My Favorite Recipeas and Big News! (GIVEAWAY)
I have a little news to share with you. I’m dying to tell you.
But as a part of this week’s festivities, I promised to share with you which of the recipeas on our site and in our book are my very personal favorites.
News or no news, I keep my promises. Which also explains why today, I took my two children, as promised, to the absolute worst theme park in the history of theme parks. And they had a blast.
I predict listing out my favorite foods will be a lot more fun, and involve a lot less time sitting through the most interesting theatrical reenactment of “Little Red Riding Hood” I’ve ever borne witness too. I wanted to offer myself up to the Big Bad Wolf as a sacrifice three minutes into his sweaty off-key song and dance number. But both he and you should eat these things instead:
Favorite Breakfast
(photo courtesy of Ashley)
Book: Pumpkin Cream Pie Oat Bran—as fun as this summer has been, I’m ready for fall. And this creamy, pumpkin breakfast gets me in the mood. (For fall. Cool your jets, Pea Daddy.)
Blog: Creamy Protein Porridge—I know, more oats. But honestly, I love this power packed porridge for breakfast. It’s filling and delicious and has lots of muscle-building protein.
Favorite Soup:
(photo courtesy of Ashley)
Book: Carrot Ginger Soup—this soup is like hot, sweet liquid gold. I once gave a container to my girlfriend Deb to take home for her family, and she’d drank the whole thing by the time she got home. She lives two blocks away. And now she doesn’t want to be my friend anymore because I told you that.
(photo courtesy of Ashley)
Blog: Spicy African Peanut Stew—I plan on making this a lot this football season. Not that I’ll be watching any football. (Cool your jets, Pea Daddy).
Favorite Salad:
Book: Thai Crunch Salad—I don’t think I’d ever say buying a book would be worth it for one single recipe. Okay, I lied. Buying a book would be worth it for this recipe.
Blog: Kale Sunshine Salad—this tangy salad is totally craveable, and I never knew I could crave kale. You will too.
Favorite Snack:
(photo courtesy of Ashley)
Book: My KIND of Bar—this is ‘”kind” of cheating, because this delicious crunchy, salty sweet bar is on the blog too. Don’t say I never gave you anything.
Blog: 2 way tie: Cake Batter Green Smoothie and Chocolate Protein Ice Cream: I eat these daily. They are cold. They are creamy. They are awesome.
Favorite Dinner:
(photo courtesy of Ashley)
Book: Teriyaki Tofu—you will love the sweet, gingery sauce on this oven-broiled crispy tofu. Even Gigi begs for it. That’s right, my first grader begs for tofu.
Blog: Tempeh Tamale Pie—I think I once said, “This is so good you will die. And then you will be sad, because dead people can’t go back for seconds.” I just said it again.
Favorite Dessert:
(photo courtesy of Ashley)
Book: Carrot Cake with Cream “Cheese” Icing—the trick is the technique. This moist cake that is the most delicious carrot cake you will ever eat. I promise you that.
Blog: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls—if you’ve made them, you know why they are my favorite. And if you haven’t made them, I am sorry.
Now to that news.
The book has been selling great and I am having a lot of fun doing all of the press and publicity, and really living out our dream.
But as of last week, I hadn’t yet reached all the goals I had for myself, and as someone who is a bit of a control freak, it was a tough feeling realizing that I had to let go and let you–the readers, and God–the big boss, do what you all want.
I had to give up control.
So exactly ten days ago, I wrote my goal up on our dry-erase board and let it be.
And today…it be.
We did it! We made the New York Times Best Sellers List!!!
I don’t even know what to do to express my gratitude.
Except to say thank you, sincerely. You bought the book, you spread the word, you did it. And though it can never be enough, I’d like to give you one of my favorite desserts.
I will pick three winners at random from the comments section to receive a batch of Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls and an autographed copy of the New York Times Best Seller, Peas and Thank You.
Sorry, I just wanted to say it.
To enter, just leave a comment on this post telling me…anything you want! I’m giving up control. For tonight anyway. I’ll leave the giveaway open until Friday at midnight EST.
Thanks again, friends. You did this. And I am so grateful.
yay! Congrats!
Congrats! You deserve it. I also second your sentiment on the tamale pie. It was awesome.
Oh my Gosh that is AMAZING! Congrats!! I’m dying for your book
Congratulations!!! Love your blog
SO HAPPY FOR YOU! It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person!
This is so great! I’m holding my breath for some dough balls.
A BIG CONGRATS to you!!!!!!!!!!! That’s amazing!!!!!
Congratulations, Sarah! I found your blog and started reading because I’m a former Salem-ite. But I kept reading because I enjoy your writing and sense of humor.
Congratulations! That is such a huge accomplishment and you worked very hard for it – great job!
CONGRATS !!
p.s. peas Peas PEAS PICK ME! Peas?
Just found your blog and book via Nook’s Facebook page, and I have to admit, I absolutely love it! I’ve been a vegetarian for about 6.5 years now, and I’m always on the lookout for new things to try.
Wow congrats! You deserve it
Is there anywhere in the book where you tell us how to be as pretty as you?
Love you Mama Pea!
Oh my gosh…you are too much!
Mama Pea:
I’m so happy for you!!! My favorite book recipe (so far) is the hummus recipe – so worth pulling those skins off the chickpeas! Goodbye store bought hummus – nothing beats Mama Pea’s! Can’t wait to try more!
Congrats, Mama Pea! I love your blog, I love your cookbook, and I think you are awesome!! I’ve told all my mommy friends about your cookbook!
Congrats!! Well deserved!
Congratulations! The book looks great, and it’s awesome to get that kind of recognition.
That is awesome, Mama Pea! Congratulations! Here’s to a second book
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You are such an inspiration! Great job on making your goal on the best seller list.
Congrats! Is your book on sale in the UK yet?
Not yet…we are working on selling those international rights!
i.love.dough.balls.
congrats on all your success Mama Pea! You have inspired me to put a board in my house and record my goals. See them daily till I accomplish them! Otdya is the day I make your cookie dough balls for my cute hubby! he is always afraid of the healthy stuff so i think your cook book could help me convert him!!
xoxo
Jessie Ann
I’m so happy for you, Mama Pea! This is truly wonderful and you deserve every second of glory today and every day!
Congrats!! You deserve it! Love, love, love the book, so thank you!
Congrats, I would LOVE your cookbook!!
You earned it! Mega, epic congraulations!
I finally got your book in the mail yesterday! It is absolutely beautiful. I can’t wait to make my way through as many recipes as I can. My husband got a bit of a worried look on his face until I told him that it was your blog that I discovered his beloved Nacho Mmm Sauce and then I think he got close to as excited as I am.
Love your blog & book!! Would love to win your book to give to my mom (vegan) who just moved with my dad to Okinawa as missionaries. She would love it!!! I fixed them your Succotash Quesadillas & Nacho Mmmm Sauce the weekend before they left and my daughter made your Peanut Butter cookies. Everyone loved them!!! Thanks for making such a fun and hilarious cookbook!!!
Congrats!! Thank you for your wonderful recipes.
Hooray! Congratulations on this amazing accomplishment. Confession: as I’m about to begin another quarter of grad school I’m too broke to buy…. anything, actually, not even a cookbook. But I HAVE been sneaking into Barnes and Noble on my lunchbreaks to read yours and get inspired before I go home and cook dinner
congrats! You are a true inspirtation and I am so happy to be able to read your blog on a daily basis.
thank you for all the recipeas and stories!! I am not a flexitarian with a love for meat free products!
i look forward to many more posts, recipeas, and changes to my life!
Congrats! I begged my mom to let me buy your book but she said no, we have enough cookbooks
I insisted, but mommmm her recipes are my favorites, i’ll make some everydayyyyy
she apparently didnt think my father would appreciate being pushed into my vegetarian lifestyle
Sigh guess iz’ll just have to wait till christmas
This gave me chills of happiness! Way to go Mama Pea! I carry your book around in my purse to share with others whenever I can. Another would be great to gift to a friend (I would take the autographed one of course
) I’ve also been reading it front to back, so many great stories! God bless you Peas. 
You are such an inspiration to anyone who wants to make healthy changes for their entire family.
You are truly amazing!! Congrats!!
I can’t even imagine how excited you must be.
I haven’t been able to find it yet, but I will get it as soon as I can – especially for that yummy salad!
Now this deserves a real C*O*N*G*R*A*T*U*L*A*T*I*O*N*S*!!!
I absolutely love the book. I bought 2 and gave one to my hairstylist. Now my hair looks better and its all because of YOU! Ha
Id gladly pass on my personal copy to my newspaper boy for an autographed copy of the book! I’m so tired of walking down the driveway in my robe to fetch the paper
Thanks for sharing your life, your children, your hilarity and your kitchen magic with the world!
Congrats! That’s very exciting. I wish I had some dough balls right now to celebrate you with.
Congrats!!! I knew long time ago that you’d be a Best Seller!! I’ve been keeping my book in the bathroom and as I brush my teeth morning and night, I’m figuring out what to make for the weekend. Last week it was the thai tofu …YUM. I think this weekend it will be the Black Bean burgers and one of the pies.
You’ve opened a whole new world of eating for me…and I would love to win the autographed copy for a dear friend Tom, who needs help on vegetarian recipes especially during Lent!
Love you Peas !!!
I’m so excited for you!! Congratulations! You deserve it!
Love the book. And dough balls. Oh, and crack wrap = awesome.
Mama Pea,
My best friend has renamed me stalker pea because I sent her a book and now it is all I want to talk about it..
(and she loves you too, just not in the order of protection moght be needed way..lol)
I have eaten and breathed and slept the book and lifestyle for the last month.
I have ordered 5 copies, most as gifts and the last being my “pristine” copy that was not bent and battered..
but as I looked at it, still in the shiny amazon shrink wrap, just one thing is missing.. I told my friend yesterday
“What would make this perfect is her autograph on it. I might just frame it in a shadow box shrine.”
so I shall wait, with my hammer and nail….;)
Just wanted to say thank you for the AMAZING web site and book. You have really helped me adopt a new healthy life style. I was a vegetarian for years, and you gave me the extra kick to go vegan.
Awesome! You did it! You are a NYT bestselling author! Yipppeeee! That is an incredible accomplishment.
And, you know, a very well deserved one, since the book is pretty great. I hope you are working on a peaquel!!! 
you certainly deserve this honour!
your blog is fantastic!
your book was GREAT! and im meat eater who totally enjoyed many of the vegan recipes!!
( especially your burger variations!!!)
your positivity and your humour are such a refreshing moment in my day.
congrats:)
congratulations! All your hard work and failure to wear sleeves is paying off!
Congrats, Mama Pea! I went Vegan in January and have lost 35 pounds! I still struggle with getting my kids to eat what I am eating for most of our meals, so I am excited about your cookbook! I just saw the write-up on the Nook Facebook blog and was thrilled that they picked a Vegan recipe book! After reading the reviews and finding your blog I have already added you to my favorites!
I am obsessed with recipes and making new foods and your recipes always make me so hungry!!!!
Congratulations! A great message- like the Beatles we should all just let it be!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations! I love you and the book so much. It’s no secret any more. My husband finally caught on the other day and now knows that I may, in fact, love you more than him. I’m so happy for you.
Congratulations! I’ve been trying some of your recipes from the website to decide if I want to buy the book. Need to make a few more for the family before I’m ready to commit.
Did you see you were featured on the B&N Nook facebook feed this am?
Congrats on hitting the big time!! Love the blog and the book!! I made the gluten free peanut butter dough balls for my cousin at our family reunion in July. She wouldn’t share (luckily I had already pilfered some) and ate about 40 of them on her own in the two days we were there. She’s scared to make them herself but asked me to make her another batch
Bravo Peas and Thank You! I love this cookbook. As a vegan-leaning vegetarian mom with 2 vegetarian daughters and a flexitarian triathlete husband I feel like this book was written just for us. My girls are always excited to try new recipes from Gigi and Lulu’s cookbook (granola bars, brownies, carrot cake) and my husband loves the protein rich, delicious dinners (Pasta with Sausage and Peppers, Chipotle Tempeh Tacos). And I’m just so relieved to have a guidebook for the week’s meals! Thank you!!!
I just bought your book last weekend- making gnocchi tonight! Thanks!
Congratulations!!! I have recently discovered your blog and love it… we’re *this* close to becoming completely vegan
)
Thank you for the recipe/comic book. I loved the recipes and I a specially love the stories and the realness that you brought through the pages. Don’t you love what the girls come up with sometimes. I laugh so hard at my youngest of 4. She did tell me before we went to church that she didn’t need to go anymore because she already knew Jesus. Love it! She also calls here bikini, Kennie. Thank you and congrats on your success.
That’s incredible congrats!!
I said it before, but will say it again: in a time when people get patted on the back for selling their souls, it’s nice to see someone get the pat on the back they deserve, for pouring their heart into something. You did well, kiddo.
I feel like a Dr. Suess quote would be appropriate here, but can’t decide which one…..
Congrats Sarah! That is awesome! You definitely deserve to brag.
I want to make everything I see on your website but I am too lazy. Maybe receiving a pre-made batch of cookies will motivate me. After all, isn’t it what this is all about? Motivating people to eat better for themselves and their families. You inspire me everytime I go to your site so thanks!
Congratulations!!! Here’s to you for letting go!
Congrats Sarah!!! That is absolutely amazing, and you deseve it. You have inspired me to move back to a mostly plant based diet and your meals leave me feeling healthy and happy! I can’t wait to see what else you’ve got for us. Congrats again!
I’m not a Mom! I’m a 43-year old with a passion for delish and healthy food. I just found your site TODAY and was immediately hooked. I can’t decide what to try first.
Even though we don’t have any kiddos in the house, my “kiddo” husband of 20 years will love this stuff.
A cookbook? You go girl.
You are one amazing woman, Sarah! You make your dreams happen and I so admire that! I would LOVE this giveaway with all of my heart and feel so lucky to get it! I would even save you shipping and pick it up myself
(I live in Troutdale)! How about it?
Congratulations Mama Pea! And I also should say thank you, sincerely, for opening me to a whole new way of feeding my family with wholesome and nutrient dense food. I will never look at “processed” food the same way again (and I am a food scientist).
Congrats, Mama Pea. You totally deserve everything you have worked for. My family loves the receipes and you have definitely made an impact on the way we eat. Keep up the great work!!!!
Wahoo! Congratulations, you deserve it!
This book has quickly become my favorite cookbook!
Huge congratulations! your recipeas ALWAYS get high praise around here.
First let me say, Congratulations! Second, thank you for your inspiration…keep on bringing it!
Congrats! LOVE your blog and LOVE your book….also would LOVE to win
First off… congrats!
But most important, in the spirit of gratitude, I want to say THANK YOU for all you have done. Blogging, writing a book, being hilarious, making my work days workable (reading this blog always puts a smile on my face). I was a meat-eater, ready to go vegetarian, waiting for divine intervention.This blog was that last kick in the behind I needed, and I am so much happier for it. Even my boyfriend knows who you are, and the week leading up to your book release involved a lot of patience on his (and my) part : ) And now we are both much healthier, happier people. I’ve never been so excited about garbanzo beans in my life.
So, thank you again!!!
This is my first time commenting. I’m doing this for my wife– she would love your book. She’s a vegan and I claim to be an 80% vegan because she’s a pretty great cook. She uses your recipes all the time– they’re pretty great. Congrats.
YOU know I am SO damn proud of you! I knew this book would be on the NY Best Selling List, as soon as I bought it and looked through it, I KNEW it was a winner! CONGRATS again! Love you!
I would love those cookies ; ) yummmmmmmmm!
So happy for you
You are truly using the gifts as a faithful servant that God gave you. Thank you for sharing all your creativity, insight, and skillz 
I don’t normally comment on your blog, just on facebook.
Anyway, congratulations. I would SO love your book!
Congrats! That’s so amazing, I’m so glad you made it, and so glad the America is trying to eat healthier meatless meals
I would looove love love love to have a copy of your book, I am positive I would use it all the time. Winning an autographed copy would be great. But alas, if I don’t win, I may have to go out and buy it myself, which is just what you want, huh?
I would really love to win this book Momma Pea! I have been such a fan, and I love your family. I would love to share these recipes with my family, in hopes that it will bring us closer together!
Barbara
Mama Pea-
You are flat out……….. awesome. I became totally obsessed with your blog. Ashley (Edible Perspec.), and Kath (KERF!) have practically forced me onto your blog; it seems you are mentioned at least once a day between the two (I am also obsessed with their blogs, smile.) After checking out Peas and Thank you ONCE, I bought your book!! Are you happy– your totally addicting!I LOVE the ‘kind’ bars, and I am going to try out the chickpea recipe tonight. You are just amazing, and I’m not just writing this because you told us to say anything! You have inspired me. You have also made me burst out laughing in the middle of class (maybe not such a good thing??). Hope you have a fabulous day, I’m off for a PEAceful day
Congrats! I love your recipeas and you truly deserve this.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! That’s so awesome!!! You should be so proud of all the work you’ve done! Soak it in and appreciate this moment!
Congratulations! I bought your cookbook last week & love it, as does my family. I’ve been a vegetarian for over 20 years, but your tofu technique is my very, very favorite one!!! Yum.
Congratulations Mamapea!! You did it!
Hi,
I just bought your book yesterday after making the sweet potato tot casserole and my family and I just loved it!! I love your recipe’s and your pictures of them:)
What an amazing accomplishment! Congrats! I would love to get my hands on that cookbook and those cookies, too
Congratulations! I just found your blog about a month ago and absolutely fell in love with your humor and stories. (And of course, your adorable girls!) I definitely bought the book last week!
Congratulations!! Hard work really does pay off, and you and your family deserve all the success! I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes from the book.
Every time I am on your blog, I want to make all the food but I am too lazy.
Maybe receiving some pre-made yummies and your book will do the trick. Isn’t that what this is all about? Finding the motivation to feed ourselves and our families the right way. Thank you for all you do, I am inspired daily!
WOW! I am stunned! And yet not – somehow, with your readership and loyal fans (myself included!), I’m not surprised.
As I was reading your post this morning I said to my husband, “Guess whose book maid the NYT best sellers list?” He turned around from his work and said, “Mama Pea?” 
You know it!
Thank you for the reminder to release control and allow God to work and move…a good thing for me to read this morning.
Congrats again (and fingers crossed for dough balls!). 
Congrats!! So happy for you!!
Congratulations! I check your blog about twice a day, just in case you post something new. You’ve inspired me to eat almost no meat and eat more veggies. I plan to buy the book as soon as I get my student loan money for the semester (it’s coming out of my book budget hehe).
Fantastic news!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
I can’t wait to make all of these things! And congratulations!
Congrats! I just discovered your blog a few weeks ago and have been loving it ever since. I am so happy you are able to live your dream!!!
I am so happy for you! You’ve inspired me to write down my goals too. Great idea!
Congratulations! I hope Pea Daddy and you get to go on a date to celebrate!
I can’t tell you how happy I am for you. This is such great news. I will say that I have made multiple recipes from the book (in the week that I have had it) – to include croutons (my husband LOVES), balsamic vinagrette dressing (so good), black bean burgers (TOTALLY YUM), blueberry scones, and spaghetti sauce and lentil meatballs. We love everything – thanks for helping change my families opinion of meatless!
Holy Veggie Delight. CONGRATULATIONS on NYT Bestseller List – I have read your blog for awhile now and know that you deserve it.
“I WOULD DIE” if I won this giveaway. No really, I WOULD. First of all because I have a husband that refuses to let me buy any type of Vegetarian or Vegan cookbooks. So I have to get all my recipes (that I cook for myself for lunch’s or breakfast for work) on all the lovely ladies blogs – You included. SO I would love to read your book and try out some recipes on the hubs and am hoping that I get the response you have gotten with your family. PEA DADDY your the greatest. PEA KIDDIES and PEA KITTY too.
I am sure those cookies would be very much enjoyed as well.
Guess that means I need to make something from the book..like now!
Congrats!
CONGRATULATIONS!! how exciting for you
that teriyaki tofu looks amazing! and adorable dishes too!
Congratulations!!!! I bought the book and absolutely love it. You deserve to be on that list!! Oh–and I have a sort of fun side story with your fave recipeas. I made the spicy african peanut stew over the summer and my mom loved it so much that she texted me during work to tell me. My mother rarely texts and when she does it usually has so many typos that you can barely read it. She texted about that stew, though. And might I add–very few typos in it, too! lol
Congratulations!! What a fantastic achievement!
Such fantastic news! Congrats! I love, love, love the book!
Congrats!! I have been on the hunt for your book for weeks now but haven’t had luck–partially because I’m usually accompanied by my toddler and a limited range and time period for hunting. Would LOVE a copy!
Starting my new path to HEALTHY and FUN eating for the family! =)
The power of positive thinking is truly spectacular!! Congratulations! We are all proud followers and I’m sure your pea pod family are just as proud and happy for you as well! Celebrate!
Congratulations, you earned it! I love your blog and I love the book. Thanks for all the yummy recipes and entertaining stories.
Yay! Congratulations!! I had no doubt you’d make the list, though
I’d LOVE to win a copy of your bestselling cookbook, especially if it’s signed by you!! Peas keep up the great work, I thank you for it 
that.is.awesome.
Congratulations! You are such an inspiration! Love your blog and your recipes!
Love your recipes!
I love the stories in the book. I laughed all the way through it.
Congratulations! I LOVE your website! I just discovered it a little while ago and I am very inspired to keep eating healthy and trying new dishes. I have been a vegetarian for a few months now and I am finding myself repeating many meals and not being too adventurous. This is unfortunate because my husband has also been going along with not eating meat but I do not want him to be disappointed in the quality of my meals. I want him to see you can have absolutely delicious meals at home without meat. Your recipes looks delicious and I can’t wait to get a copy of your book to start making new meals and hopefully win over my husbands taste buds! Have a great weekend!!!
I may have to buy the book solely to try and convince MY first grader to like tofu!!
Congrats on the success
I don’t know how in the sam h*ll I’ll win with all these comments, but CONGRATULATIONS Mama Pea!! Inquiring minds want to know-where did you take the girls?
Congratulations! Note to self: writing goals on a whiteboard can be advantageous.
That’s awesome, Mama Pea!
I’ve been exploring the idea of becoming vegan, but I haven’t actually taken the plunge…receiving a box of cookies and a cookbook might be just what I need to push me over the edge
Congratulations!! I’m eager to get the book and make these delicious looking recipes!!
Congratulations! You are so worth it! I want to tell you that I kind of hate you for your peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough balls. They are not even fair. My husband says they’re like crack. I’ve never personally tried crack, but if it tastes like these I can totally understand junkies and feel badly for unfairly judging them for their addiction.
Now to roll myself off to the gym. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
Don’t hate me!
Came across your blog months ago and have read it daily since then. I purchased your book and have told anyone who will listen (and even those who don’t) that it was the best money I have ever spent on a cookbook. Every recipea I make is amazing. Thanks for doing what you do.
Congrats! I LOVE your blog, and your philosophy. I know you are helping more people to eat a vegetarian diet and raise their kids in a healthy way. Impressive
Congrats!! Your food is amazing! It has inspired me to little by little lay off the junk and the meat… i am getting there. Thanks for making it so delicious!
OhhH! I really should make those cookies…cant have peanut butter but I can switch it out for almond butter?
Will make! Congrats!!
xoxo
Megan
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Definitely! Sunflower seed butter works great too!
I am so happy for Pea-nation!!!!! Thank you for helping me make MY man eat plants!! Cheers to the NYT Best-Selling Author title – it is well deserved!
Congratulations! You’re book is on my birthday list
Yay! You are my hero, I hope that when I have kids I will be as rock star as you
Lovin the book, Mama Pea!
Congratulations! Those dough balls look delish!
WOOOOOOOOT! Oh man, I’m so excited for you, I might pea my pants! Not that I had any doubt you could do it. “New York Times Best Selling Author” has an awfully lovely ring to it. I think you should introduce yourself that way from now on. And your girls can call you New York Times Best Selling Mom.
Congratulations on making the best seller list – you definitely deserve!
Thanks for the giveaway! Those dough balls look sooo delicious.
i luv reading what you have to say everyday, and my 3 year old loves looking at pics of gigi and lulu too, everyday!
That is awesome! Congrats! I am loving the book…making the Spicy African Peanut stew tonight!
congrats!!!!! NYT bestseller!!!!
Congratulations! I am in love with the book. Single chin, Double chocolate brownies are my favorite! I have made so many variations of them and they turn out great. Curry in a Hurry is on the menu for dinner tonight
I just made the single chin brownies for co-workers. I added a simple glaze of powdered sugar, chocolate almond milk, and almond extract. They loved them!
I bought the book and BOY do we love it!!!!!
Thanks for sharing your heart with all the readers
Congratulations on your great accomplishment! I found your blog about 6 months and have tried numerous recipes…..and I’m not even vegan….not yet! So thank you for shedding some light on the vegan lifestyle and opening my eyes to more than a meat and potatoe diet. Your book is on my list to buy this weekend! Keep being awesome! Cheers from Wisconsin!
Congrats MamaPea, you deserve it!! I thank you so much for what you are doing for so many families around the world, yes, the world. You have changed the way I am feeding my family and it is soooo much fun!!
Congratulations,Mama! That is amazing & I am so happy for you! Ask & ye shall receive!
Cheers!
Congratulations!! That’s so great!!
Wow. So happy for you, Sarah. This is so well deserved. I meant to comment last week that one thing I very much appreciated was your post on how you got the book deal. It was so honest and shows all of us who may have similar dreams that it’s about hard work and not necessarily things just dropping in your lap.
I love every single recipe I’ve ever made from your site and book. Last week I made your tamale pie with a few minor changes and a good amount of Daiya pepperjack – for my best friends who recently lost their 9 month old baby. As you can imagine, all of their friends and family have been doing our best to support them and meal train is one of the things we set up. Anyway, they loved the meal (which was accompanied by a kale side salad) and I wanted you to know that your yummy recipe, in some small way, was a comfort to people who really need comforting.
Wow, what an amazing achievement! Really inspiring to see.
Congrats on the NYTimes Bestseller list – quite the achievement and well deserved.
Congrats!! That’s amazing, and very well deserved!
Congratulations Mama Pea!!! That is so awesome and you really, truly deserve it!!
Congratulations on making the NYT Bestseller list! You deserve it so much. You are such an inspiration. Not just in terms of food/veg eating/etc…but you inspire me as a mother. making the best of all situations and having a brilliant sense of humor about it! Thank you for the recipeas…the “pea”ce of mind and the entertainment!
That tempeh tamale pie looks amazing! I have to try it. Congrats on the best seller list!
CONGRATS! Anything I want!? 1. You’re inspiring, I want that book!!! 2. I live mere feet from the ocean on the coast of virginia.. doughballs cure hurricane worries, I’ve heard…..
Yay, congrats! I love reading your blog daily!
Congratulations! So exciting! It’s amazing how letting go can work out so wonderfully.
Contratulations!!!!! I am so happy for you!!!
Awesome! Super happy for you. My bestie loved the copy I got her.
Congrats being a NYT bestseller is quite an accomplishment. What an inspiration you are for your children… and everyone else around you.
Congrats on your accomplishment! Just tried the zucchini succotash quesadillas – both my husband and I liked them!
That is so awesome and amazing. Congrats, it must have been a lot of hard work
)
go you! thats HUGE!
LOVE that you met your goal-I knew you would!
Since you shared with us your favorite meals, here is my favorite (vegetarian) dinner:
http://thepreggersplan.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/black-bean-quesadilla/
Thanks for all the recipes and congratulations on making the best seller list!
It has to be Enchanted Forest! That place is awful, but amazing at the same time! As a kid I used to beg to have my birthday there. Yikes!
Congrats on this amazing accomplishment, Sarah!
You are right. EF is craptastic.
You are so wonderful Mama Pea! Because of you I eat more and more meatless meals!!! Your cookbook is AMAZING! Well done!
Congratulations! You’re kind of a big deal!
Yay congrats! You deserve it! I had a hunch ; )
First, congrats!!
Second, my husband is deploying soon and I’m hoping you’ll help me feel better by letting me win this giveaway!
WOW! CONGRATS! Truly amazing effort. All the world loves Mama Pea!
OMG Mama Pea, I am SOOO happy for you. Your blog is my biggest inspiration–it’s why I decided to start my own. You’re an amazing role model and no one could deserve this more!!!!
So excited for you! I honestly have never eaten better vegan food than your recipes! I can’t wait to cook my way through your book!
I LOVE your website. Congrats on making NYT bestsellers. That is so great.
Congrats!!! I ordered the book last week, so maybe.. just maybe…it was my purchase that pushed you over the edge! That deserves some dough balls! Ha!
OMG mama pea, I am SOO happy for you!!! your blog is my biggest inspiration….it’s why I started my own. You’re an amazing role model and no one deserves this more!
Congratulations! Well deserved! I want that Thai Crunch Salad right now and have been meaning to make your tamale pie for quite some time now!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing such beautiful news!
I am a young vegan female professional in love with whole foods and mind/body/planet friendly ideas and your blog is such a great source of inspiration. Hopefully I will too be soon raising beautiful children in a great health-couscious manner as you do, without forgetting the humor…
I am so happy your book is doing so well, this really means there are more and more people out there seeking delicious whole foods for themselves and their family.
Wow, thanks for all the inspiration!
Wow. What an awesome accomplishment. You must be on Cloud 9. This news brought tears to my eyes – I’ve never even met you but am so proud of you!!
What an accomplishment! Can’t wait to see the book!
