Today's guest blogger, vegmom, is a super cool runner mom to her vegkid and the family canine. See how HH recipes have brought harmony to their meal times:
VegMom: I think I've made more recipes from your cookbook in two weeks than most of my other books' lifetime! The husband even comes home now asking "what are you trying tonight?" (with excitement instead of worry) and my Vegkid is always holding your cookbook saying "I WANT THIS" and pointing …
I love meal planning and now I've gone a step further: I cooked all of our meals for the week in one day. In fact, Happy Herbivore meal plans encourage it!
Admittedly, the first time I tried cooking all my meals ahead I wasn't sure if this would be possible. It seemed so crazy and unrealistic. Could I really cook all of our lunches and dinners in one day and reheat them during the week? Would the food still taste …
This week's list focuses on summer fresh corn, tomatoes and garden vegetables! I also took care to select recipes that are skillet or stove cooked (not hot oven required!) and pair recipes with common ingredients so you don't get stuck with any leftovers. (no leftovers!)
For example, the Red Lentil Dal and the Mexican Cabbage share the same can of tomato paste. The Mexican Cabbage also shares a can of black beans with the Tofu Chilaquiles.
Here are some of the tasty foods that came out of my kitchen this week:
Cheater Pad Thai (p. 117) with carrots and edamame. To be even more of a "cheater" I tossed the carrots and edamame in with the noodles when they were cooking! I was also all out of smooth peanut butter so I used chunky and I think the little bits of nuts really added to this dish!
A trio of recipes from …
Today's guest is one of my favorite friends in veggies: Tess.
Last week Tess tweeted about a whole-grain, fat-free cobbler she'd made and within 5 minutes, I was making it. No joke. It's rare that I'm ever moved like that but once the idea of oven-warm cobbler hit me, I couldn't be stopped.
The cobbler came together in minutes, baked to perfection and was absolutely divine!
I asked Tess if I could share her recipe here on Happy Herbivore and …