Scott, the pugs & I traveled from LA to Tahoe for the weekend for a mini 'vacation'. It's far more beautiful (and blue!) than I ever imagined but I've also been pleasantly surprised how vegan-friendly South Tahoe is too! 

We've only been here a day so far, but check out these vegan eats!

First, I popped on to happycow, where I learned about Simple Bliss Vegan Cafe, the first all-vegan restaurant in South Tahoe (or so …

A: I can’t recommend the meal plans enough for this. Except for the soups, none of the lunches really needs to be heated again (they’re designed for travel), and if you pack your soup in a thermos, it should stay warm. All the sandwiches, salads …

We've already talked about cooking once a week for the entire week on the blog, but the more you do it the more you learn what works for you and what's easiest. With some planning ahead, it is very easy to cook all the meals in only about 2 or 3 hours if you set that time aside 1 day a week.

With having the meals already cooked and in the refrigerator, all you have to do for …

Meet our Herbie of the Week, Anne. Anne feels more energetic, is exploring new foods, and has lost weight since going plant-based.

Q: What made you and your husband decide to go plant-based (vegan)?

Our daughter (Ellie) gave us us the book Forks Over Knives  in December 2011 and we also watched the movie. Ellie has not actually read the book herself, but she knows a couple our age who happily and successfully adopted a plant-based diet.. Ellie knew her …

Scott threw me a surprise party (my first ever) to commemorate a goal that had once seemed only a dream. 

I came home to find balloons hiding something on the wall and my friends screamin' "surprise!" 

 -- I was momentarily confused, but then Scott moved the balloons to show me the news: