The cookbook has kept me tied up, I know. I kept saying I'd make it up to you -- and I hope I have with this awesome recipe. I'm using VeganDad's photo because it's fantastic and really shows off how well these nuggies hold up to the real thing! 

These nuggets taste like a chicken nugget but are made with beans, wheat and TVP -- sooo awesome! They're crispy, too -- making it feel like you're eating …

I can't believe another year has come and gone. 2009 has been a very exciting year for Happy Herbivore (and me). I returned to New York from California in July. In October, Happy Herbivore celebrated it's second birthday and in December, I celebrated my third veganniversary. Best of all I found a terrific publisher in November and the Happy Herbivore Cookbook is on it's way! I just wrapped up the 190th recipe, so it's almost done!

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Wednesday I decided to do a load of laundry before our trip to Vermont. I'm obsessive about having a clean apartment when I come home from vacation and clean laundry is no exception. I'd just thrown the last load into the dryer when Scott called, asking me to meet him at a store to check out some snowboarding pants he wanted. Normally I don't like to leave my laundry down in the basement. It's not that I think someone …

When my parents visited us last March (when we still lived in LA) I whipped up a quick blueberry breakfast cake one morning. It ended up being a huge hit with my parents. In fact, they liked it so much that they're still talking about it. Hey, what can I say? I love it when I get it right the first time. Anyway, since apples have been in abundance lately here in New York, I decided to remake the …

I remember loving eggnog as a kid until I learned it did in fact include eggs and it wasn't just called eggnog because it was yellow. I was so grossed out (I was drinking eggs?!) that I vowed to never touch the stuff again. and I didn't... until I went vegan and found soy nog at the store. I've tried all the vegan nogs around - Silk's Soy Nog, Rice Dream's Rice Nog and a few other brand in …