I'd like to give a very warm welcome back to our HOW this week, Michelle! Michelle guest blogged on Happy Herbivore last November, sharing how she stayed healthy on a mostly plant-based diet while attending high school, participating in several extracurricular activities, and having cooking to cook all her meals herself (since age 14!). She was quite the inspiration!

Before and after her post, Michelle and I had corresponded a few times via email, mostly about how she could …

This week's meal plan captures the taste of Fall with two recipes that taste like apple pie but are infinitely more healthy PLUS we're sharing some of my personal favorite cozy recipes like Garden Chowder! AND NACHOS!

Individual Plan Highlights:

Banana Bread Oatmeal
Apple Pie Smoothie (new!)
Banana Split Quinoa (new!)
Single-Serving Blueberry Muffin
Acorn Squash & Apple Soup
Pineapple Teriyaki Chickpeas (new!)
Sweet Potato Dal
Garden Chowder
Loaded Nachos
Spicy Tomato Soup

Family Plan Highlights:

Banana Bread Oatmeal 
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Before I get to the blog post — last minute news! Rumor has it I'm going to be on Dr. Oz this afternoon, so tune in and see me cook my portobello steaks! 

Now, on to today's business...

I'm always getting a ton of questions about freezing foods and freezing recipes so here are a few tips, but first a confession: 

I don't really freeze anything (outside of ice and veggies/fruits that come frozen). One reason is …

When I was flying from Chicago back to Los Angeles, I picked up the October edition of The Oprah Magazine in the airport. I never read this magazine so I'm not sure what it was that made me want to buy it, but I'm glad I did! My favorite article was "May We Help You?" by Martha Beck. 

The article boasted 5 pieces of advice that everyone ignores but shouldn't. Beck wrote, "We go through life generally getting …

I spent thursday and friday shooting cooking videos for my new book and oh.my.goodness. TV/film is hard work! 

Have you ever watched a sport or dancer and thought "that looks so easy!" and then you go try it and realize what looked like a short, leisurely walk is really an uphill marathon? That's what film is like. I thought it would be a piece of cake, especially because I speak at conferences and do demos so frequently but no. Film …