food on the floor surrounding two high-chairs, occupied by [your younger sisters] Karen and Christy).

We paid our bill and then we paid theirs too and off we went…”

Funny, I don’t remember this story at all, but I don’t doubt it’s true.  It’s just the kind of thing my father would have done (I think he’s over-emphasizing my role in the process).

Today’s gift…

Over the past few months, we’ve had some amazing teleclasses.  Did you miss any of them?  Well, I’ve put together Volume 1 of Veggie Audio Bytes on a CD that you can play in your computer and listen to anytime you like. Or upload the MP3 files to your iPod or other player.

Here are the audio teleclasses included on Volume 1 of Veggie Audio Bytes:

INTERVIEW 1 – Meal Planning and Motivation, presented by yours truly.  You’ll get access to this teleclass I gave that breaks down meal planning into a really easy, step-by-step process (1 hour audio + PDF meal planning charts) ($35.50).

INTERVIEW 2 – Cooking In The Dark: How to eat well in an emergency, with our expert Chef Anne-marie.  She talked in depth about her emergency food kit, how to make your own, and she answered questions from the callers. If you live in earthquake  or tornado country, or suffer from frequent power outages, this call is for you. (1 hour audio; $35.50)

INTERVIEW 3 – What you need to know about staging your home… Even if you’re not planning to sell or move anytime soon!, with Staging Expert and Realtor Ginger Pugliese from www.SignatureStagingandRedesign.com. She answered tons of listeners’ questions, including how can you give your kitchen a face lift for just a few hundred bucks. (1 hour audio; $35.50)

INTERVIEW 4 – What’s the best way to lose weight?, with Nancy Saunders, registered dietitian. Nancy’s approach to losing weight is all about awareness and behavioural change, and on our special call, she talked about how to get through the weekends with all the kid events, birthday parties, and “celebrations”, and how to get your family supporting your new healthy life. (1 hour audio; $35.50)

INTERVIEW 5 – What are your kids eating? Do you need help getting them to eat better?, with Chef Jill Houk from www.CenteredChef.com. Jill tells us how can we get more nutrition into our kids when their idea of a vegetable is a potato – and a deep-fried one at that.  And wait till you hear what she says about veggies and wearing a car seat… (1 hour audio; $35.50)

The CD with all 5 hours of interviews/teleclasses, valued at $177.50, is now on sale starting today for only $19.95 + shipping. ADD TO CART

Today’s gift is I’m giving copies of this new CD away for FREE to the first four people who email me their name and mailing address.

All best,
Shelley

Meal Planning & Motivation Audio

Earlier this week, I held a free teleclass all about Meal Planning and Motivation. Getting dinner on the table every night can be challenging. Maybe you’re cooking for one and you don’t want tons of leftovers. Or you live in a remote area where fresh produce is hard to find. Or you’re trying to eat better, and all the meal plans you see involve ground beef three times a week. I’m so passionate about this subject, I just love giving calls like this one. We talked about the main reasons why we don’t cook (or plan) meals often enough… and I talked about the eight easy steps to plan your week so you can eat at home, save money, be healthy, and impress yourself!

Usually our audio calls are not shared with everyone, and I only make the recording available to people who registered for the class… but this subject is so important that I want to make sure that you can benefit from this info, and I want to invite you to “listen in” on our conversation … it’ll be just like you were there! So, if you missed this call, you can LISTEN TO THE AUDIO HERE. It’s an MP3 file, 60 minutes long give or take, and the HANDOUTS FOR THE CALL ARE HERE.

Be sure to post a comment afterwards and let us know what you think

All best, Shelley (Head Tomato)
One Roast Vegetable
“Eat more vegetables”