Here is a testament that Courtney & I are related: I sat down to write a post about keeping in touch with old friends when Courtney shared the following post with me (without knowing I was writing the same thing!). I love the point she made, and took it to heart.

All relationships are a 2-way street, it doesn't matter if it's a friendship, kinship or romantic relationship - you both have to work on it. This is something …

Welcome back to the HH online book club! Last week we started reading Keep it Simple, Keep it Whole: Your Guide to Optimum Health by Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman.

This Week's Thought Questions (based on chapter 4):

1. How do you define optimal health? Has that definition changed after reading this book?

2. "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change." …

You've got questions, I've got answers!

1. I was looking at the Pineapple Sponge Cake recipes on Pg. 256 in EHH, and was wondering why you call for canned pineapple rings instead of canned crushed pineapple when you end up crushing them anyway?

The pineapple rings come with juice in the can, that you need for the recipe - the canned crushed pineapple doesn't come with extra juice.

2. Just wondering if you had any …

Although my mom graciously cooked several meals during our visit we also went out to eat twice in Greenville, SC.

The first place we went was Lemongrass Thai in downtown Greenville. While Scott's parents are good about eating plant-based (they eat plant-based 90% of the time) some of my other relatives are not, so Thai was a perfect choice: they have something for everyone.

They had a special vegetarian menu (woohoo!) but several other options could easily be …

Chris Dornan had a great idea yesterday -- "I think you should take a road trip across the states and have people host you, where they can invite friends/family over and spend a day learning how to cook/eat/live the herbivore way!"

I'm really excited about Happy Herbivore Across America! Anyone interested in hosting us (Scott, me, pugs!) in June?

A few quick questions:

1. Are you okay being photographed or on camera? (We'd like to blog …