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Need dinner fast? Don't have much in the house? Here is my lazy Friday dinner meal--quickie black bean burgers. I sometimes call these "hotel room burgers" because I originally developed them in a hotel room while on vacation!

I've turned my adorable logo ("Herbie") into a beautiful 100% sterling silver charm necklace -- get one and help elephants!

The proceeds are going to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee! 

I've created a Kickstarter project for pre-orders!The necklaces are only being made this one time so it's your only chance to get them!

The designer also requires a minimum order of 100 necklaces -- so be sure to tell your friends! Help spread the word by "liking" the project …

It wouldn't be Thursday on Happy Herbivore without a guest blogger! Today's guest blog post is by one of my twitter friends (tweeps?) Sam a.k.a. Quantum Vegan! 

Sam is always tweeting delicious pictures of food and today's blog post is no exception! Take it away, Sam!

Sam: I've been a big fan of HH chickpea "tuna" for ages, so when I heard there was a whole cookbook full of HH stuff coming out, of course I had to have it! …

For me, this video really sums up my earlier post on dealing with negativity. I think a lot of people sometimes forget that authors or bloggers are real people.

I’m guilty of this myself. My tree was shaken a few years ago when I left a poor review for a book and the author contacted me. I was shocked. It had never even occurred to me that the author might read the reviews for his book. 

I stood by my …

When I went vegan I had all these assumptions about how my friends would react to my new lifestyle. I figured there would be some teasing, some peer pressure trying to get me to “cheat” and all the annoying questions like “where do you get your protein?” but what I never expected was the open hostility.

Now, I have to interrupt and say that most of my friends were pretty awesome about it. Some were curious and the rest had …