They say nothing ventured, nothing gained, so I’m hoping to gain…a copy of that lovely book (its not in our budget for a few more months but it IS on my xmas list) and maybe also gain some weight from those yummy doughballs. Ok, Ok, I promise to take the two kids to the park to run off the dough balls, but the book will be my bedside companion for many nights to come. Promise!
Love the blog, love the book, love the pea family. Congratulations! You deserve it.
CONGRATULATIONS!
I want your book!!!!!!! I know, I’m so original.
I’m so happy I found your blog! It’s so hard coming up with a variety of vegan/vegetarian recipes for my two year old. Your blog has been a life saver that past week.
Congrats – that is a huge accomplishment!
What an accomplishment, congrats! I am new to your blog and love it – your book is definitely on my to-buy list
Congrats!!! My meat loving husband bought the book for me and with each recipe tells me he can’t believe its vegan! So, thank you!!!
Oh yay! I love all the things you do/make!
Ooooooooooooooh! You’re (even more) famous! Congratulations!
Congrats on making the NYT Bestsellers list!!! I found your blog through Ellen’s blog, and wow…I wish I would have found it a long time ago! Your blog is witty, thought provoking and a whole lot of fun. You look like you are a fantastic mother and a great cook! I always thought I couldn’t be a vegan, I’ve been a flexaterian, eating meat occasionally, but with your blog I think I am ready to step with both feet in and go vegan. Thanks for sharing your life with us readers!!
Thank YOU! I’m so happy you found me through Ellen! I love her. And now you.
Congrats on the best seller! I downloaded the book on my kindle but would love a hard copy to see all of the pictures better. Can’t wait to get cooking some more!
Congrats on the best sellers list! You absolutely deserve it!!
Love your book, bought it and as I was driving home I got stuck in a rain storm, was so excited to read it that I ran it inside along with my kids as we dodged the hail. Got inside and to my horror it was drenched. Went back the next day and bought a second copy.
How about I just tell you congratulations. That’s an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud, you should celebrate and you should tell Pea Daddy what he wants to hear (but not that, so more cooling of the jets). ;o) Seriously, congratulations.
As a new “pea” follower, I want to say ‘Thank You’ for sharing your recipes, advice and thoughts on vegan eating. I’ve been on a food journey this past year to find the best option for myself and my family that will help us be healthy and satisfied while staying within our limited budget. I found your blog through the Kath Eats Real Food blog when she mentioned your new book. I have been hooked ever since and am working on switching my family over to at least 4 days out of 7 eating a plant based diet. I have already noticed changes in myself and have found recipes that my kids will actually eat (5 yrs and 1 yr). Thank you again for sharing your journey with us and helping us find the way on our own journey! Good luck with the book!
Oh Sarah- I am just sooooo excited for you! Congratulations. From one busy mama to another.
You’re my inspiration every day with all you’ve accomplished. Thanks for the link to the tamale pie too! I needed it for my tempeh. 
YOu are fabulous! Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!
Got your cookbook 2 weeks ago and have already made 5 recipes and love them all! You inspired me to read The China Study, which inspired me to go vegan, then give the book as a gift to my whole family who read it and all went vegan, and my dad’s blood pressure in the past 2 months has come down so much that he is about to go completely off his medication for it! If I win the autograhped copy I will donate my unautographed copy to my sister, so she can stop listening to me on the phone tell her about the recipe I just made and how good it is, and can start making the recipes herself!
Congrats! Your book is amazing and I can’t wait to try all of the recipeas!
Congratulations!
I’ve been stalking your book on amazon.com, my library’s website, target.com, trying to get myself to pull the trigger on a book that I fear I will love and my husband will refuse to try…
I’m glad that I’m clearly the only one with hesitation
Congrats! Here’s to hoping I win the book and some dough balls too. At 18 weeks pregnant and feeling mighty snacky; I’m drooling over this list. Ashley’s pictures look amazing.
congrats Mama Pea!! and I would LOVE to win this contest!!
You are simply amazing! Congrats Mama Pea- how exciting!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations! That is awesome! Waiting to pick up book @ Walmart, site to store. Can’t wait! You should have your book at Sam’s Club too! About to go make your Protein Trail Mix cookies. Yum!
Congrats! We love the book.
I would love to win!! My NYT best-selling cookbook arrived in the mail yesterday, I would love to have a copy to give away!!! (disclaimer: I would keep the food for myself)
Congratulations! Your book is amazing and I am so happy that the rest of the world has realized that as well!
All I have to say is CONGRATULATIONS! That’s SUCH awesome news.
Congrats! As always, this post made me hungry!
Congrats! Would love to try the doughballs as I’ve been too lazy to make them myself :p
I have been meaning to tell you but this reminds me–I LOVE the photo of the teriyaki tofu. So cute. So delicious.
Congratulations, you SO deserve this!
Congratulations, Mama Pea!
(I just added your book to my Amazon cart.)
(I’m starving and that tofu is making me hate you a little bit.)
Congratulations! I love seeing your lovely family grow. Enjoy your success…you’ve worked so hard for it!
Congrats! Can’t wait to have a copy of your book at home
CONGRATULATIONS!!! So fun being a part of your journey!!
I would LOVE to try some dough balls
I have always been challenged getting my family to eat veg. I have been vegan for 2 years, veg for 23. Got your book because it looked so awesome. And guess what???? My kids LOVE everything I have made from it so far!!! The black bean burgers have won them over!!! Thanks for this and I am so happy the book has made the best seller list!! Your helping spread the word that eating a plant based diet is
delicious!!!
I love this post! It’s fun to discover some of your favorites that I might have missed. Like you, I’m ready for fall- as evidenced by the homemade Pumpkin FraPROccino I had for breakfast this morning. And, protein ice cream is my daily treat too
New to your blog as of the last couple weeks and can’t get enough. Would love to learn more and get some of the tasty recipes from your book!
Congratulations, Sarah!!!!!!! I have been crossing my fingers for you, and this is such great news! The book is definitely worthy of bestseller status! Woo-hoo!!!!!
P.S. I’d love to win some dough balls too
I leave for Ecuador in December to work at an Animal Rehabilitation Center. Since I’m a veggie, I plan on making some food for my amigos and I’m definitely going to bring your book along and make them something from it.
Congrats! Can’t wait to have your book at home
it would be awesome to tag this page as VIP so we can reference it
Writing it Down + Letting It go. SO POWERFUL! Congratulations and Thank You.
I just want to tell you CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear Mama Pea and family,
I enjoy your blog and your antics! This week for the first time I also tried one of your recipes
It was for the pb choc. chip cookie dough balls you mention in this giveaway, and let me just say: wahoo!
A whole party full of people (and lots of little people) enjoyed them. Please send me a free book, because I win the contest (and I deserve it, because I have a little tiny brand-new-baby pea at home to cook for … and not much money or time for shopping), and I promise I will spread the word about your blog and your book.
Peace and thank *you*
–Laurah
Congratulations, Sarah! I can’t even imagine how thrilled you must be by this news. I look forward to more fun from the Peas
Mama Pea, major congrats are in order! So happy for you and the family! Your book is beautiful – I LOVE that it has pics with the recipes. No cookbook should be without photos!
Mmmm cookie dough balls… great giveaway treat!!! I’m crossing my fingers!
Yummmm!!!! Those all looks so amazing!!!
Congratulations! You definitely deserve it!
Congrats! I am so excited for you! I havent had the extra cash available to purchase your book, so hopefully when I have some extra money I will be able to own your amazing book!
I bought a copy of your book for my best friend as one of her hostess gifts since she hosted my family in her home. She loooooooves it! She’s a flexitarian, but goes meatless most of the time her husband is offshore each month. She told me that you’re a “genius” of a writer, and my response? “Duh.”
‘One more thing you will surly love…I told my 10 yr old son you made the new york times best seller list and he said “Doesn’t every book make that list? I said “no, only the the very best ones” and he says “like the wimpy kid book”
Not sure if your up on Wimpy Kid as you have sweet little girls, not 8ish-12ish yr old boys, but feel honored that in his mind you have reached the pinnacle of success by being “as good as the Wimpy kid”
PS, I have enjoyed your book much more then the wimpy kids series I was tortured through.
I have not read the Wimpy Kid books, but I think there’s a movie? So I feel pretty cool
You aren’t dissing “Enchanted Forest” are you? My girls love that place too. I hear you on the stage shows. Did you sit through the ‘Dancing Waters” show too?
No, I kept walking right by those Dancing Waters. I shielded the girls’ eyes so they couldn’t see.
I am not a mother nor am I married but I would love a copy of the book and very much enjoy the blog!
Oh my gosh, that is HUGE! Congrats to my favorite Peas!
I made a triple batch of apple cinnamon pancakes, froze them and have been toasting them for super-quick, early morning breakfasts as I run out the door to catch my school bus! They are the BEST pancakes I have ever MADE and I’ve made a LOT of pancake recipes. It’s so funny because there’s no egg, no yogurt, no oil, yet they are the BEST pancakes ever!
I bought the Kindle version of the book and have made the carrot cake (delicious), enchiladas, curry in a hurry…I can’t even remember what all else right now, but your book is my new go-to for menu planning. I have still YET to make those dough balls but I keep meaning to…:)
All I can say is I caught my meat eating man checking out your book last night. He may or may not have been reading the recipes but either way its a win. Congrats!
SO SO SO SO happy for you! Maybe if I win your actual book, I will quit drooling over your recipeas and whining about how my family and my man would never go vegan and just COOK SOMETHING! Regardless of the comments I get from the pea-nut gallery!
And you so deserve this! Because you’re not one of those people who let us just sit here and think that some pretty girls get all the breaks and trip and fall onto the NYT list, but you actually told us HOW you did it and all the hard work you put in. You shared the behind the scenes- so thank you for that as well.
I am done now.
Thanks, Jamie. I have worked so hard for everything in my life. I appreciate that you see that!
I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of months now, but have never commented. I just wanted to say congratulations on making the best seller list! It is so well deserved! I can’t wait to read the book. I’m sure it will be a favorite of mine, just as the blog is my favorite healthy food blog!
Congratulations!
Love the dough balls. I hope I win!
If I don’t have a batch of dough balls in my freezer at all times, I start to freak out. Congrats, I really love cooking your recipes.
I just had a friend tell me about your blog and book today and had to come check it out! Would love to win a batch of those delicious cookies and especially a copy of the book!
These reci’peas’ look excellent. I admit the dough ball recipie is what brought me to your website, but I cant wait to try some of the other ones. Congrats on the NY times bestseller!
wow, congratulations!!
At least it wasn’t a water park. Those things are gross.
Congrats! That’s such an amazing accomplishment! I’ve been meaning to buy the book for the past two weeks, and now that I saw the picture and the caption of the Thai Salad, I need this book in my hands… like now. YUM!
congrats! well-deserved success! You must be over the moon.
Love, love, love, your blog! Received your book last weekend and had to “hide” it from my sister-in-law who wanted to “borrow” it! She now has her own! Congratulations! Good stuff!
Yay!! Giving up control is so hard but so worth it-whether you fight it or go with it, things will be what they will be….
congrats mama pea! I love hearing your faves! and I cannot wait to try that thai salad,
OMG! I am so proud of you and I am so glad you were able to accomplish such a big goal. I am definitely gonna make your favorite dinner out of your book tonight as a celebration for your success. Hope you plan to do another book in the future too.
hooray! I saw this news on twitter last night as I was walking out the door to get groceries.. and whattayaknow, I carried your book to the store WITH me to pick up ingredients.. PROUDLY!
Congrats! I hope you’re jumping for joy all day today!
Congrats Sarah and a big Amen! You are an inspiration! I love the book!
I made the “balls” and send them to my friend who just had a baby- I don’t know if she loved me for it or wanted to kick my butt for thwarting her post baby weight loss goals! When you live far away, say it with dough balls. Who wants a stinkin’ casserole anyway (well if you made I would)!
Congrats!! What an amazing accomplishment, I am so happy for you!!! Can’t wait to try the carrot ginger soup!!!
CONGRATS!!!! I really need to go buy your book…unless I win this give-away! (Then I’ll buy my mom the book too).
Congrats!!! You deserve all the recognition and then some!
Congratulations! Well deserved!
Congrats!! you definitely deserve it, I see the book everywhere
Congratulations!!! I love that you just put it out there and God took care of the rest!
Congratulations Mama Pea! I love to make your recipeas for both my omni and veggie friends
WOW!! Yay, congrats! You deserve it
i bought the book for my mom because she’s a velveeta lovin’ midwesterner and i knew that your book would make far more of an impact/be tons more approachable than a lot of the hippie vegan propaganda i send her way.
and get this… SHE ALSO BOUGHT IT FOR ME! total fluke! we had a darling little trading ceremony… now i’m just hoping that she trades that velveeta for mmmm sauce!
Congratulations! That is huge!
Congrats on the NYT Bestseller Sarah!
WTG Mama Pea! SO happy for you! I love the book so far, can’t wait to finish it! Would love some NYTBS dough balls! xoxo
I got your book today and have enjoyed reading through the beginning. I have two little ones of my own and I share in your feelings as to not wanting them to eat processed food or “fake sugars”. I am trying to learn to cook well for our family and find you very inspiring. I left my full time job ( as a CPA) to stay home with the kids. I have not made the plunge into become a full time vegetarian but I am going to cook all of your recipes. As I read more and more I understand why you became vegan. Anyway, just wanted to say I find you to be inspiring and the recipes look amazing. I hope my kids will enjoy them too!
Also, CONGRATULATIONS on making the NYT Best Selling List, must be an awesome feeling!!
We bought the book and love it. Congrats!
Congratulations!!!
I just went to buy your book two days ago and have already re-read it three times. so excited to try your recipes, and I’m sure my family will too! The Basil-Blackberry smash is already tops on my list.
That’s so exciting! And I am dying to try these and read your book
I cannot wait to try the teriyaki tofu. I am already sold on the tamale pie. Congrats! That is a super huge big deal.
bravo! your cookbook brings me much joy and i look forward to making every single recipe in it! i have been craving your dough balls all week!
I am so excited for you Mama Pea! As a long-time reader, I couldn’t be happier. Keep up the amazing recipeas, we all appreciate them (and you)!
Just found your blog and I am so excited to see all the yumminess here! Lots more exploring to do…
Congrats!!! I absolutely love your blog!
Okay, so your book has been sitting in my Amazon cart since it came out. Was waiting for my Amazon giftcard from Buybacks I was sending, well this post put me over the edge. Tapped out & Kindled it on my Ipad today & off to the supermarket, giftcard or no giftcard.
Congrats on Bestsellers, think you def tapped into a big demographic. Look forward to your becoming a brand we can all admire
.
Congratulations! You have inspired me and my partner to try vegan for 30 days!
Congratulations! What a great achievement.
Just found out about your book and blog. Looking forward to reading both!
congrats!!
