We've already talked about cooking once a week for the entire week on the blog, but the more you do it the more you learn what works for you and what's easiest. With some planning ahead, it is very easy to cook all the meals in only about 2 or 3 hours if you set that time aside 1 day a week.

With having the meals already cooked and in the refrigerator, all you have to do for lunch or …

Meet our Herbie of the Week, Anne. Anne feels more energetic, is exploring new foods, and has lost weight since going plant-based.

Q: What made you and your husband decide to go plant-based (vegan)?

Our daughter (Ellie) gave us us the book Forks Over Knives  in December 2011 and we also watched the movie. Ellie has not actually read the book herself, but she knows a couple our age who happily and successfully adopted a plant-based diet.. Ellie knew her …

Scott threw me a surprise party (my first ever) to commemorate a goal that had once seemed only a dream. 

I came home to find balloons hiding something on the wall and my friends screamin' "surprise!" 

 -- I was momentarily confused, but then Scott moved the balloons to show me the news:

Try our Tofu Scramble Tacos in this week's meal plans  and enjoy breakfast for dinner- it's an easy meal to cook up and your family will love it too! This week we've also included 14 new recipes in our plans.

New in This Week's Individual Plan:
Rice Pudding
PB & J Smoothie
End of Summer Quinoa Salad
Peanut Noodles
Tofu Scramble Tacos

New in This Week's Family Plan:
Rice Pudding
PB & J Smoothie
Tofu Scramble Tacos
Broccoli Chili Delight …

My dad sent me this email on his thoughts about 'feeling better' and what that truly means to him and older Herbies:

"Just wanted to relate some of my opinions on feeling better on a plantbased diet. I know many of your fans comments and or testimonials state the same thing about feeling better. But what does that mean particularly for someone of my 67 years? 

What it doesn't mean is that you get rid of your aches and pains, …