Veggie Burger Test Kitchen! Lemon Herb Sliders.
posted on 4 August 2011, 11:44 am
Burgers and Americans go hand in hand. Call it tradition, call it childhood or teenage nostalgia, call it what you will. But to me, the classic American meal of a burger, fries and a milkshake is pure comfort food. Well, that is until you realize what you are in fact consumi...
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Guest Post on Strawberry Sorbet
posted on 4 August 2011, 10:35 am
My dear friend Alyssa recently asked me to guest-post on her lovely blog, Strawberry Sorbet. Alyssa and I were dorm-mates during my freshman year of college, and we've been good friends ever since. She recently moved to Spokane, Washington, however, so I've been forced to c...
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"Real-Life" Pasta with Veggies
posted on 4 August 2011, 10:07 am
We've all been there.  At a restaurant with no vegan options, eyes scanning the menu.  Realizing that there is *nothing* that is specifically vegan or even vegetarian on the menu.  We end up asking for a pasta with some sort of tomato-based sauce with veggies - the st...
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American Apparel CEO's BBQ Joint.
posted on 4 August 2011, 7:12 am
Dov Charney, the notorious CEO/founder of the nearly bankrupt hipster fashion house American Apparel, is investing in a New York BBQ restaurant. The new BBQ restaurant is set to open in New York’s Lower East Side and serve traditional BBQ fare including fried pork chop...
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Guest Blogger: Vegmom
posted on 4 August 2011, 7:00 am
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 h...
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Wordless Wednesday: Funky Trash
posted on 3 August 2011, 8:11 am
What better example of Portland's creative genius and love for the "green" lifestyle than this funky trash can, found on NE Alberta Street? ...
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Ford to Make Cars From Soy.
posted on 3 August 2011, 7:05 am
As part of their effort to make a more eco-friendly car, the Ford Motor Company has announced that they hope to begin making car parts from soy. For now, Ford is only making gaskets from soy but they hope to expand to other parts of the car soon. The soy gaskets are mad...
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Los Angeles Vegan Near Beer Fest
posted on 2 August 2011, 9:11 pm
[You can tell this is a vegan ding dong because the ingredients list is more important than what the treat looks like.]Over a month ago, LA vegan superblogger (the Heidi Klum of Vegan Blogging) Quarrygirl and Tony from vegan-friendly pub Tony's Darts Away and just-opened E...
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Vegan in Vegas: travel!
posted on 2 August 2011, 4:58 pm
Back from my long weekend in Las Vegas, I can't wait to share my summer travel fun with you all. I'm splitting my "Vegan in Vegas" adventure into two parts. Today is an overview of my trip (and all the vegan eats!) - and then I'm doing a separate post f...
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The Sweet Hereafter - a New Vegan Bar in Portland
posted on 2 August 2011, 12:30 pm
There's a new vegan bar in Portland. It's a sister bar to the very popular Bye and Bye, located on NE Alberta (near my house). The new place is on SE Belmont (next door to one of my favorite restaurants, Dick's Kitchen), and it's called The Sweet Hereafter. It is not glu...
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Pickling Cucumbers
posted on 2 August 2011, 11:11 am
I love pickles. I grew up eating Claussen pickles with my grilled cheese sandwiches, and I've never gotten over my love of the crunchy, salty and delicious snack. I grabbed as many pickling cucumbers as I could at this week's CSA so that I could begin the awesome process of...
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Letting kids interact with animals positively
posted on 2 August 2011, 9:35 am
I wished there is such a place in Singapore and all the children will be brought there to interact with the animals on a field trip! Kids are not brain-washed with all the stuff in our world yet, so when the right things are taught to them, they can accept it more readily. V...
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Starbucks Bistro Boxes Have Listeria.
posted on 2 August 2011, 7:08 am
Fresh out of the gate with their much hyped Bistro Boxes, Starbucks is now being rattled by a massive recall due to the presence of deadly Listeria on their cold meat meals. So far, Listeria has been discovered in the chicken, salami, and cheese bistro boxes in Alabama an...
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VegNews Veggie Awards 2011: Vote for HHL!
posted on 1 August 2011, 4:33 pm
What a treat to return from an amazing weekend in Vegas and find out that Healthy. Happy. Life. has been nominated as "Favorite Blog" in the VegNews 2011 Veggie Awards!... VOTE! I hope you guys will vote for Healthy. Happy. Life. for "Favorite Blog" - I'm so excited to be n...
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Meatless Monday Recipe Round-Up for 8/1
posted on 1 August 2011, 2:25 pm
This week's Meatless Monday recipe Round-Up is posting a tad late in the day, but it's my first day back from vacation, so I guess I'm still on Vegas time. :) Later this week I'll be posting my complete "Vegan in Las Vegas" series. With all the vegan-friendly, wellness-fabul...
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World population grows by 1 billion in only 12 years
posted on 1 August 2011, 1:09 pm
The 7 billionth person on Earth will be born in India on October 31 of this year, according to scientists working with data from the UN.It's only been 12 years since we passed 6 billion, in 1999.  In contrast, the world population growth from 1 billion to 2 billion too...
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101 overused food writing terms
posted on 1 August 2011, 11:34 am
Bossa Nova is appalled by food writing clichés In a few weeks, I'll be leading a workshop called "Extreme Food Writing Makeover" at the upcoming Vida Vegan Food Blogging Conference. While preparing for this talk, I've been thinking about how cliché ...
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Community Supported Agriculture - Week Four
posted on 1 August 2011, 9:37 am
You might have noticed there was no CSA: Week Three post. I wasn't able to pick up my share last week, so yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, D and I headed over to the farmar and picked up a DOUBLE batch of goodies. You know what that means! (double the pleasure, double the fun, ...
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July's Top Stories.
posted on 1 August 2011, 7:34 am
This month really flew by and between ALF attacks on McDonalds and Coke beating up pigeons, it’s been wild. A lot of great debate and conversations on our Facebook page and lots of new friends on our twitter. I’m looking forward to what August holds but for now, here ar...
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Minimalist Monday: Cooking 1 Day a Week
posted on 1 August 2011, 6:26 am
Last week I talked about my new found minimalist love with meal planning (check out this week's plan!) and now I've gone a step further: I cooked all of our meals for the week in one day.Admittedly, I wasn't sure if this would be possible. It seemed so crazy and unrealisti...
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