I’m going to the store on the way home to get all the goodies to make African Peanut Stew. Can’t wait to try it!
Wow, so many comments already! I just found your blog and am so happy to do so. And to try some of these recipes. And I think its funny that the advertisement at the top of your blog was for pretzel M&Ms. I’d much rather have your dough balls please!
Love your blog and the book! Congratulations!
Congrats!!! well deserved
WAHOOOOOO!!! I’m so excited!! I tell everyone who will listen (and some who won’t) about your book, because I seriously have loved every recipe I’ve made so far. If I won this giveaway, I would gift the copy I already have (kale stains and vegan worcestshire drips included) to someone else and selfishly keep the clean and pristine autographed copy for myself. Although I think it’s obvious that it won’t stay that way for long.
Congrats Mama Pea!!
Congrats! You are an inspiration to me. About a year ago I started my own blog (and moved to Portland!) and have since referenced you and your pea family many many many times! It is great to see a woman successfully spread the word about the importance of eating fruits and veggies in a non-pushy, non-intimidating way! You rule!
Congrats Mama Pea! I just counted and in the past 3 weeks, 23 of my meals came from your blog or cookbook. When are you starting the sequel?
CONGRATULATIONS! I just love your blog, and your book is next on my “to-purchase” list. A couple of days ago I decided to go vegan after 7 years of vegetarianism, largely because of Peas and Thank You. So, thank YOU, Mama Pea!
Congratulations!!! I love your blog and your book and had no doubt that this goal would come true for you! Hope you are celebrating!!
As a fellow mommy, I am in awe of your writing creativity and wit. You deserve every bit of this wild ride you are on! First time poster, long time reader (before Peas & Thank You was Peas & Thank You!) Bought the book, I’m spreading to word to my mommy friends and having fun making your recipeas for my own sweet peas
Exciting! I can’t wait to adopt many of your recipeas into our family repertoire.
My comment = HOLY CRAP CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!
Tonight is my first time back at work after 13 days of vacation..blegh!
A zucchini poem by George Shannon (an ode to your zucchini succotash quesadillas)
It begins with…
Zucchini
Meeny
Miney
Moe.
Plant a seed
And watch it grow
And ends with…
Zucchini juice.
Zucchini mouse.
Zucchini jam and scone.
Zucchini hash
And succotash
Zucchini
Meeny
Miney
MOAN!
P.S
The number of times that I’ve had chickpea strawberry mango salad for breakfast since buying the book…4! We are loving the cookbook!
I bought the book and am really enjoying just reading it-someday, I’ll actually make something too
Hello! I just discovered your web-site a few weeks ago and have been thinking about ordering the book. However I wouldn’t complain if I were to win the doughballs and autographed book!
Such exciting news
and I would be very excited to win a copy of the book! but, even if I don’t, I plan on acquiring my own copy!
Congratulations on your success! What a thrill to watch this all come together – SOOOO happy for you!!
Sarah–I recently found your blog. Thank you so much for the many inspiring recipes. Your stories are great too. I went to Costco today to buy your book and Bummer! Major Bummer—they didn’t have it. I asked and they checked and nope, not there. I will try elsewhere. Thanks again–Dawn
Which Costco? We are available in the West Coast region of Costcos.
Well I feel silly. When I saw that it was available at Costco I just thought it would be everywhere. I am in the Birmingham, AL area. But I am definitely getting your book, so maybe I will order it. Thanks for letting me know.
Congratulations! I like to think I had a part in this, considering I bought the book on my Kindle. You might actually end up getting two buys from me, because I’m feeling the need for a hard copy so that I can see all the beautiful colors! The pictures in this post are gorgeous. I’ve been dying to make your KIND of bars. Now it just needs to be fall so that I can make that carrot soup…not that carrot soup should be restricted to a season!
awesome! congrats this is so exciting. I love your recipeas!!!
Big congrats on making the best sellers list!
And for my other, less important comment, I currently fall into the “I’m sorry” category for your dough balls. They’re totally on my list to try. Maybe I’ll just get lucky and not have to bake them myself.
Sarah, that is so wonderful! What a huge accomplishment, especially for a first time author. And in only a little over a month!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Girl, you did it!!! I am so sosososososososo happy for you! But you deserve this. All those pictures look AMAZING, the book may be worth is just for the photos! I want to tell you that I wish you nothing but more and more success Mama, you rock.
Thank you for your cookbook and congrats! I came to veganism later in life and it has been a challenge finding recipes that my 2 high school boys and 1 junior high boy will all eat that doesn’t involve pasta or peanut butter. I’m looking forward to trying out your delicious looking recipes on my family!!
Congratulations!! I bought a copy as a gift to my boyfriend’s mom and she loved it as well
Congratulations!! I bought a copy for my boyfriend’s mom as a gift, and she loved it as well
Just found your blog today and I can’t wait to try your recipes! The tofu looks yummy!
Congratulations to you and your family!! What an absolutely amazing accomplishment (woo alliteration)!!!
First, congrats!!
Second, my husband is deploying soon and cookies and a cookbook would make me feel so much better
.
That is incredibly awesome and well-deserved. Congrats!!
Oh. My. Peas. I am so happy for you Mama Pea! Almost as happy as when my meat loving family said wow, this soup (Your very own Chickpea Noodle Soup) is amazing! Each and every one of them loved it. I think your on to something! Congratulations!!!
AND AND! I just forwarded the kale salad to my mom. She will die. And then she will be sad because dead people can’t go back for seconds.
LOL
I thought you would get a kick out of that.
Congrats!
I just discovered your blog and am excited to try out your recipes; they look so fresh and delicious! Congratulations on making the Bestsellers’ List!
Congratulations!!! I’ve ordered two books, one for me and one to share with a dear friend. I’ve put a link on Facebook to your blog and I’ve spread the word about you and your interesting way of sharing life and cooking! I’m so happy for you and your success!
congrats!!! i am a new-ish blog reader and i’ve made two of your recipes so far. both were winners and will be made again soon. thanks for the great recipes!!!
Congratulations! That must feel pretty amazing getting on the NYT Best Sellers list! I have indeed made your cookie dough balls before, but I would love to get some from the maker herself!
Congratulations!!!! That is such exciting news! ….And thanks for the list of your favorite recipes. I want to make everything right now!
Wow! Congratulations! That is seriously amazing/a dream come true. I just started work today at a really great food store -cough- WHOLE FOODS -cough- and they have a decent book section. They also have a comments box for any employee suggestions. When I heard that, I instantly thought of your book, and decided that I would suggest your book to them, considering their extreme friendliness to vegan/vegetarian lifestyles, and also because, quite obviously, I love your book! I’m so happy to hear your great news! Again, congrats!
Congrats! I bought this for my mom for her birthday, but am probably going to sneak it into my suitcase next time I go home to visit
And the tempeh tamale pie is fantastic – luckily I didn’t die after eating it because I can’t eat enough of it.
Congratulations!
Congrats!!!!
I just read an article about your book and blog in the Oregonian. excited to try your recipes! and congrats!
Congrats- that’s huge and well deserved! Tell you anything? Here’s something random: I heard this morning (on the radio) that according to some study, women gossip, on average, 5 hours per DAY. What? When do we sleep? Or get any work done? So, I’ve been spending all day trying not to gossip. It’s been a struggle.
Congrats! I can imagine how amazing that
must feel! You did it!
Yeah! We are really enjoying the book at our house. My 7 year old loves to look through the pictures and pick what he wants to make. So glad for all of the pics- what’s a cookbook with no pictures?
I just found your blog and am LOVING all of your recipes! Thank you for some family friendly ones that the kids will eat!
Anything, eh? First, congratulations! That is amazing. And … what else? Our temp here at 5pm tonight is 99 degrees. I so miss the pacific northwest. Congratulations again!
congrats!! i lovelovelove each and every one of your recipes
Congrats! I just discovered this blog and am LOVING it – especially the parts about how to get your man to go vegan!!
Congrats! I saw a copy of you NYT bestseller at a (sadly) going out of business Borders and move it front and center so someone else would get to see your fabulous words, family, and recipeas for themselves! Love it! Hope you have many years on the
Iist.
I wish more people would ask themselves this.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life, and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it, and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first pot, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, “Tell me what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied. She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they got soft. She then asked her to take the egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to smell and sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she smelled and tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, “What’s the point, mother?”
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity- boiling water-but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water. “Which are you?” she asked her daughter. “When trials and adversity knock on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
I really need to try that Cake Batter recipe! Thank you so much for ALL your recipes, I have recently began eating Vegan and your site has been my lifesaver!!
Congrats…you deserve it! Love your site and reci”peas” !
Congrats to you and your family! I cannot wait to have my hubbie start trying the new recipes. Tofu can be so boring!
Congrats, Mama Pea! I don’t know what to say that others haven’t already said but I will say that you truly inspire me. You really have made a positive impact on sooo many people’s lives, mine included. Thank you and keep up the good work.
First off, congratulations!!
Oh how I would love some dough balls! I can’t believe how many people I have told about your book (and your blog). I have kept close watch at our local Costco (ok, I “might” have even travelled to a few others) in search of your book (unfortunately to no avail). Ironic that I’m hyping a book that I haven’t even read, based soley on delicious blog reci”peas”.
My patients are even listening to my advice (about reading your blog/book), not about doing their therapy unfortunately! Maybe I could. Ribe them to do their exercises with the dough balls?
I have loved every recipe that I have tried!
Congratulations!
(Now does Pea Daddy get an iPad? And no, he didn’t pay me. What kind of girl do you think I am?!?!)
Congrats! I love your book! I recently made your lentil meatballs. Delish!
Wow!! Congratulations, that is so great! However I am not surprised your book is amazing! I have 2 kids and we have had so much fun trying out the recipes in your book! I would love a copy to give to my sister who has recently become a vegan. Oh and the dough balls would just be icing on the cake:) Thanks for being an inspiration.
Congratulations…you totally deserve it. When even my omni boyfriend asks me, “Is this Mama Pea?” when I make something for him, you know you have a winner on your hands!
Just found your blog after reading the Oregonian article! Congrats!
I just discovered your blog and am loving the recipes
Congrats on making the New York Times Best Sellers list! It is such an awesome accomplishment. Your book is my favorite cookbook and has a permanent home in the kitchen because I use it everyday. I would love to win some dough balls. My husband informed me today that I had ‘ruined him’. Apparently after eating a healthy vegan diet including better for you treats he was grossed out by a snack bar that a co-worker brought in. He said it left a greasy ring on his plate and an icky feeling in his stomach. Poor guy…I guess I need to whip up a tasty treat from the book pronto (or win some ☺).
The NY Times best seller list, wowwwwwwww!!!! You deserve it Mama Pea. Of all the blogs I follow, only you post every single day, with new recipes, ideas, great photos of your beautiful family. What you have done to gather your crowd around you has been nothing less than dang hard work every blessed day. Congratulations.
Congrats Mama Pea! My husband is the farthest thing from a vegetarian, so I would love a copy of your book to show him how wonderful meatless meals can be.
Congrats! I saw the news on Twitter first, I wish I had read the blog page first to be in suspense!
Ooooh! I want dough balls!!!!
Torture = having the Peas and Thank You cookbook waiting for me at the post office and I can’t get it till Saturday, boooo!
Congrats!!!!! Your book is awesome
I forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS!!! You deserve it
Congratulations!!! I love your blog and your cookie dough balls!
Congrats!! I finally got my copy and it definitely deserves the honor
Congratulations! I am a meat eater but have a dairy allergy. This is my favorite vegan blog because I’ve made a bunch of the recipes and all my meat and dairy loving friends have fawned over everyone one! The vegetarians and vegans are always blown away too. So THANK YOU for making something seemingly impossible totally…. possible!
Since the whiteboard thing worked for you, maybe I should write “No more 100 + degree days”…we’re over 70 now and no relief in sight. Guess that’s a good excuse to stay inside and try more recipes from your cookbook!
Absolutely love your blog and recipes!
Congrats!!! And I would love some of those cookies : )
Congratulations! I love your site and it has absolutely made me think twice before i require meat in my meal! I feel lighter and brighter already!
Congratulations!!!!!! The book looks amazing!!! And you are amazing for spreading the veggie love
Mama Pea, your book arrived a few days ago and I am loving it. I haven’t made those dough balls because I know it will be trouble. But if I were gifted dough balls, well, I would eat them happily because gifts don’t contain calories! Congratulations on your amazing accomplishment.
That’s so amazing!! I’m so proud!
It’s my second day of being a 5th grade teacher. And it’s going amazingly! I’m proud to be reaching my goals too! Now to achieve the goal of transitioning from veg to vegan. If only I was less lazy at the end of my day!
Congrats x a million Mama Pea! You deserved this!
What an accomplishment! Congrats!!
Congratulations!!! An amazing accomplishment! Even though it is not my great news, it perks me up a little to read about someone realizing a dream.
I would love to be picked for your giveaway, those peanut butter dough balls look so amazingly good! And a signed copy of your book would be a great ending to a challenging week. Reading your blog is always a great break for me!
Congrats! I’ve never tried the cookies, but I’m blaming it on raging morning/all day sickness that prevents anything from looking appetizing. I plan on making them soon.
I love your book! I look forward to making these healthy and delicious recipes for my family! Made my first from the book this week and couldn’t get enough- never thought I would enjoy a salad so much! Thank you!
Congratulations! I am a new, but dedicated, reader of your blog. I have been vegan for about 3 years and I have two girls (twins, 1 yr old). I spent my entire pregnancy obsessively filling my body with only the best, most nutrient-dense, animal-free foods to keep all 3 of us healthy and growing. I am so proud to say that it went beautifully! But since my twins were born and the insanity of caring for 2 newborns set in, I have entirely let my commitment to health and nutrition fall by the wayside. While still being vegan, my diet was packed with convenience foods and entirely lacking in nutrients. Since exploring your blog and reading your tips and advice for feeding an entire family delicious, easy, nutritious, plant-based foods, I am inspired! You really have helped reaffirm the values which made me choose veganism in the first place. Thank you!
Congrats! I am a new reader so I have yet to try the dough balls… yet
i knew you’d make the list : ) i love your dough balls, but i have trouble eating them in moderation! they are tooooo good.
Definitely a major accomplishment! Congratulations
Woohoo! LOVE your book! I seriously overdosed on chocolate chip cookies with sea salt earlier this week.
Congrats on making the NYT Bestseller List! Your photos and descriptions make your recipes sound so tasty and make being vegetarian / vegan seem so easy.
YAY!! Congratulations! Really happy for you. I’ve been enjoying the reading… so glad others will find out about it via the NY Times’ list.
Double high five, NYT best selling author!
Earlier I said I was making Tempeh Tamale Pie to celebrate. However, my OB just put me on bed rest for my last few weeks of pregnancy! So…my dear, sweet, amazing husband is making the pie tonight while I get to simply enjoy eating it. I wonder if he would make me doughballs, too.
