What is nutritional yeast? Can I substitute brown miso in your recipes? What's the difference between ground and rubbed sage?

These are some of the most frequently asked questions about ingredients in HH recipes -- and I'm answering them all AND more in this post!

I hope you find this information helpful and it makes your plant-based cooking experience a little easier :)

Black Salt

Black Indian salt (also called Kala Namak and not to be confused with black lava …

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Kristie!

After losing her mother to colon cancer, Kristie knew in her heart she should stop eating meat, but she didn't know how -- especially coming from a family of meat eaters.

Not long after doing her own Google search, she came across a plant-based diet and decided to give it a try. She told herself if she didn't like it after a month, she could go back to her old ways. 30 days …

With all the holiday baking that's been going on, I've received a lot a questions about recipes that use tofu -- especially which kind to use.

Happy Herbivore recipes call for two different types of tofu: tofu that is refrigerated and sitting in water or shelf stable and packaged in Tetra Paks.

Here's a quick run down of the different tofu types...

Firm/Extra Firm: Extra-firm is much firmer than Firm. Firm and Extra-Firm tofu work best for when the tofu …

Kick off the holiday season with stress-free and healthy eats with this week's meal plan!

Enjoy body warming dishes like Asian Vegetable Noodle Soup (NEW!) and Chickpea Pot Pie Pasta (NEW!).

You'll also find Cinnamon Toast Quinoa (NEW!), the Cuban Bowl (NEW!), and Margherita Pizza Hummus (NEW!) -- all of which are super easy to throw together and will leave you feeling full and satisfied!

Margherita Pizza Hummus

Individual Highlights

• Asian Vegetable Noodle Soup (NEW!)
• …

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Jessica C!

Back in September, Jessica sent me the following email:

"I want to share my recent success story as a young, new mom following a plant-based diet while I breastfeed my son. At the hospital when our pediatrician asked what my diet was like I told him that I was mostly vegan throughout my pregnancy but would be continuing a vegan diet while breastfeeding our son. He said he didn't …