Meet our Herbie of the Week: Peggy! Since adopting a plant-based diet Peggy lost 45 pounds (in four months!), lowered her blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides, and most importantly: she no longer has chronic constipation -- a problem she'd suffered for years. (She even had half her colon removed previously because of the chronic constipation!)

I am 52 years old, and most of my life I suffered from weight issues and chronic constipation. I knew the weight could be dealt …

If you're wanting to avoid all the unhealthy temptations that come with the holidays, this week's meal plan will do the trick!

Not only is there Hot Chocolate Oatmeal (NEW!) (who doesn't love hot chocolate in December!?), but other filling recipes like Sweet Potato & Apple Home Fries (NEW!) Blueberry-Orange Oatmeal (NEW!), Lentil Cranberry Wraps (NEW!) and Sweet Potato & Pea Curry (NEW!).

Blueberry-Orange Oatmeal

Individual Highlights

• Hot Chocolate Oatmeal (NEW!)
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Ask and you shall receive!

After many requests from Herbies, we've finally put together an updated "master" list of Happy Herbivore cookbook recipes.

The new and improved version includes recipes from all four Happy Herbivore cookbooks (HHC, EHH, HHA and HHLL), which are listed in alphabetical order with their page numbers.

Here's the link to download the PDF: HH Master Table of Contents

You can download and save as a PDF …

After the second live episode of the Happy Herbivore Cooking Show, Kim wrote in about one of the recipes and we subsequently got to talking.

Turns out Kim is a canning sensation!!! (Canning is something I get emails about pretty often!) As soon as Kim mentioned she started canning because lives in a small space, I knew I had to bring her on the blog for a Minimalist Monday guest post!

We’ve canned dozens of things over the past year …

On tonight's episode of the Happy Herbivore Cooking Show, I'm going to show you how to make yet another recipe from Light & Lean!

And judging by the pics I've seen on Twitter, Instagram and the Happy Herbivore Facebook page they're quickly becoming a Herbie favorite!

Fresh cranberries provide the rubies in these chocolate muffins (which are only 105 calories!) and make for a great breakfast on the go, snack or even dessert.

They're also the perfect treat to …