I’m a peas and thank you witness in Alaska! I tell all my mom (and non-maternal) friends about your site.
I purchased your book today and can’t wait to use the recipeas on my daughter – a very driven 13 year-old ballerina. Fueling her body with healthy food is a big priority … now more than ever. Congrats on meeting your goal!
yay! congratulations! :]
I’ve been enjoying your blog for awhile now & finally decided to comment!
Expecting a baby girl in October & can’t wait to make her some of your delicious food when she can one day enjoy them!
Congratulations Pea Mama!!!! You have worked hard for this
I’m so happy for you! I absolutely LOVE your book and blog. Thanks for sharing your recipeas, stories, and photos with us. : )
Congratulations Mama Pea! You deserve every happiness that comes your way. I just made a batch of Mmm Sauce for the first time, and I always thought you were kidding when you said you’d drink the stuff if you could. I stand corrected, as I’m now trying to convince myself not to go back for a third (yes, third) serving, and instead make a “real” dinner. I see Mmm Sauce-drenched tofu in my future…
Congrats Mama!!!!!!!!!!! You deserve everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do I {N}{E}{E}{D} your cookies? Let me list the ways….
1. I am 7th grade teacher
2. I have started having PANIC attacks because the HUGE amount of stress I am under at my school
4. I am starting to work on my Ph.D
5. One of my class, I literally think I could hang myself from the tables!!!!!!!!! (Students are HORRIBLE)
6. I need something to eat with my wine!
7. Maybe it will help my crazy life!!!!!!!
Once again, you rock and your book is AMAZING!
Wow, congratulations!! That is such an amazing achievement! I love your recipes as my meat-aterian boyfriend will actually willingly eat them without complaining!
Congrats! Great recipes, great photos by Ashley
Congratulations!!! I’m so happy for you. Keep up the good work with both the blog and more books! Reading your blog is one of the best parts of my day, thank you!
best news of my whole day!
I’ve been home sick though – so my threshold for great news is pretty low.
congrats mama pea!
Congratulations! I know you have done a ton of promotion for the book and every bit of marketing counts, but when it comes down to it, the only way you could have gotten here was by putting out an excellent product. You should be incredibly proud of what you have done. This is a big win, not only for Peas and Thank You, but for the whole vegan community. I’m excited to see what is next for you!
CONGRATULATIONS!! You deserve it!
So awesome for you! Congrats!!
Congrats! I’m so excited for you!
This is amazing! Congratulations!!!!
Congrats x 1,000! It’s amazing that your blog and work have manifested into a New York Times Best Selling Book!! Also, I checked with our local library system to see if copies were available – there is a 26 week wait on getting a copy!
I’m so proud of you!!! Congratulations dear. You are truly an inspiration!
Woo Hoo! Congrats! You have inspired me, I made your tater tot casserole the other day and am blogging about it right now. I’m planning on buying 2 books, one for myself, and one for a gift for a bride who’s wonderful vegan wedding I attended.
Sometimes giving up control is the best way to get exactly what you need and deserve. Congrats!
Congratulations! I would love to win this giveaway!
Congrats!!! I have loved every recipe of yours I have tried, and I’m not even a vegetarian. I want to swim in Mmmm Sauce. Do you know it is good on EVERYTHING? Like, literally….even toast? I also have spread it on a biscuit and eaten it on eggs.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! I can’t wait for book #2. There is going to be a #2, right???? I can’t get enough of the Pea-family funnies!
Briliant news! Can’t say I’m surprised though;)
I absolutely love all of your recipes posted on Peas and Thank you! I have so much respect for you lifestyle transformation, I look forward to trying more of your recipes!
These KIND of bars are making me HUNGRY!!!!!
Congrats! I feel proud since I’ve been reading your blog for so long. The cookies would be a sweet end to a rough day.
Congrats on your success! Would love to try your doughballs, sadly I have obviously been living under a rock and have not tried them yet!
A good friend of mine wants to make the change to a vegan lifestyle. When she told me the first thing I said was “You need Peas afnd Thank You”. It took two store clerks and the manager to scour the entire Chapters book store but we found it!
Congrats! I knew you were a part of my daily life with the blog, but I realized it on a whole new level when I texted my boyfriend last night and the phrase “oh. my. peas.” was typed!
LOVE the book! i just made your magical recipe for pizza crust. i’ve experiemented with many recipes and have never been able to get the dough to rise, but yours did perfectly. it’s the perfect sweetness too! thank you!
also, i just started my dietetic internship last week. i think an RD-in-training could use some cookies to snack on (“LARD” free of course
You did it Mama Pea!!! Wooooo Hoooooo!! I’m so proud of you! Now pick me pick me pick me!! I am currently munching on a hugh jass salad topped with almond ginger dressing and it is so yummy!!
Love your site and would love to have your book as I continue to try and feed my twins healthy meals!
Congrats!
Excellent!!!!!! congrats to you!
Congratulations!! I would love to win this giveaway!
Congratulations Mama Pea!
Woot woot! Congrats Sarah! I can’t wait to try these favorite recipes!
You des1erve every bit of recognition you are getting for the book and the blog, Sarah! I ate the thai salad for lunch and the thai burgers for dinner (along with my three year old and my hubby!)! Congrats on a truly lifechanging book!
I am loving trying all the recipes from the book for lunches and feeding them to my husband on “Meatless Monday”
Congrats girl! You are an inspiration (and funny as heck!). Lots of love.
WOOHOO! Congratulations!! You deserve all the wonderful things to come!
A lil treat to myself this weekend is going to be your book!
Kere
Congratulations!! I love your blog and your book and just your overall attitude towards health, family, faith and food! Thank you for being so inspirational!
OMG!!! mega congrats to you!!! i would like to win your giveaway!! yup, there i said it!
congrats! i’m one of your lurker. my gf keeps telling me about your blog. i’m vegetarian but not really the whole “health nut” kinda food. but she did make Mmmm sauce, and now i am an addict. ’nuff said.
NYTimes list, that’s awesome!!!
So excited for you!! You are a true inspiration
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I made the black bean burgers from the book tonight and my meat loving husband said “Wow, these are delicious.” and then added “it is like a cross between a hamburger and falafel…I love it”
I bought your book (from my sister actually, she had 2!) And everything in it looks soooooo good., but I still haven’t made your carrot cake, as suggested because I want to make all of them!
Congrats! I love your blog and can’t wait to try the Thai Crunch Salad.
Yayyy! Congrats on making the best seller list! Thai Crunch Salad has been my family’s favorite too : ) followed by the indian sheppards pie
Congrats! I purchased the book a few days ago and this week I made the Spicy African Peanut Soup and the Thai Veggie Burgers and LOVED them both! Looking forward to trying more of the recipes!
Congrats! And please send me dough balls!!
My girlfriend is trying to get me to go vegetarian (well vegan, but I gotta start somewhere). I’m getting closer to trying soon. I like that your husband did it on his terms. I’ll remind her of that!
Congrats! Lurker coming out to say how happy I am for you!
CONGRATS!!!!!! Love your blog – love you philosophy and would love those cookies!!!!
Congrats! You, your family and your book deserve it all!
Yay! That is so exciting! I’m not ready to put my wish/goal/dream out there in public…maybe that’s why it’s still a wish/goal/dream. Hmmm something to think about.
Congrats, Mama Pea!!
mmm..pumpkin cream pie oat bran..I want this book! Earth Fare, Target, Borders..no Peas and Thank You
back on the hunt tomorrow though. Congratulations on the ultimate book praise..so happy for you 
Congratulations!!! And since I already own your best-selling book, I’m thinking that carrot cake recipe will be the first dessert I make from it!
How amazing! I’m so proud. I’m gonna buy the book right now.
How amazing!!! Congratulations on your “big girl” accomplishment .
Congratulations!!! Well-deserved success! I just read The Why and the How – excellent! Thanks for the helpful quick-reference meat substitute list.
Congrats! I would love to win the book and give it as a gift because I have loved my own copy!
Congratulations!! I’m so happy for you.
Congratulations!! That’s so exciting, you deserve it!
I just recently heard about you and now I love reading your blogs! Can’t wait to get the book!!!
i purchased your book on Amazon and to my dismay, (being a perfectionist and loving all things pretty and new) my book came with a huge black mark on the cover! However, after I started reading the book, the mark became a distant memory. I’m loving your book!
I made the dough balls last week. Holy yum! Of course they are gone now because they’re just too easy to po in the mouth. i think I need more!
Congratulations! Your book is on my wish list, and I will buy it when the money eases up a bit, but would love to win a copy in the meantime. When I do buy a copy I will give it as a gift to my son (not a vegan, but open minded and I have hopes).
CONGRATS! What an accomplishment!
you are amazing!! I’m so proud of you! i hope you celebrate
You are amazing!!! Congratulations! It always feels good to accomplish goals and that is quite the goal!
Yay!!!
Congratulations to you— what an amazing accomplishment.
As someone who is trying to ease her way into a vegan diet, I can honestly say that your blog is the best I’ve encountered.
Thanks for all you do!
Congratulations, I had no doubts that the book would make it on the list!
Congrats. Love your blog. I just found it this week and have already made two of your recipes. Love them!
Congrats. Love your blog. I just found it this week and have already made two of your recipes.I can’t wait to try more!
CONGRATULATIONS on achieving your goal! You are an inspiration. I started eating a vegan diet a little over a year ago when I was diagnosed with cancer, as I felt like it was the one thing I could do to help my body fight (along with praying!). Shortly after, I found peas and thank you, which gave me (and continues to give me) great ideas about how to ENJOY a vegan diet while nourishing my body. My 3 little boys (and I) love the chocolate chip cookie dough balls light, which I keep in the freezer. My husband has been surprised to find that he really likes some of the recipes, like the White Bean Basil Burgers. So, those are all the things I want to tell you, along with THANK YOU!!! P.S. – I am now cancer free!
Congrats! I love your blog and personally i think you should get a peadog
by the way if i win could you possibly use almond butter? or some other nut butter?
Congrats on the NYT list! I must say, I’d love to have your sense of humor. I often get on your blog when I need a good chuckle. Thanks for sharing your talents.
I am so very happy for you and your family! What a success! I love your recipes and I make at least one every day. I feel healthier and happier, so does my husband and all thanks to you, thank you.
I’m so grateful to have been introduced to your blog by one of my long time friends! She just bought your book and suggested I come check you out since I’m a mommy blogger and am working out a lot of health issues. Currently on a fast, I hope to come out craving healthy, delicious foods that my family begs for like your first grader begs for tofu! Your cookbook would be an ABSOLUTELY necessary addition to our new lifestyle!
Thanks so much!
Congrats!!! I would definitely buy your book but I just started grad school and am up to my eyeballs in student loans already. So I guess I’ll just have to win a copy!
I hope next may, when I graduate college and move into an apartment, I can start cooking recipes like yours on a daily basis, and never have to eat a frozen tv dinners
(gotta love microwave-only dorm rooms) again
Congrats to you! I love your blog and your book is so awesome! The recipes and stories are fun to read. I already made the black bean burgers
. Thank you for all your hard work I do so appreciate it! Take care momma Pea!!
Congratulations! You’re recipes look so delicious! I want to make them all, especially the carrot cake and dough balls! I hope you get to celebrate this weekend!
I love your blog! But poor students can’t buy cookbooks (those darn textbooks cost so much…)! I would love to win a copy! And those cookie dough balls make an excellent 2 AM pre-final exam snack.
When I stumbled upon your blog, I was happy to see you had a book coming out. I browsed your recipeas. I waited. I looked for it at a bookstore to flip through the pages, take your culinary temperature. I don’t have kids, but I can be a bit of a picky eater, so I hoped they would talk to me. I wanted the recipeas to be adventurous enough to excite me, but healthy and not so far out that I would be afraid to try them. I also was a little worried about the possible tone of the book. Would you be too cutesy? Would you sneak in the healthy instead of convert people to it openly? Would every recipe be a variation on vegan chicken fingers?
When I opened the book I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was absolutely tone and flavor perfect (as I keep discovering as I cook a new recipea). Cute but hip, kid-friendly and adventurous at once, healthy yet indulgent (no hemp and brown rice sugarless oil-free brownies here!), vegan without being exclusive, I appreciate the care that went in to the crafting of this book every time I open it and every time I share a new meal from it.
Congratulations on your well-deserved ascension to the NYT Bestseller list! I look forward to new recipeas on the blog and to a new book someday. Soon, I hope. And if you need testers….
Finally bought the book yesterday! Congratulations!
Congratulations! I have been eating vegetarian for almost a month and can’t believe how much better I feel and how much more energy I have. I ordered two copies on Amazon (one for me and one for a friend) and plan to order more in December for Christmas gifts.
congrats – job well done.
Congratulations!
How incredibly excited you must be
Congrats! We are just returning the favor for all you have done for us readers
I am still grateful for the vegan food choices you suggested for our trip to Disney World…over a year ago. Oh…and the posts/recipes you provide daily. We are so lucky!
A+ to you!
Congrats! I am so happy you made your dream a reality.
Hi Sarah,
I love your blog! I’ve been reading it for about six months, but have never commented. Just wanted to congratulate you on getting on NYT Bestseller’s list. It’s quite an accomplishment. In fact, when you were encouraging your readers to go out and buy the book when it first came out, I immediately went to the Times to see if you had made it there… I didn’t totally realize how it works
Anyway I plan to buy the book whether I’m picked or not!!! Go Vegan!!! (literally and figuratively!)
Love your blog. Congrats on making the NYT list! I’m toying with the idea of doing a 30-day vegetarian challenge. And am looking forward to trying your recipes.
OH man I am just waiting to get out to get your book so winning it would be great! And I’m hungry. And peanut butter dough balls sounds fantastic right now.
Loved reading your favorites- very fun. And Ashley is such great photographer.
Huge congratulations on accomplishing the NY times best sellers list! You totally deserve and all your accomplishments are truly inspiring. I know you’ve worked ally hard, and I’ve had fun reading along the way
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I’m sorry if you’ve already answered this question, but if I order the book from iBooks does it still count towards a purchase? Sorry, I dont know how these things work.
fantastically delicious blog! congrats on the hard work!
Congratulations!! Very exciting news! I hope you are celebrating!
Congrats!! Thank you for sharing all your wonderful recipes and tips.
Congratulations! I already have the book so just send the cookies please
That’s amazing! Congratulations!
Way to go!! So exciting and such an accomplishment! Woohoo and yum!!!
I’m so excited for you, Sarah – that’s AWESOME!!!
I ordered two copies of your book off Amazon (one for me and one for a friend) and just got them in the mail this week – I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have totally done an amazing job and I love how you’ve personalized all the recipes! Thank you, thank you for being such a bright spot in the lives of everyone who reads your blog and/or buys your book – you are a STAR! 
