Foodie Friday Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon

Blogging. Am I blogging? Blogging feels so.... foreign. I know that sounds crazy coming from me... after all, I've had a "blog" for three years but the whole time I never felt like a blogger or looked at Happy Herbivore as a blog. Happy Herbivore has always been a thing, my companion--the place I store all my recipes with spurts of my life mixed in for good measure.

Aside from the occasional anecdote about a trip or the even more rare …

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Recipes are Just Suggestions? Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Misc

Recently I was at a vegan restaurant where I ordered a sandwich on the menu with some modifications. It went something like "hi! I'll have the veggie burger, but hold the onions and can I get the multi-grain bread and dijon dressing instead? thanks!"

After I ordered, my friend ordered his sandwich by name and followed it with "and I'll take it just like the chef intended it to be."

He said it in a way that offended me slightly, like …

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Oat Flour: The Gluten-Free Solution? Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: FAQ

One of the most popular questions I get via email is: 

"How can I convert your [recipe] to be gluten-free?"

My go-to response has always been "Maybe try a commercial gluten-free all purpose mix?" which, of course, I'd feel bad giving, but I really didn't have much else to offer. Gluten-free baking isn't my forte or even something I have much experience in. To be perfectly honest, gluten-free baking has always intimidated me.

I think what scared me off, more …

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Cookbook #2 Photo Previews Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: News

My poor blog has been neglected while I've been busy writing #2, I apologize. 

I'm nearly done -- 160 recipes and counting (my goal is finishing somewhere between 175 and 200). It's hard for me to believe that just 7 week ago my recipe count was 0! 

Anyway, here are some pictures I took yesterday. These are not the pictures that will be appearing in the book, and they're completely unedited, but they'll give you an idea all the same.  …

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Mama Herbivore - part 2 Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Parents

My mom is back for another guest post. As I mentioned last time she stopped by, she and my father are cooking their way through my cookbook

Here are some of the recipes from my cookbook, as prepared by my parents -- and with my mom's commentary:

Root Beer Float Cupcakes(p. 214)"Your Dad made these cupcakes one afternoon while I was doing laundry. They smelled soooo good when they were baking. I thought these were very …

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