Welcome back to the Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Book Club, where we've teamed up with my friends at Engine 2 for an online virtual book club. 

The book we've been reading this month is The Pleasure Trap by Doug Lisle. We have had some great discussions so far from our previous thought questions, you can check them all out here at Goodreads.

This Week's Thought Questions:

1. There is pleasure seeking and pain avoidance in producing hunger, but is …

I feel like I'm traveling non-stop these past few weeks - and I love it! I arrived in LA yesterday morning, and I am traveling again today to San Diego.

I got to stop by the Forks Over Knives office for lunch - they even had both HHC and EHH!

And lunch was good

Last night was the meetup and book signing in LA at Veggie Grill where I met 3 generations of Herbies!

I had the Buffalo Wing …

Last night I was back in Austin for the SXSW Plant-Strong Potluck with John Joseph from the Cro Mags, Robert Cheeke from Vegan Bodybuilding, and Rip Esselstyn from The Engine 2 Diet. I was amazed at how many people came -- I'd swear there were over 200 people there! It was so much fun I may have to come back to Austin just to go to another one.

The two body builders, Chad Byers and Robert Cheeke

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Tomorrow is St Patrick's Day! One of the most celebrated saint's days in the world, with cities sponsoring parades and other festivities throughout the weekend. It's a day all about the green! Green clothes, shamrocks, drinks and food.

These Green Gobblin Muffins are a great way to start off the day, and get in a few extra greens too. They are super fast to mix together & pop into the oven. They'll be done before you know it.

Remember to …

After my post last week on replacing eggs, I got a lot of questions about how to replace oil as well. While vegetable oil is plant-based, I don't use it when cooking or baking. I did 2 separate posts last year on replacing fat when cooking and baking as well.

Oil is most commonly used on the stove for sauteing garlic and onions and frying food. I primarily use water (sometimes vegetable broth) for sauteing. Start with …