This week's meal plan rocks the chili — and chocolate! Plus other great flavors we all can't get enough of!

Individual Plan Highlights:

Banana Bread Oatmeal
Peanut Butter Quinoa
Double Chocolate Oatmeal (NEW)
1-Minute French Toast
Salsa Scramble (NEW)
Chickpea Love Wrap
Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad
Skyline Chili Spaghetti Squash (NEW)
Italian White Bean Pita Pockets
Roasted Chickpea Salad
Chili Wraps (NEW)
Moroccan Lentil Soup

Family Plan Highlights:

Banana Bread Oatmeal
Peanut Butter Quinoa
Double Chocolate …

A few weeks ago, I was in Finland for the Helsinki Book Fair, where the Finnish version of Everyday Happy Herbivore was released. 



On Friday, I attended a vegan breakfast at Silvoplee (a play on the French, s'il vous plait) with Finnish food bloggers. Silvoplee is a popular vegetarian restaurant in Helsinki and they created a special vegan breakfast spread for our meeting. It was so wonderful meeting them and having a chance to talk with them about …

Last Monday, I mentioned that I had come across an article titled "Conquering Clutter" in the October issue of Healthy Beginnings lifestyle magazine that I found quite fascinating from a minimalist perspective.

The first part of the article talked about the negative effects of clutter (which I discussed last week ), but the second part went to the psychology of why we might be cluttered people in the first place. 

According to Milligan, "Most cluttered people have high creativity and …

In case you missed part one: A Vegan Taste of Ireland (part 1)

After arriving in Cork, Scott and I walked to Cafe Paradiso, which had been recommended to us by several people. Problem was, the restaurant was way outside of our price range and there didn't seem to be many vegan options. Vegetarian, yes... vegan, no — so we decided to pass. We popped on happycow and found Very Healthy Food, a vegan and mostly raw …

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Q: What is the reason for not listing sodium in the list of nutrients?

Sodium content varies so dramatically by brand that we can't provide a safe estimate — and I’m not comfortable giving information that isn’t absolutely accurate. For example, if you use a brand different than mine, it could easily be off by 1000 mg. If you have sodium concerns, you should plug everything into a calculator using your specific brands for …