It's been recipe mania around here. Last night I counted up all the new recipes I've created so far, and hit 50+. (Granted some of these include sauces and dressings, but still!)

This discovery was shocking, exciting and also a big wave of relief. You see, when my publisher asked me if I wanted to write another cookbook, I said "hell yes!" but then he asked if I could have the whole thing done in two months so we …

Before I wrote my first cookbook, the whole idea seemed so glamorous but as I started on the first book, I quickly realized--holy hell! it's a lot of hard work!!

It's rewarding work, for sure -- but it's a big project with lots of little undertakings that sneak up on you. I thought after I wrote all the recipes I was done -- ha! far from it. There was editing, layout, creating an index by hand -- so …

Anytime I rail on oil, people seemed so surprised — not that I don't use oil but that I firmly believe that all oils are unhealthy.

Since this is a topic I get asked about often, I figured I'd put it all here, in a nicely wrapped blog entry, for anyone who was ever curious why I don't use any oils in my recipes.

The short and sweet answer is: oil is a highly processed junk food …

For the last two weeks or so, I've been hinting on twitter and facebook that I had some mega news to share. 

There seemed to be three common guesses: 1.) I was pregnant. 2.) I got another book deal. or 3.) I got a TV show.

Well... If you guessed I got another book deal.... you're half right!

I didn't just sign on to write one more book, but TWO more books! 

That's right, HH #2 and #3 are in …

Have I mentioned how much I love my husband, Scott, and my assistant, Andrea, lately? 

Well, I do.

They collaborated and brought a cool new feature to happyherbivore.com.

We've (well... they've) been working hard on it for a few weeks so you may have noticed some changes around here...

Anyway, the recipes page has been redesigned. 

It's much more user-friendly (for example, recipes now have labels for easier navigation, you can "like" your fave HH recipes) and …