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11 Totally Raw Unique Gift Ideas
Filed under Raw Vegan Lifestyle by Frederic Patenaude
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1. Cocotap
This ingenious little tool enables you to open a coconut and drink the water inside, even when it’s a hard one you pick from a tree. As you may have seen in my latest video, I initially struggled to use it, but later found a much easier way that was so obvious but that I missed in my first attempts. I will show you that in a future video. In any case, I wouldn’t leave on a trip without it! You never know where your next coconut will come from…
Check it out: http://www.cocotap.com/
2. Raw Botanicals
I discovered the most amazing cosmetics company right here in Costa Rica (where I’m spending the winter). It’s called “Raw Botanicals”, and they have a great line of cosmetics (including shampoo, insect repellant, creams, and more) made from the highest ingredients. In fact, the cosmetics are so pure you could almost eat them. It’s all hand-made in Costa Rica, using local ingredients, and a percentage of the proceeds go to local animal rights charities. You can order from their website and they will ship anywhere. Makes a great gift.
Check it out: http://www.rawbotanicals.com/
3. Breville Juicer
I always had a good blender (mine is the Vita-Mix), but somehow always settled for a cheap citrus juicer. It was a pain to use, and needed replacement every so often. So I finally decided to invest in a quality citrus juicer. My choice went to the Breville. It’s a pure joy to use and the juice is the best I’ve ever tasted. It literally extracts almost 100% of the juice and leaves the orange completely dry, all in one effortless movement. It’s a little expensive, but well worth it.
Check it out at: http://tinyurl.com/yhg2kse
4. Box of Dates from Date People
Dates are so delicious, especially when fresh and in season. Fortunately, the date season happens to be right now. The best dates in the world I had are from the Date People. They will ship to anywhere in the world. Their dates made it to Costa Rica, where I spend the winter, so I’m sure they will make it to your corner of the world. Go for their Barhi dates, they’re the best. It also makes the perfect gift. I tried their website and it seems to be offline, so contact them by email at: datepeople@wgn.net
5. Fenix Flashlight
This may not be a “raw” gift, but I must say I completely LOVE this flashlight. And who doesn’t need a good flashlight? It also makes a great gift. If all you’ve had in your life is a cheap flashlight, you will be impressed like I was. And best of all, it’s reasonably priced. Get it online: http://tinyurl.com/ydkuent
Also, a great accessory is the diffuser wand, that turns the flashlight into a “torch”: http://tinyurl.com/y8hyowf
5. DVD Set: “The Raw Vegan Cuisine”
This is a shameless plug, but over 1000 customers who enjoyed my latest raw DVD series “The Low-Fat Raw Vegan Cuisine” can’t be wrong. I created these DVDs because I saw something missing in the raw food movements. All raw food recipe DVDs only showed you how to make extremely high-fat recipes based on the “gourmet” raw diet popular these days. This series is different, and shows you a much healthier and tastier way to eat. It’s also a great way to introduce someone to raw foods, because unlike a book where they may raise many objections based on the arguments, these DVDs go straight into food preparation, which answers the number one question people ask “What can I eat on this diet?”
Check it out here:
http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/lowfatdvds/
NOTE: Use the coupon code GIFTIDEAS to save $19.95 and get the bonus DVD for free. This coupon expires in 72 hours.
6. YouBar
This intriguing company makes their own dried-fruit and nut bar, but here’s the interesting part: you get to choose your own ingredients and even put your own label on it! What could be a better gift idea? Check it out online at:
http://www.youbars.com/
7. Oxo Good Grips Salad Spinner
I looked long and hard for a good salad spinner, and couldn’t find one that I really liked until I found this one. Everyone eats salad, so it makes a great gift. Get it online:
http://tinyurl.com/y88xjzc
8. Extra Tamper for Vita-Mix Blender
If you know anyone that uses and abuses their vita-mix, chances are that at some point or another they’ve mishandled or lost their plunger. This happened to me more than once. So what could be a better gift than an extra pair of Vita-Mix tampers? Get them online: http://tinyurl.com/yathpjt
9. Amazon Kindle
I must say I’m a big fan of the eBook revolution. I used to go on trips and carry a back-breaking pack of books. Now all I bring is my thin little Kindle DX, with electronic ink and packed with dozens of books or more. I also found that I get a lot more reading done using this device than regular books. Other friends using one have reported the same thing. Now that the price has come down and the Kindle works almost anywhere in the world, it’s probably the right time to get one, or gift one. Check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/ye77msj
10. Frontier Seasoning Blends
Raw food recipes can be a bit boring without a good seasoning. One of my favorite organic seasonings come from the company Frontier. Available online in different flavors: http://tinyurl.com/yjva8m7
11. Toothsoap
My favorite dental health product has gained tens of thousands of fans over the years. Many of them have reported improvements ranging from less sensitivity to overcoming receding gums. It’s called Toothsoap, and makes a great gift:
http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/toothsoap.html
I hope you’ve enjoyed these gift ideas.
4 Responses to “11 Totally Raw Unique Gift Ideas”
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Isa Cruz says:
THANK YOU so much. This will help me so much for Christmas ideas. do you have any recipe for spiced dehydrated Pecans
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Lourdes says:
I absolutely LOVE emails like these and find them so tremendously helpful. As far as I am concerned you can do “Raw Consumer Reports” all the time. I signed up for one of your webinars where you recommended a bunch of products and I wrote them all down. One in particular I use all day long and can’t live without: the digital timer from Radio Shack. (In fact, I have even given that as gifts).
Frederic, here is an idea for you, seeing as how you give us so many good ideas all the time. I saw that you are selling Dr. Nara’s books on how to cure dental disease (Money by the Mouthful, How to be Dentally Self-Sufficient, etc.). The books are tremendous and I would enthusiastically recommend them to anyone.
BUT the big problem is finding all the things that Dr. Nara recommends to implement his dental care plan. I went to the pharmacy with a list on more than one occasion and have yet to get them all together. Also, he recommends getting your saliva tested to get a count of the lactobacillus or acidophilus bacteria (can’t remember which)…and there is an address and a web where you can send off samples. Try as might, I was unable to locate an Oramedics practitioner or functioning website while I was home in the U.S. this summer. I get the feeling they are hounded and can’t function totally openly.
In short, what would be fantastic would be a product which enabled you to jumpstart Dr. Nara’s dental care techniques, one, by giving a rapid-fire course in “Do this, do that” for those who don’t have the books, two, by giving you the equipment you need, three, by overcoming the hurdle of the saliva testing, and four, by telling you where the heck you can find an Oramedics practitioner! Honestly, I have found it really hard to get off the ground with this, and I am very motivated.
Just an idea.
Best,
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lola says:
this is a great list Freddie! I wish for someone to buy me that juicer!
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Amy Davis says:
Thank you! I wanted to contact the Date People based on your video. Now you gave the email. Thank you. I appreciate all the links. Your dvd’s sound like just what I need! I am just beginning. Green smoothies are a good start, but I need something that sits on a plate now and then. I am definitely new and need to see how it is done and I want low-fat. I will check them out. Thank you. Peace, Amy