I have to be honest, I have been considering ‘migrating’ to the vegetarian camp recently, however my hubby and kids are meat eaters and not likely to give that up any time soon. So, I stopped at the bookstore a couple of weekends ago….picked up your book….thumbed through it….and ended up putting it back on the shelf. After this post, I think I am goint to make another stop, and actually buy the book this time. Thank you for the great recipes and congrats!
CONGRATS!!!! That is so incredible!! One of the goals I have set for myself is TO GET YOUR BOOK!!! Thanks for all that you do!
Congratulations!!!!
Wow! Congratulations on your best seller’s list. What an amazing accomplishment. I would love to have a copy of the book and I’d enjoy eating it all while eating those yummy balls!
Congratuatlons!!!! I already own the book but I would LOVE an autographed copy! And I’d LOVE to try the doughballs!
Congrats on the NYT Bestseller list!! But with all of your delicious recipes and fun stories it was to be expected =) Thank you for all of your inspiration!
Wow, congratulations!
So happy for you!
Congratulations!! You’ve worked hard & definitely deserve it!!
Congratulations on being a NYT Best seller! What a terrific accomplishment!
Congrats! I love the book, and the blog!
Congrats!! everything in the book looks so amazing!
Congrats from Indianapolis! We love your book and your blog! I’m a teacher and this week I’ve been talking about books that represent us and our interests, passions, hobbies, etc. I brought in a few from home-one of which was yours!
Be well!
So happy for you! I actually just finished reading it last week and I too was the weirdo kid who ordered Daquiri Ice at Baskins. I think I chose it the first time because of its pretty turquise color, and then when my mom told me I wouldn’t like it because it was “too adult” I was determined to prove her wrong!
Congrats, congrats, congrats….well deserved! I am enjoying your book immensely!
Woohooo!!!!
SO awesome! Way to go Mama Pea! I think it’s time someone made YOU a batch of doughballs!! I am going to make at LEAST one of your favorites for our company tomorrow night! It’s probably going to be the carrot cake. It would also be the tofu except I’m out. Our friends did love tamale pie, though! Mmm!
Congratulations!!!
Congrats on the book! I’m making your Tempeh Tamale Pie this weekend!
Congrats! And thanks for continuing to make me laugh.
A huge congratulations to you and your peas!
…I make chocolate protein “ice cream” too, but I don’t add ice, so it’s more like chocolate protein pudding.
Congratulations! I love your book and it deserves the best sellers list title. I have been thinking about making the dough balls but I haven’t yet. I would LOVE to win some though.
This is such great news! You are such a great writer. I wish nothing but continued success for you!
Wow – I’ve read your blog for ages and I just wanted to share that I bought a bunch of copies of your book to give as Christmas gifts (10!) and just baked up a batch of peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough balls.
NY TImes Bestsellers list! Congratulations! That is a huge accomplishment.
Congrats! I came upon your site accidentally and am addicted to it now! I NEED the cookbook!!! Pretty, pretty please! I want my kids to be peas, too! Seriously, what you’ve accomplished is quite an achievement and from the size of your fan base, I’d say you’re pretty successful! It’s always wonderful when you can work at something you’re passionate about! Great job, you have a beautiful family, inside and out! =0) R/ Cat
Excellent! Love your blog AND book. And love to hear my two year old son begging for more of your Trail Mix cookies loaded with gooodness:)
congratulations lady! as a [starving?] college student, I’d love to get my hands on a copy of your book :]
Good things happen to good pea-ple
congrats mama pea!!!!!
I bought your cookbook for my daughter and now we both want to keep it (Don’t live together). Love the blueberry scones recipe and the black bean burgers. I can definitely get into using some of the vegan products. Congrats to you!!!
I really need to find a copy of your book. Oh the life of a poor student who can barely afford to buy her books for school. Scratch that. Can’t afford to buy her books for school…I get them from the library. Maybe I’ll have to add it to my Christmas Wish list, or keep commenting every time you offer to give one away praying that I may actually win one so I don’t have to wait until Christmas.
you should write normal books too!!!
You had me at the pumpkin- somehow I’ve totally forgotten about my favorite fall/winter breakfast. Can’t wait for the cooler temps.
Congratulations!
I just recently found your blog and can’t wait to see what recipes I think I can try and like. I’ve been intrigued by vegetarian/vegan eating for a while.
I’m a picky eater so it make it hard at times…like I don’t like most fruits, squash, pumpkin, eggplant it depends. I can do beans and lentils. LOVE quinoa…esp. with peas and chicken (iek) so i’ve been thinking of trying it with maybe peas and lentils. I guess I could do it with tofu or something but I just have no experience with it.
Congratulations!! What a great reward to so much hard work!!!
I’d love some dough balls to help me make it through hurricane Irene!!
Pleeeeeeeeaasse!!
Congratulations! What an amazing accomplishment!!!!!!!!!!!!
My friend just turned me on the your site! First one I read was about the pretzels…sooooo funny about the ruler! Congratz on making the list.
Congratulations! I am so excited about this book! On Monday, my coworkers and I are having a potluck lunch. For the first time since going veg, I will be taking a completely vegan dish (well, two actually). Both are coming from your book and I’m super excited! Several coworkers have asked about my new way of eating and I always point them in the direction of your blog.
I just stumbled across your blog and I ♥ it! I cant wait to try so many of your recipes…the SIGNED book couldnt hurt either:)
Your website has changed my life- and I’m not kidding. I love every recipe I have made from you. My family is eating better, I’m eating better, and I feel so good and “clean” when I cook your recipes! I want to get my hands on your book so bad! Not only for recipes but for a good laugh too- u are hysterical!
Congrats!!! Love to hear that your dreams are being realized! I heading towards a vegan lifestyle because of your example.
Ahhhh I’m so excited that you made the list…and I would LOVE one of your signed books! Woot woot! And the thai salad looks drool worthy, just saying.
Congratulations! What an amazing avcomplishment. I’ve been telling all my friends about your great blog and am so excited for when my bookmarrives from Amazon unfortunately it didn’t arrive before we left on
holidaysI was looking forward to reading it during our long drives and making up
my September meal plan. And the carrot ginger soup looks so amazing. Definitely making that!!
Contests again. Enjoy it!
Pick Me! I’m eating some Zucchini bread as we speak, made from your book!
Congrats on your success and, Oh please pick me!!!
Congratulations! Would love to win your book!
I am head-over-heels for your recipes. I’ll admit, I am not a vegan, but I have never made any of your recipes and not had splendid results (and reactions). Thanks especially for the chocolate lava cakes, the zucchini chocolate chip muffins, and the mmm sauce. I have made the muffins too many times to count, and I have inspired my friend to use your recipes as well, and she has even considered veganism after reading some of your posts. Congrats times a million on all of your accomplishments. You inspire me to chase my dreams, no matter what odds are against me. So thanks for that, and for the muffins again. =)
Congratulations Mama Pea! I’m new to your blog and have got to say that I love your sense of humor! Don’t get me wrong I love your recipes as well, but thoroughly enjoy your wit and humor in delivering them. You deserve all the success!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m curious about your kids’ favorites as well…besides cheese
oh my peas! i’m so happy for your whole family! congratulations!
I’m so stinking proud of you!! It’s because I bought the book isn’t it…it was my one lone little copy that did it, right?
Just let me think it… I know, I’m nuts.
Congratulations! I am so proud of you! I bought the book (and I LOVE it!) Every time someone on the forum I follow for dietary purposes (myfitnesspal.com) mentions the word vegan, I automatically supply them with your website, as well as the title of your new book!
I love those dough balls! I have made them a few times since I’ve gotten the book. Actually, I am getting married in November, and am considering making them up for favors!
Congratulations!! I’ve been having a great time with your book so far. The double chocolate single chin brownies have already been a huge hit… and are an excellent bribe to get my friends to help me move
An amazing blog and an amazing book!!
YIPPPEEEEAAAAA you totally deserve it!
Congratulations, Sarah! You and your family only deserve all the best. And I wonder if Pea Daddy might surprise you with an iPad–for you, of course–to celebrate…
when I got your book and started to read through it I definitely book marked that pumpkin pie oat recipe rather quickly =) Would love to have some famous dough balls to test out too now! So excited to round up some of the ingredients I need to tackle some of your recipes this year while I am at school. What college aged housemates wouldn’t want a fabulous thai inspired veggie burger or tempeh tamale pie after all.
Congratulations! I love that you had the courage to aim high with your goals!
Congratulations! Bet your family is so proud. Would love a copy of your book.
I have to congratulate you again. You have done amazing things in a relatively short time. Keep going, you are quite an inspiration! I hope you know that you are amazing!
YOU are a NYT BEST SELLING AUTHOR! Keep repeating it as many times as you want. 
(PS – I can confirm, as you wrote in your back to school post, the “crack” wrap really is great as a packed lunch! Tried it out yesterday at dancing summer school!)
Wow! Congrats! You deserve it!(:
Yay! I have loved everything I have made out of the book so far. That protein ice cream is also great!
reading your blog is the best way to break up my torts and civil procedure reading assignments. congratulations on making the list!!!
I am so proud of you. I knew you would do it. You have the best vegan recipeas evah! I plan to buy 4 copies and winning one would be fantastic. It would be such an honor to get your dough balls shipped to me. Are you planning to come to Denver for a book signing? I would love to meet you. Congratulations NYT best seller author, superstar! I’m seeing you as the next Food Network Vegan Cooking Star. How awesome would that be?
Amazing! Still need to get my copy but have heard nothing but good things.
Congrats!!!! Well deserved! Pick me! I survive off pb and choc!!
Congrats!!!!!!! Can’t wait to make some of your fave recipeas
Congrats!! I LOVE your book! I can’t put it down! I leave my two kids with my husband while I “take a shower” (aka sneak upstairs and hide out to read more of your book)! We have committed to making one vegan meal a week. So excited!!!
So deserved! Love it all–good for you and great for chefs and eaters everywhere!
i love your blog – congrats on nyt list!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, you better get to work! You are going to have another book on the way!
Sounds like a baby- almost as exciting, but no breastfeeding
Congratulation!! That is so wonderful! I guess your book is a master’pea’? Ok, that was corny. Congrats anyways!
I love you and am very very happy for you! If anyone deserves this success it’s you. <3
Congrats! I love reaching goals. You deserve this!
Woo-hoo!!!!!!! You earned it!
oh my God! That’s amazing! I’m so happy! (P.S. I bought the book last week. Does that mean I helped?)
Congratulations on making the NYT Bestsellers list! You are an inspiration. Seriously. Thank you for doing what you do!
I bought the book today, but I’d love a signed copy. Can’t wait to sit down with a cup of coffee and dig in. What a treat!
So proud of you and your commitment to your goal. Writing it down makes a difference, and this is proof! The power of the mind and intention is incredible. Getting your book when I come to the states next month and a copy for my sister-in-law. You will have a mini-pea fan club in Cape Town.
Bravo! You deserve it.
i bought the book…keep up the great work!
Love your blog, you go girl!!!!
Congrats! It’s a very deserved spot on the list. I picked up Peas and Thank You from the library on a whim and now I have to go buy it. I’ve tried too many awesome recipes to give it back to the library but since they do seem to want it back I’ll just have to buy my own copy.
YAHOO! that is so fabulous. Way to go.
congrats! love your writing (and would LOVE some dough balls).
Yay! Congratulations to you! What an accomplishment!
Congrats Mama Pea! You really deserved it! And in my opinion you should also make the comedic bestsellers list… (if they have one, i dunno)
wow congrats on the best sellers list! that was quick and well deserved!
how exciting. i am so glad i found your site, it is amazing and you deserve all the success! you worked hard for it!! im just starting off blogging and you are a great role model. you have great healthy recipes, a wonderful personality, and gorgeous children to boot!
again congrats, you truly deserve it.
You make me want to become a veg too. My daughter is close and she would love it if I followed suit. I must say your blog has better recipes than she does, so just maybe I could change over if I were lucky enough to win your book. ( I may have to wait til the library has it in case I don’t win — which is probably the case). But I need to think positive, right. So you’re going to pick me, right? Right?
AHH CONGRATS!!
i would LOVe to win! ive been dying to get your book and having it autographed by the genius herself would be even cooler
Congratulations – what a fantastic accomplishment! And thanks for sharing the story about Deb
Just recently started reading your blog because of the book! CONGRATS!
Congratulations! How cool to be able to call yourself a New York Times Bestselling author! My copy of your book arrived yesterday, and I stayed up way too late last night drooling over the recipes. I can’t wait to get in the kitchen and start making some of the recipes from your book!
Congratulations! That’s the power of positive thinking at work if I ever saw it! Also, all of the food looks amazing (and now I’m hungry…..)
Congratulations Mama Pea! I’m SOOO happy for you!
Congrats! Your book and website and AMAZING! I love all of your Recipea’s! I also find you very hysterical! I enjoy the fact that you can and do find humor in everyday life! Best of luck to you in achieving all of your goals!
Question: Where does a General keep his armies?
Answer: In his sleevies!
hehe- sorry this is the best joke I could think of. Congrats to you and your family!
That’s awesome!! Congrats
oh my gosh congratulations!! that is absolutely amazing! so many people just dream about that…such as me
CONGRATULATIONS from me in Denmark…Love your blog and would just LOVE your book..:-))
Congratulations! That’s a great accomplishment.
Being on a diet to loose fat, I’m looking for a kind of ice cream/dessert/spoil myself thingy that won’t ruin my calorie plan. I bet I can find one here, if I take the time to look
That protein ice cream does the trick for me!
Thanks
Will it work with other flavors? I’m not that fond of chocolate flavored ice cream, although I’m no stranger to chocolate otherwise 
Yaaayy congratulations, Mama Pea!! You’re amazing, inspiring, & you totally deserve it!! You worked hard
celebrate!!
I made your lemon chia muffins last night- delicious! Congrats on the book!
I love how your list is a benenfit to us! Your blog and cookbook make us more aware of what we are putting into our bodies and gives us great ideas for nutritious meals to feed our families. Congrats on your news!
Congratulation! i’m so happy for you! I’m also really impressed that a vegan cookbook made the list…perhaps this reflects a cultural change that is slowly but surely happening?!
What an accomplishment! Congratulations–love your blog!
Hooray! Congrats on your success. I am really enjoying your blog!
Congrats! Love the book! Wrote you in as best vegan blog on vegnews magazine awards!!!
Congrats, Mamma Pea!! I made Mmmm Sauce for the first time this week, and I don’t know why it took me that long… delicious.
Congrats! Love your blog! I was looking forward to reading through your book this weekend on vacation but with this hurricane on the east coast, my library book reserve was canceled, as with my vacation! Getting this book in the mail would be a gift that would really cheer me up! All the best
Congrats! The book is beautiful, I look forward to making each of the delicious looking recipeas.
Congrats on meeting your goal! That is so exciting!
