I’ve recently received a few questions about alkaline foods and pH balance. For those of you who have never heard of this, pH balance is the measure of the acidity of a food/solution/or in this case, your own body. Some people believe that balancing your pH and creating a less acidic environment in your body is best for your overall health, because having too much acid can put extra strain on your body that’s already working so hard for you. …

Hi Herbies! It's Andrea, again. Happy Tuesday :] After we posted the gingerbread scone recipe this weekend, we got a lot of questions about making recipes gluten free. I'll admit- I rarely (if ever?) bake gluten free. Even at the bakery, we had a pre-set mix of gluten free flour and then the rest of the recipe was standard for whatever we were making.

What I do know is that you usually can't just replace whole wheat pastry flour …

Back when I wrote my post: Getting What You Want (Anti-Consumerism) I mentioned that my sister, Courtney, was my financial adviser and she's so money savvy that she can squeeze quarters out of pennies. 

After that initial post, a few people wrote in asking if Courtney could guest blog -- offering some of her sage financial wisdom... well Herbies, you're in luck! Courtney's going to start guest blogging on Happy Herbivore and today is her first "financial lesson."

Holiday Savings

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Shameless self-promo aside...

I've gotten a few emails and tweets asking for …

Hi Herbies :] It's Andrea- I'm here with a seasonal recipe! As much as I like the idea of Thanksgiving and pumpkin flavored things, I'm much more of a Christmas girl. Last year, I went through an iced coffee+Clif Bar phase when my school schedule got crazy around finals. My favorite was the seasonal flavors- especially the iced gingerbread.

Iced Gingerbread Clif Bar

I don't think I had ever had a gingerbread cookie or flavored food before tasting this! We're …