I was in the Bay Area the other weekend for two photo shoots (one for the cover of my next book due out Dec 2013!). In between shoots I was able to meet up with some local Herbies at Herbivore. Some 40+ herbies came out! It was such a great time and we pretty much took out half of the restaurant :)

Lame as ever, I ordered a salad -- but it sounded so good!

(and it was good!) …

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This question bubbles up in my inbox often — if the whole family isn't plant-based, how do you make it work? 

When I was vegetarian and Scott wasn't, we agreed the house would be vegetarian — meaning Scott could eat however he wanted outside of the home (i.e., at work, at restaurants), but at home, our meals were vegetarian. Scott did most of the cooking back then, and he was fine preparing us meatless meals.

Then when I went …

The day after my birthday, I received the most beautiful email from Brenda (I doubt she even knew it was my birthday). Brenda bravely shared her story with me -- the subject line of the email "It's time to tell you my story." I was moved to tears and asked Brenda if I could feature her, and share her email as part of our Herbie of the Week column. Lucky for us, Brenda said yes! 

"Hi, Lindsay

More NEW recipes on this week's meal plan: Mexican Breakfast Potatoes (both plans), Peanut Butter Oatmeal (both plans), Rustic Sweet Potatoes (individual), Sweet Potato & Black Bean Wraps (family), PLUS fan favorites like chocolate muffins, PB Cup Quinoa, Chickpea Noodle Soup, and MORE! All easy, all healthy, all tastes approved!  

Individual Plan Highlights:

Double Chocolate Muffin 
Mexican Breakfast Potatoes (NEW!)
PB Cup Quinoa (fan fave!)
Peanut Butter Oatmeal (NEW!)
Chickpea Noodle Soup
Rustic Chili Bowl (NEW!)
Sweet Potato Dal
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