Congratulations!! You definitely deserve it. Healthifying America one delicious recipe at a time!! I can’t wait to try the blog recipes I hadn’t already bookmarked! (Not many of them fall into that category)
Congratulations on your HUGE accomplishment! That just goes to show that all of your hard work and dedication really paid off. I am so excited to try out the recipes in this cookbook….that is if I could actually find it in stores around here
(HOT ITEM)
Okay do I bought the book two weeks ago and I haven’t had any time to play with it yet. Thank goodness the book will give me something to do during hurricane-fest this weekend in PA.
Think positive, right?
Congratulations!! I love this blog for getting healthy recipes for my own kids…you do a great job!
I had no doubt! You are fabulous..your book is fabulous…it just works that way. Congrats
Congrats! What amazing news. I love the book, so I’m not surprised!! xo
CONGRATS!!
You amaze me with your recipes ever.single.day!
I have not bought your book yet because in 2 weeks i am moving completely across the country and I did not want to have one more thing to pack.. I cant wait to buy it when i finally move, although winning one would be much better
Congrats on making the list!! I’m looking forward to finding out what your next big project is because that salad pic the other day (on the why eat veggie post) looked really really good.
Just sent the “big project” proposal out last night…so fingers crossed I’ll have news shortly…
Congrats!!! I love reading your blog! I will admit that I have not yet purchased the book ( I know, for same
) It’s been on my to due list for awhile!! I will own it soon!! I am in the process of switching to a more veggie diet, and I know your book would help me out a lot! Even my hubby is interested in going more veggie (which shocked the …… out of me!!) I’m glad he is on board before the real process has begun ;-0
Congrats again!!
i don’t think my comment went through the first time but if you get it twice sorry (:
Congrats you deserve this pea mama, you recipeas are the BEST i refere EVERYONE to your blog
I begged my mom to buy your book but she said no cause we “Have enough cookbooks”
well, shes not the only vegan in the family eating frozen veggie nuggets everynight is she
“But mom! HEr recipes are my FAVORITEE, i’ll cook you supper eveynight, AND DESSERT!”
SHe didnt think my father would appreciate being served vegan meals everynight
sigh guess i’ll just hae to wait till christmas
I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER, ALMOND BUTTER…. any nut butter will do. For ONE person in the pantry I have two jars creamy pb, one raw crunky almond butter, one cinnamon raisin swirl from pb and company and one chocoalte dreams from pb and company.
Thanks for being an inspiration to me!
So happy for you. You deserve it, love the book!
Wow…that’s awesome! Congrats! I would love to win a signed copy of the book. Then I could give the copy I bought to a friend.
Congrats!! The power of intentions and goals is a beautiful thing
Something that I want? maybe a week of zero responsibility save for creating every recipe of yours i could get my hands on. Sounds great!
Congratulations!! Your blog and book are awesome
Your book is in my cart at amazon.ca ~ in the meantime, I’m looking forward to trying some of the amazing-looking recipes you’ve posted! Thanks for sharing your stories and recipes. : D
Just bought your book a few days ago on my iPad, don’t be jealous Pea daddy! The book is awesome. Love that you are a mom and that you are relatable. I love the line from your book where you said you enjoy a bowl of granola but you are not a “granola” mom. I get that. I want my family to eat better and your blog and book help me accomplish that goal. Thank you.
Congratulations! Thank you for giving the world a vegan/vegetarian cookbook that appeals to everyday families. The animals and I thank you
Congratulations! That’s so exciting!!!
Congratulations, Mama Pea! Making a green smoothie today!
I’ve made a lot of mama pea recipes from the blog, so I didn’t think I really needed to buy the book. This post has changed that. I’m going to get my copy asap!
“If you blog, it will come” – you arrived!
The Grey Lady picked you to play on their team – Huge. Accomplishment. Brava!
Congratulations!!!! I can’t wait to try some of the recipes.
You have totally revolutionized my views of preparing vegan meals for my family. We have been mostly vegetarian for years now, but you have opened our eyes to many new possibilities.. Thank you!!!
Ps. Now every meal I make my 5 year old says “is this a Mama Pea recipe?” “they are the best”
Thanks so much…a lot of my friends say that their kids ask that too!
That is fantastic. !!! Congratulations.
I’ve made the dough balls and they were amazing. Would love to get them from the pro. The book sounds and looks amazing as well. I hope to be a proud owner of us soon. Congrats on making it to the top. I know you deserve it!!
awesome!! so happy for you
fun fact #1: the first thing i made from the book were the chewy granola bars. fun fact #2: i’ve made with 5 times already for different people using almond, peanut, and sunflower seed butter. fact #3: they are addicting + delicious
I LOVE your book!! I got it and my family thinks I’m crazy..I haven’t eaten meat in over a month…and neither have they!
Congratulations! I am so excited & happy for you.
LOVE the Thai crunch salad. Yum.
well this is just amazing! your passion (& amazing recipes and storytelling) deserves it all
and yes, i might already have a copy of the book. and a signed copy of the book preview. but with another copy i could have a blog giveaway of my own!! how fun!
These pictures SO make me want to try tofu! I’ve never, not even once, wanted to try tofu, but that salad looks amazing! And this cookbook makes me want to eat healthy. I never knew that eating healthy could LOOK SO GOOD!!
Congrats to you!!
That is awesome!!!! I’m so happy for you! And mmmm… doughballs!
Wonderful news! Congratulations! I adore your blog and book and have been telling everyone about it!
I can’t wait to make some of the recipe’s. I bought the book for the nook app on my iPad. Everything looks great. The Thai crunch salad looks amazing.
I’m nine years old and I want to learn how to cook more healthy recipeas. And those cookies are making me drool.
Wow!! That’s amazing! Congrats on all your success! You deserve it!
First of all: CONGRATULATIONS!!
Secondly: We LOVE the Spicy African Peanut Stew, and I can’t wait to try out those chocolate chip peanut butter balls
I am a longtime reader and very happy for you! I am looking forward to trying many more of your recipeas.
Those cookies look amazing!! Congrats!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is so cool! We LOVE the Spicy African Peanut Stew, and I can’t wait to try out those peanut butter balls!
Hey! I think what you do and the new book is amazing. I don’t have it but I love that you did what you had your heart set out to do and accomplished it! I also love the fact that you have set such a great example for your family. My boyfriend would never dream of becoming a vegan little own a vegetarian like me.. but i try my best to only serve the cleanest foods to everyone around me. I would LOVE a copy of your book.
Thanks!
Metaxia
Congratulations!!!!!! I am so happy for you!!!!!! I can’t wait to try all your favorite recipes!!! Buying your book is on my to-do list!!!! Have a great day! And thank you for all the fantastic recipes!
Congrats Mama Pea! I’ve been a huge fan of yours since you were doing posts in the notes section of your Facebook page. Reading your blog gave me the confidence I needed to start eating the way I wanted to without caring what my friends and family thought. And every time someone was curious about the delicious healthy vegan food I was eating, I was more than happy to send them over to your blog! I was holding out for a copy of the book as a birthday present (although I was so excited to see our super small town library has it so I’m on the wait list for it!!) Congrats again – your success is well deserved!!
OMGosh, I really want your book! Must get it soooooon!
You are an inspiration and I think I love you! NO…wait….I do!
That’s awesome news! I love your blog and bought the book…
Congrats!
Here’s a little something to support us out there with a chickpea problem: http://www.realage.com/health-tips/eat-chickpeas-daily-to-curb-the-munchies?eid=1010642767&memberid=26966850
By the way, I made the pumpkin roasted chickpeas from the book and passed them off as dessert in my kids’ lunch!
So excited you made the list!!! Congrats! Now I’m off to make that carrot cake….it looks awesome!!!
I am SO EXCITED your book is so successful!!! Congrats!
Great blog, great book – congrats!
Congratulations!!! What a huge accomplishment!!! You definitely deserve this
Congratulations! Now I’m going to try to resist making some “balls” of my own
Can’t love this blog enough – thanks so much for the giveaway!
OMG what this will do for proving that healthy is delicious….way to go! I am pimping out your book and blog to everyone I know. I may get punched in the uterus but big W for whatever!
Well done.
Congrats! That’s awesome, and you are so deserving! I can’t wait to get a copy of the book!! Winning an autographed one would be even better
Congrats! You are an inspiration to this stay-at-home mom!
Yay!!!!! So cool Mama Pea! Congratulations – that is a dream we writers often never think will come true – it’s akin to winning an Academy Award!!! And it’s so well deserved – I’ve never in my life sat down and actually READ a cookbook, cover to cover, until yours. And I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Such a talent for writing and cooking and parenting – I hope you write many more!
Congratulations! I just recently found your website through some other blogs that I read and your “recipeas” look amazing. I can’t wait to try them, especially the dough balls.
Congratulations on reaching one of your goals. We can all use that is inspiration to meet ours as well
The UPS man just delivered a package which made my dog bark and woke up the napping baby… an hour before she was supposed to be finished with her nap. Thank goodness it is Friday and I have the weekend to catch up on missed work and cleaning. Looking forward to making some of these recipes in the future!
I soooooo need to own that book. Soon, if not by way of this giveway! And even more so I’d love to own some you-made cookie dough balls. I have made the multiple lite-not-so-lite-peanut butter-and-regular versions and I just can’t imagine how good the could taste after not having had to make them.
Congrats on the best seller status! So glad I found your blog and can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of your book.
Congrats! Well deserved!
Congratulations!!! I love reading your posts! And your recipes are soooooo yummy!
Super cool. I want you to cook for my family for a week!
congrats! i bought your book for my meat-eating sister and she loves it!
NYT Best Seller?! I’m totally not shocked at all, but I’m SO HAPPY for you!!!
congrats! way to go! love the recipes and the anecdotes in your book!
So happy for you!
Many congrats to you and your family! I am so glad I found your blog!!!
Hi. I found your book by a happy accident at Borders this week and immediately started reading your blog, which I hadn’t known about before reading your book, which by the way, I just finished reading cover to cover this a.m. after a mere few days. I have a batch of peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough ball dough chilling in the fridge right now, and can’t decide what to make next. Maybe I’ll just start on page one and work my way through to the end, one recipe at a time like Julie and Julia……I loved reading the book (and laughing) and can’t wait to start cooking! Congratulations!
That is absolutely amazing! You deserve it!
Congrats!!! and thank you for creating Sloppy Josephines, We love them at my house!
WOOT! Congrats! We made the spicy tofu and had those little broiled slabs over brown rice. I just wonder if I cut them too thick? Also, are you supposed to leave the open cracked open when broiling or is that some old school idea from yester-year?
*oven cracked open
Congrats! I am looking forward to getting this book. I am a new vegetarian (only a month old)
and it has been so refreshing to read your blog and get new ideas.
Best wishes on continued success!
Just stumbled on your blog a week ago and then promptly went out and bought the book. I have a bit of a cookbook “fetish”, and your book is one of the loveliest that I own. The book is a feast for the eyes, soul and the belly. The recipes are simple, but more importantly, you use easy to find (and easy to read for that matter) ingredients. For someone who has been contemplating on becoming vegan and not knowing where to start – you are an angel. Thank you! Great work!
Awesome news! Congrats!
That’s amazing!! Congratulations!!!
Way to go! You are an inspiration!
Congrats! I love you and all your recipes. Especially that Teriyaki Tofu! We made it for our Thai Crunch Salads (told you I loved your recipes) and it was fabulous! I am so excited for you and am proud I contributed in some way to your success…but now please, pass the cookies! I have got to try those!
Congrats!! So happy that the book is doing so well! I’m fairly new to your blog but have made a few recipes and really enjoyed them, especially the Italian Meatless Meatloaf Muffins (I facebooked you regarding being out of worcestershire sauce and I followed up to let you know that BBQ sauce was a good sub) but I have yet to make any of your desserts and would love nothing more than to try a dessert made by you! Keep up the great work, I appreciated your prompt response to my facebook post, felt like I was “friends” with a real life “celeb”!
I am dying to try some dough balls! Love your blog!
Wow what a site! And now I must get your book. Just realized I was the only male on here. Maybe that is the secret criteria for winning the book?
Either way I’ll be a regular reader from now on!
You aren’t! I have some great male readers. Okay, about eight. But you’re #9!!
Congrats!! I made the untraditional broccoli salad for a potluck last weekend and it was a big hit!
LOVE your cookbook and I am not vegan. Such tasty recipes that are good for you too! THanks!!!
Wow, this page took so long to load from all the comments!! True testament to how much people are dying to try your balls! (TWSS)
Congratulations on everything Mama Pea, you deserve it!!
Congratulations on making it big! I cannot wait to make your Noodle Salad with Peanut Mmm sauce again. It rocks and so do you!
Help me show my hubby dinner can be great without meat!
Yeah! You deserve it! Now you can check that off your bucket list.
That’s so great about making the New York Times Bestseller! I just bookmarked a ton of your recipes to make when I go back to college in a week. I’m so excited.
Congratulations! I bought a copy for home and donated another copy to my school library. Soon enough, families from all over the world will be able to check out your book. Living in Germany, the school’s library is the only place for these families to access English literature. I’m so happy to spread you work at my work.
I love your recipes and would love to win!!! Congrats on the NYT!!!
Congrats! That’s super exciting!
Congratulations, so happy you reached your goal
Thats amazing! Good Job! That thai crunch salad= super importance in me owning that book! Pick me! Or, I shall buy it. Or, pick me!
Yay!! Good for you.
We LOVE the African Peanut Stew
Congratulations…so happy you reached your goal!
what an amazing accomplishment! congrats!!! i hope to score those cookies, but if not i’m making my own anyways
Need. to. make. dough. balls. now. Congratulations!
Congrats!!!! There are so many of your recipes I am dying to try.. I don’t even know where to start!
Congrats! That’s so exciting!! You deserve it
I am so happy for you!!! I cant wait to go out and buy the book so I can cook for my family…maybe they will get on the veggie band wagon…right now I am not sure they know what a vegetable is or even how to spell it! CONGRATS!!!
Your blog and your book inspired me to start transitioning myself into a veg lifestyle. Last week I gave up red meat and pork and added more veggies into my diet. This week I’m focusing on eating less chicken and turkey and cooking more meatless meals at home. Thank you so much for showing me that the transition can be fun and easy!
p.s. your girls are ADORABLE! I’m obsessed with Gigi’s hair lol!
Oh! forgot to say Congratulations on the NYT Best Seller’s List!! What an amazing accomplishment!
I’ve just started trying vegan recipes, and I look forward to trying yours. I wonder how much an autographed copy of your book will be worth once I’ve dog-eared all the pages and smudged it up with peanut butter finger prints! (Not that I would sell it!)
Congratulations! My cousin just went vegan and I’m buying your book for her birthday present! Hope she doesn’t see this…
I think if Irene hits us this weekend, I will just stay in and finally bake some of your delicious recipes I have been meaning to try…I’m thinking protein trail cookies!
Congratulations!!! I just bought the book and am cooking from it for the first time tonight! (and if I win, my daughter gets the book – not the autographed one, though…)
I’m not a vegan (yet) but I try to eat meat free most days of the week and if anything can convince me to go vegan it’s your site and book. I LOVE the reci”peas” and can’t wait to see more – so I need the book (I’m a broke grad student)!
