My Dad (Papa Herbivore) emailed:

"You may have written about this before but did you ever think about writing a blog about the "Happy" of Happy Herbivore. All of your readers know what the word Herbivore means but I'm not so sure they all know, or experience, or feel what all happiness entails. Just a thought."

He's right. While I've talked about Herbie, and why I chose an elephant for my company logo (and what it all means) …

Meet our Herbie of the Week, Crystalyn!

A couple months ago, Crystalyn posted a before and after picture on the Happy Herbivore Facebook page. Her transformation was incredible, so of course I had to ask her to be part of the Herbie of the Week series!

After years of struggling with her weight, Crystalyn turned her entire life (and health) around by switching to a plant-based diet in 2013. In less than a year, she lost more than 30lbs …

Let the sunshine in!

Celebrate the arrival of spring with this week's meal plan!

Enjoy the greatest (and healthiest) hits of the season with the Spring Portobello Mushrooms, Citrus Spring Salad, Maple Glazed Vegetables and Springtime Stir-Fry (family).

But that's not all! You'll also find meal plan faves like Double Chocolate Muffins, Creamy Carrot Soup (indi.), Eggless Egg Salad (family), and much more!

Citrus Spring Salad

Individual Highlights

• Spring Portobello Mushrooms
• Double Chocolate Muffin
• Sesame Greens & Quinoa
• …

By popular demand, this week's Teaching Tuesday is all about non-dairy milks!

Fun fact: Did you know non-dairy milks can't be labeled as "milk" in Europe? The word "milk" is actually a protected dominion reserved only for mammary secretions. (Source) Instead, they're labeled as "drinks" (i.e. soy drink).

There are a lot of non-dairy milks on the market today, but rather than focusing on all of them, here is a breakdown of the most popular (and common) ones …

You don't always have to take on a big project to kick off your minimalist journey. The important thing is to just start, even if it's something small.

It's also the small projects that are overlooked the most -- when was the last time you looked in your wallet!?

I find it's almost always a place of clutter, chaos, and unnecessary "trash", which is why I recently cleaned mine out.

After a few minutes of sorting (really, that's all …