It's baaaack! This week's meal plans usher in the triumphant return of the fan-fave Buffalo Ranch Chickpea Salad (yes, with oh-so-easy low-fat vegan ranch!). As fall peeks around the corner, you won't be able to help falling in love with comforting new recipes like Kale-Powered Pasta (NEW!), Smoky Split Pea Soup (NEW!), and Peach & Blueberry Parfaits (NEW!) — all for both plans — and much more!

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• Kale-Powered Pasta (NEW!)
  
• Buffalo Ranch Chickpea …

[Editorial correction: this post was accidentally published originally with pictures of another Lindsay (not me) due to a file error with our system. Those pictures have been removed - sorry for any confusion]

Recently, I gave a lecture on "being plant-based in a non-plant-based world." I asked my audience members what concerns they had — what worried them? I was surprised how much of it was social or internal. They weren't worried about finding a place to eat at nearly …

I have friends that dream of stardom (to be fair, I live in Los Angeles) and although I like attention (am I not supposed to admit that?) and I have always been a bit of a social butterfly (I'm the hub, not a spoke, as my husband says), I never looked at actresses, actors, or media personalities and thought, "Yes! I want THAT!" 

I never dreamt of fame. Dreamt of being rich, sure, (don't we all fantasize about winning the …

I met Rana through Twitter (I'm @happyherbivore, she's @MissDizzyx *and* she lives in Scotland!). Anyway, Rana had been tweeting about Happy Herbivore recipes and one fine day she tweeted she was going to do a pantry challenge with them. Specifically, she was going to limit her meals as much as possible to what was already in her pantry, noting she had just too much foodstuffs.

Of course the minimalist in me (which I always envision as a butterfly, oddly) …

You have questions....

Q: Have you written a post about organizing and storing all of your bulk foods? And how do you get away from plastic bags when trying to buy out of the bulk bins?

A: Here's my post on pantry and spice rack organization. It doesn't specifically mention bulk, although you can see some containers with bulk goods in the cabinet in the photos (one below!). I transfer bulk goods to BPA-free plastic containers, jars, etc. for …