Last night I was doing lesson plans for my classroom and was totally stressed out! Made dinner, back to it…but suddenly I found myself making a recipea!! Peanut Cookie Dough Balls from YOUR book!!
Thanks for the time of de-stressing:)
Fantastic news about making the list! Congrats, so happy for you!
I am so happy for you! Wee are a proud vegan family and are so grateful tha you are promoting being vegan and eating healthy!
Congratulations MP! The book is phenomenal and you deserve it.
I read your blog to help me keep calm while I was getting an iron infusion. Best time I ever had at the hospital.
You make my heart smile, mama!
I love reading your blog. The recipes are amazing, the photos are magnificent, and your stories are so heart-warming. Thank you for sharing!
Congrats! I sill need to get my hands on a copy of your book!
Congrads! You deserve this!
And all of your favorites are my favorites!! ESPECIALLY the pumpkin oat bran and pb cookie dough balls!
That’s awesome! If I were you, I would write “New York Times Best Selling Author” for my signature on my emails, my facebook name, christmas cards…the list goes on.
I have recently found your website and love your recipes and your great sense of humor. I would love a copy of your New York Times Best Selling book!
Congratulations! A copy of the book AND dough balls- I am so commenting!
CONGRATULATIONS!! Keep making those amazing recipeas!!
Congrats!!! Would love a copy of your book!
Congratulations! That’s so awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your life, and your recipes! Truly and inspiration.
Congrats!! Amazing news!! What an accomplishment.
PS – I think I might just know which amusement park you’re talking about. I was thinking that I would take the nieces and nephew one day, but on second thought, I may find something else for us to do.
Congratulations! I’ll bet making the NYT Best Sellers List really made your day – just like winning your Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls and an autographed copy of Peas and Thank You would certainly make mine! (Got my fingers crossed!)
congratulations!! I have just recently (about a year) began my journey into vegetarianism, and I’m losing speed, so this book would be a great inspiration..Thanks for the great blog!
I’m new to your blog (just saw the article about you in the FoodDay this week), and I’m SO excited to get your book! Congratulations on the success!
I’m so happy for you! I bought your book a few weeks ago and have been loving it. I can’t wait to go through it and make each recipe, the ones I’ve made so far are some of the best I’ve ever made.
Please pick me!!! I’m obsessed with cookie dough!!! I used to eat more than we baked as a kid (and adult)
P.S. I’m totally going to buy your book, me and the husband are ready to slowly move away from meat (I’m sick of feeling sick after I eat) and I think your book will be the help we need!
I found you before Grant Butler from the Oregonian did! I bought 3 books and gave 2 of them to people I love. I want to continue to spread the V word. Love the book!
I want to eat all of this!! I would love a copy of the book.
My boyfriend is getting confirmed on Sunday! It’s been awesome to be with him on his spiritual journey! TbtG!
Congrats! I saw your tweet the other day about the big news and squealed with excitement for you. Your such a great inspiration for me that you can go from one life to another (a better and more fun one) and be successful. Blogger to author is such an amazing accomplishment and I hope I come close to your success some day! Keep up the amazing work…
I love your blog and am really inspired by you and your family!
Congratulations on making the NYT bestseller list!!! You should be so proud! Your blog and recipeas has truly inspired my family to start to transition to a vegan diet. We are down to consuming dairy only. Thank you so much!
Love the book and could certainly use another copy as I gave mine to my visiting mother (she loved it!). Congrats on making the best seller list…you go girl!!!:)
Yay congrats!! So exciting
Congrats!!!!! Thank YOU for providing such rich stories and fabulous recipes! You’re an inspiration!
Congratulations! I just got a copy for my Nook yesterday…can’t wait to start cooking!
I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS (!!!!!!) and thank you so much for showing me that a healthy diet can be so completely delicious! As a college student who has also just escaped a pretty awful engagement, I’m ready for a fresh start to a healthy new life. Your recipeas have been so helpful, and SO yummy!
I bought your book on my ipad and I brought it to the grocery store to shop the same day. Your tortilla soup is awesome and I’m so glad I made it! Congrats!!
Congratulations!! I’m sad to say I have not yet made the cookie dough balls, so I would love to get some, as well as the book!!
I’m so glad you made the NYT list!! Congrats! Well deserved!
Congratulations!!! I’m so happy for you and glad I could help out! (I’m loving the book!)
Way to go I knew you (we) could do it. Congrats!
Sarah, it is inspiring to see your success. God bless you!
NYT Bestseller!!! That is really awesome – congratulations! You have proven that hard work anworks and have done it while entertaining us all on a daily basis!
I love your blog!! Can’t wait to get the book! Congrats!!!
I loved your list of favorite recipeas! I’m going to make your homemade version of the Kind Bar this weekend. I think they will be the perfect lunchbox treat!
Congratulations! I love reading your blog and making your recipes! You are truly an inspiration and I feel so blessed that I stumbled across your blog 2 years ago. It isn’t often that I “meet” Believers who are so open to sharing the word of God like you do, and I thank you for that! You not only bring happiness to my days, but you give ne something to aspire to – a Christian woman, a mother, a successful author, and devoted wife. Thank you for sharing your life with all of us!
You are so kind, Heather! Bless you!
Congratulations! I am loving my digital copy and cooking from it often. I have happy little peas when I go to the kitchen.
Congrats! I love the book. We just ate the Teriyaki Tofu for dinner tonight and it was delicious! Thanks for sharing your favorites.
CongraTs!!! So deserving! I will continue to encourage others to buy it. We are making the carrot cake tomorrow! Gluten-free
Hooray and congratulations!
Yippee! Congrats to you! I would love to win a copy of your book.
I want the doughballs and the book! I love your recipes!
Congratulations! (My husband and I made Cowboy Cornbread this week. BUT it wasn’t six servings–not the way WE ate it
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Ahem, it’s CowGIRL Cornbread…Gigi is SO offended
AACK AACK I cannot even believe I said that!!!
P.S. Especially when one is entering a giveaway contest!
Congrats on making the NYT best seller list!
Congrats, exciting news. And well deserving!
Love the book and love your site! Congrats on reaching your goal!!
Congratulations! My sissy is just starting law school this week and I would like to give her some dough balls.
Making cake batter smoothie right.now.
I couldn’t think of anyone else I’d rather see on that list. I have your book and love it.
Congratulations! I love your blog, admire your drive, and am so happy for you!
Congratulations! You deserve it. Your recipeas are delish and those photos have my mouth watering
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is so inspiring! You deserve it.
I loved this post – so many recipes. I so want to make the carrot cake in your book now. Off to check that green smoothie cake batter recipe….
Thats so great! I have just started reading your blog and love it. Thanks for all the yummy recipes. I am trying them out on my hubby.
Mama Pea… I am DYING to try the dough balls and check your book out as well…
Congrats on making the LIST! (ps, choose me, Mama Pea!)
Congrats! That is so awesome! Your blog always makes me hungry! In a good way.
So Awesome! Congrats!
I missed the deadline, but just wanted to wish you a huge congratulations again. You deserve each and every word of praise that comes to you.
(Also, many thanks for your kind words about certain Life Issues that have come up for me recently. They were much appreciated.)
I’m a little slow keeping up these days, but I wanted to say thanks for this post. I’m looking forward to trying out your Tempeh Tamale Casserole this week on some guests. If it’s as good as you say, I’ll be thrilled!
I want i want i want!!!! Either way i just may have to buy the book.
Want: Dough balls
Want: Your cook book
I just happen to have a big order to place on Amazon right now…I suppose one more item (your book!) wouldn’t break the bank…
P.S. Congrats on the best seller list. TOO COOL!
Love your recipes! Congrats on making the NYT best sellers list
Congratulations! I would be lying if I said I haven’t been periodically checking the list and totally expecting to see your book among the ranks! You’re an inspiration!
Even if I’m too late to win your contest, I just want you to know that I LOVE your blog and all the recipeas I’ve made of yours totally taste delicious and are so healthy! You are an inspiration!! Congrats on your book being so successful!!
That’s so awesome, congratulations!!
Congrats! I have some tofu in my fridge just waiting to be coated in teriyaki! And fingers crossed my man will love it too! You’ve inspired me to make new choices and we’re starting to eat less meat. Thank you!
Hi!!! I just discovered your blog a couple days ago through another blog and I have to say, I am smitten!!! I’ve been a vegetarian for about a year after reading and learning about meat production and animal treatment and since then, I’ve taken a huuge liking to reading food blogs! Your recipes look fantastic! I am a college student but I hope one day I can buy your cookbook and make some of these amazing recipes!
What can I say that anybody hasn’t already?! Oh, I know! I am from Colombia, raised completely animal eater- I know, beef empanadas and all!- but after coming across your blog on a quest to find healthier recipes for me an my family ( LOVE to cook -have pre-teens and a wonderful hubby) I have not eaten any animal products for the past 6 months ( yay me!) Honestly, I feel so much better and I don’t miss meat at all. I have enjoyed ( and my family as well) your recipeas!! My kids favorite: Yukon gold white bean burgers.
I bought your book at Wegmas. I was thrilled when I saw it in the organic produce section. Enough about me! I really think you have been an inspiration for me as a mom. You not only cook wonderful delicious recipes but give advice on being a veggie mom. Thank you for that!
I won the book on Holly’s blog. I have yet to make any of the recipes but I plan to once school calms down! They all look delicious.
I know I’m late, but I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Enjoy this time!!! You deserve it!!! I’m sure life is insanely crazy right now, but take the time and soak it all in! It’s your time! I know there will be more amazing times in your life, who knows what comes next!!!, but this is pretty BIG!!!
Thank you so much, Andrea
“Cool your jets, Pea Daddy” – brilliant, I’m still laughing
Love the recipes on the blog and can’t wait to grab the book- my friend is already buying them as gifts for family and friends! Get this- she’s using the book to bond with her mother-in-law!!!
Congrats on the best seller!!!! I would love the cookies and book
I bought the book, and have been enjoying working my way through the delicious recipes. You’re amazing!
I would love a chance to win and share your book with a mother of 3 young children. She creates beautiful healthy meals for her family and would really appreciate such a gift!
Thanks!!
Congratulations! I bought my book, and I’m so happy to be a part of your success! If I win, I’ll gladly pass along the extra copy to one of my sweet friends!
Wonderful news re: NYTimes! Well deserved!
Congratulations! Kudos! I purchased the book and made the African Sweet Potato Soup—mmmm. Tomorrow I’m making the Kale Sunshine Salad. Thank you for sharing & publishing these fabulous recipes (that work) and for generously sharing your humor and adventures with your beautiful family. You rock!
Those dough balls look AMAZING! I recently decided to do a major diet overhaul and your blog has been extremely inspirational. I definitely plan on picking up a copy of the book soon!
Congratulations Mama Pea and family!
Wow, congrats!!!
I want this book SO bad… my fingers and toes are triple crossed.
I’ve got 2 little girls too, and I just love your pictures and stories along with your recipeas
And I really appreciate how hard I know you are working to keep up your blog in the middle of all the book excitement! Keep up the good work!
I have very happy for you for making the NYT list! You deserve it…and I love your cookbook. Made a few things for a friend coming over for dinner and she was stunned with the yum-factor. Thanks.
I really love your blog! I made this dough ball recipe when I was pregnant and needed a cookie dough fix. They were awesome both raw and baked!
Congrats! You totally deserve it! This is the first cookbook I’ve actually sat down and read, its fantastic and funny. Also, I gushed about how much I love your children so much in the bookstore that my mother started giving me weird looks (although she did admit that they are ridiculously cute).
Thank you so much!
vegetarian mama to twins here – i wanna win, i wana win, i wanna win.
the end.
sincerely,
ashley “almost a vegan” rebekah
Congratulations! What a fantastic accomplishment.
Ahhh!! Congratulations, Mama Pea!!!! So happy for you and your beautiful family. I put the book on my birthday wish list for my Mom (yes, I’m turning 29 and still get gifts from my mom…I’m ok with that), so here’s to hoping I get the book one way or another
I LOVE your blog. I LOVE your recipes. I LOVE your story telling! You are amazing!
HOLY CRAPSTICKS!! That’s amazing news. But, honestly? You couldn’t deserve it more. CONGRATS!
I’m a little late to the party, but I am committed to cooking more and trying new recipes this Fall and some of yours are on e top of my
Oops, my comment published before I was finished!,
Anyway, some of your recipes are on the top of my list to try this fall =)
P.S. Can they be the gluten free dough balls?!
Whoo-Hoo! Congrats!
Congratulations! Fabulous news! I can’t wait to get a copy of your book… (are you listening, husband???).
I’ve been to the bookstore twice in the last week to get your cookbook and I think the one copy in the store has been put on another shelf! If I won the book I wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore!!!
I hope its me! If its not I’ll buy it anyways.
Your blog is stunning and makes me hungry and inspired everyday on my Reader.
How exciting!! Can’t wait to grab a copy of the book!!
Those recipes look incredible. I saw the book at Costco in Clackamas the other day… I may have to go back and get myself one! Congratulations!
Aww, hope you do! Thanks!
congratulations!!!!! i hope i win
Oooooh, pick me! I love the blog and use the cookbook almost exclusively. What a treat!
Haven’t made anything yet but everything on your blog looks delicious! Can’t wait to see more!
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !!! I adore your recipeas and the fact that you’re living your dreams.
One month ago, I gave up eating meat. I was nervous — I love to cook and didn’t know if I could make delicious wholesome veggie meals that my husband would eat (we have been married six weeks, so I don’t want to scare him off… or starve him). However, that all changed two weeks ago when I came across Peas and Thank You at my local Costco. I deviated from our “normal route” through the store to search for a vegetarian cook book and was beyond thrilled to find one! Who could imagine that a cook book would be so fun to read that I couldn’t put it down — even through a new True Blood episode!
Now, let’s talk about the recipes… AMAZING, WONDERFUL and INCREDIBLE. So, I start telling my friends, family and co-workers about this book, “Go get it now, it’s at the Vancouver Costco!” I proclaim to all that will listen.
My parents, who happened to watch Mama Pea on Good Day Oregon are intrigued with the breakfast margharitas and liked MamaPea’s cute hair. But, instead of buying their own book they take mine. Seriously, this is an emergency. I don’t want to have to go all stealth-like for a B&E (that’s breaking and entering in case you were wondering) at my own mom and dad’s house to take it back, but they seem to plead the 5th everytime I bring up the cookbook that I’ve owned for just two weeks… So PLEASE PEA FAMILY may we have another copy?
Thanks for reminding us of some of the delicious things already on the blog! I eat a lot of oats + protein powder already, but now I’m really looking forward to trying your cooking method.
i NEED some Pumpkin Cream Pie Oat Bran… right now. Please??? I’m loving your blog – it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside (and hungry). Congratulations on your book making it big!