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A Bowl Lotta Love

by Ricki Heller 60 Comments

[Thanks to everyone who left such sweet comments and encouragement for the hellish week of marking!  (And I know I still owe some of you emails. . . coming soon!) Some of you who are students noted that you’d be doing as much work on the other side of the red pen. Whether students, parents, […]

Filed Under: accountability, beans and legumes, blogging, body image, cravings, dieting, entrees, gluten free, Goals, grains, motivation, nag diet, nuts, overindulging, raw, recipes, salads, self-examination, strategies, tofu and tempeh, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

The Wait is Over/The Weight is Under

by Ricki Heller 23 Comments

I know, that title sounds like something straight out of my Post-Modern Literary Criticism class (oooh, I shudder just re-thinking it!).  But both bits of news cheered me so much that I wanted to share them in the same post! The Wait is Over: Just when I thought I could wait no longer, I received my […]

Filed Under: accountability, baking, binge eating, blogging, chocolate, contest, cookbook, cravings, dieting, motivation, overindulging, self-examination, strategies, Sweet Freedom, Uncategorized, vegan

Dog Day: No Food Today

by Ricki Heller 8 Comments

No food today, my love has gone away. . . No, not really (well, unless you count chocolate going away).  However, today’s blog title is a bit of a double entendre: first, since today was Day One of my detox regimen (no wheat, animal products, sugar; and NO GRAINS), I do somehow feel as if I’ve had […]

Filed Under: cravings, dieting, dogs, soups

Bittersweet Salad with Apples and Dandelion Greens

by Ricki Heller 13 Comments

  Why, oh why did I choose Sundays? What was I thinking?  I must have been on a chocolate high at the time and totally out of it.  Otherwise, why on EARTH would any sane person choose Sunday morning to track her weight loss (which, at this point, is actually a misnomer; for, as of this morning, I am now […]

Filed Under: cookbook, cravings, dieting, fruit, gluten free, overindulging, raw, recipes, salads, social eating, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

Pudding is a Virtue

by Ricki Heller 8 Comments

  Both our dogs contain a generous sprinkling of Border Collie, a breed known for its patience. As a working breed, BCs were meant to guard sheep all day; and since sheep are not exactly what you’d call wild and crazy guys, the BCs must be willing to sit still for a very long time. Moreover, they exhibit what’s known as the “Border Collie Stare”–that […]

Filed Under: chocolate addiction, cravings, dessert, dogs, gluten free, raw, recipes, Uncategorized, vegan

Soba Noodles with Ginger, Chard and Walnuts

by Ricki Heller 11 Comments

The other day, I got to thinking: some ostensibly odd couplings do actually work well together.  Sonny and Cher, purple and mustard yellow walls (but only for the previous tenant, not us), Elsie and Chaser, paisley and–hmmn.  Well, Sonny and Cher, anyway. This pasta dish, a favorite in our house, is one of those weird couplings: rhyme […]

Filed Under: chocolate addiction, cravings, dieting, entrees, recipes, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

Juicy Cuisine and Crunchy Granola

by Ricki Heller 16 Comments

Part I:  THE JUICE SEGMENT (feel free to skip to Part II) We’re having some down time today at the DDD household, as today is the first-ever Family Day holiday in Ontario (I’ve always thought it only civilized to have a day off in February–the gap between New Year’s and Easter/Passover is just too long).  Everything government-related […]

Filed Under: breakfast, chocolate addiction, cravings, dieting, drinks, fruit, grains, raw, recipes, strategies, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

Looking Ahead: Five-Year Plan

by Ricki Heller 1 Comment

Well, I hope everyone out there had a Happy New Year.  Ours would have been very pleasant and laid back–after all, we were guests at my friend’s 8000 square foot “cottage” (you read that right–were we lucky, or what??), we were in a pastoral wonderland of snow, lake, birch trees, rare birds and other wildlife prancing past the […]

Filed Under: accountability, binge eating, chocolate addiction, cravings, dog training, dogs, exercise, Goals, nag diet, overindulging, self-examination, stress, Uncategorized

A Sweet Alternative

by Ricki Heller 7 Comments

What was I thinking, agreeing to post an entry a day for a whole month? True, I have really been enjoying the whole Holidailies event, but given the whirlwind of events that are generally going on this time of year, coupled with the fact that I’ve been fighting some kind of weird virus the past […]

Filed Under: baking, childhood memory, cravings, dessert, ingredients, overindulging, reminiscences, self-examination, Uncategorized, vegan

How’s That Working For You?–Holiday Diet Advice

by Ricki Heller 8 Comments

On my first day at nutrition school our lecturer was a petite woman resembling Natalie Portman: a teeny, tiny brunette with a regal air about her. As she expounded on macrobiotic diets and food combining and fat metabolism, I couldn’t help but think, “All these nutritionists here who are, like, a size two and never […]

Filed Under: cravings, expert advice, overindulging, portion control, strategies
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