I need more polenta in my life. I took the night off from creating recipes for my cookbook and made this wonderful polenta pizza. It's easy to make and very healthy. It's delicate, so you'll need to eat it with a fork but a great way to clean out the fridge!

If you don't have Pudge-Free Holidays, now is the time to get it (& your last chance!) Here is my sample Thanksgiving menu -- with a few teaser recipes! Want more recipes? Subscribe to the newsletter. I always give away secret recipes during the Holidays.

Acorn Squash & Apple Soup (also in Pudge-Free Holidays)

Cornbread & Vegan Stuffing (in Pudge-Free Holidays)

Maple-Glazed Vegetables (also in Pudge-Free Holidays)

Cranberry Sauce (which I use to smother baked tofu)

Fat-Free Pumpkin Pie (in …

This is one of my favorite and oldest recipes. I created it three cities ago (that's how I keep track of time, based on where we were living) and I still love it as much today as I did back then. I'd wadger to say this was my first time using tofu as a sauce and now I'm always using tofu as a sauce. Funny how one dish can totally change your opinion about an ingredient, right?

Anyway this 'Alfredo' …

Back when I gave a copy of Vegan Comfort Food away, everyone who entered the contest was asked to share their go-to comfort food. A lot of people replied "pumpkin oats" and I found myself licking my lips and thinking "mmm... that sounds so good!" I'm not much of an oatmeal person but I do love oatmeal cookies! Why I never thought to put them together before escapes me but man oh man, these are some of the best cookies …

I apologize for my lack of posting on happyherbivore.com recently. It isn't for a lack of not cooking, either. Quite the opposite in fact! I've been busy in the kitchen cooking my pants off. I've been flinging recipes right and left but not for happyherbivore.com --- for my cookbook! I am very excited to announce that BenBella Books, the kickass publisher of The China Study, will be publishing my first-ever cookbook!

The cookbook will be released probably a year from …