When I think back to the source of my clutter (pre-minimalist), one big culprit, if not the biggest, was our barrage of sentimental items.

I can distinctly remember one of our closets (one out of the two total closets we had in our studio apartment), being half full by boxes of sentimental items -- pictures, childhood things, T-shirts, and what have you.

Even when we downsized from our very large, very spacious, two-bedroom apartment to the teeny tiny studio, I …

In case you missed the news yesterday, my newest cookbook, Happy Herbivore Light & Lean, has landed! Preorders will be shipping soon!

To get your tummies excited, I've got a teaser recipe for you today!

About a month ago, I posted four pictures of recipes from the new book on HH's Facebook page and asked the Herbies to pick which recipe they wanted me to share in the Happy Herbivore newsletter.

The voting was crazy close! The winning recipe …

Before I get to your questions I have news!

In case you missed the announcement yesterday, my newest cookbook, Happy Herbivore Light & Lean, has arrived! 

I posted a video on Facebook yesterday. Watch me open the box and see my book for the first time here. 

Since the books are here, that means pre-orders will be shipping very soon -- any day now, so if you want to get the book early (Before the official bookstore release …

I must confess: I don't own a Crockpot. I'm a horrible planner. Just ask my rice cooker.

When I was shopping for a rice cooker I opted for a fancier model that had a "brown rice" setting and a very functional timer. For example, I can assemble it Tuesday night saying I want the rice to be done at 6:15pm Wednesday night or 6am Wednesday morning. Absolutely fabulous!

But can you guess how many times I forgot to …

Continuing what seems to be a new tradition of couples and families being joint Herbies of the Week (I love it!), our current Herbie of the Week, Jim, is the happy hubby of Monica, a former Herbie of the Week! Woot! 

Anyway, I "met" Jim when I was working on our plant-based guys series (you can read about plant-based guys Part 1 and Part 2) and he immediately won me over when he signed his interview email, "Next …