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Dog Day: It's the Holidays!

by Ricki Heller 17 Comments

To all who celebrate, wishing you a very Merry Christmas, and a happy, happy holidays to all! Here’s to days of fun and relaxation, time surrounded by loving family and friends, great food and treats, and all the gifts you dream of.  With hugs from me, The HH and (of course) The Girls 😀 “Mum, you know we’d […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, dogs, holidays, silly, Uncategorized

A (Very) Belated Birthday for DDD: Musings on Three Years of Blogging* and Vegan MoFo Roundup #3

by Ricki Heller 42 Comments

 Another week of Vegan MoFo is over–and I’m still standing (or, to be more precise, sitting here at my desk). I can hardly believe how quickly the past three weeks have whizzed by! I must admit, I am stretching more than culinary muscles with this event. My usual modus operandi for blog posts is to let […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, blog event, blogging, contest, Festive Freebie, giveaway, reminiscences, silly, Uncategorized, Vegan MoFo

Dog Day: The Girls Go Gaga for Halloween

by Ricki Heller 18 Comments

“Here it is, Halloween again, and once again, Mum has us decked in these silly costumes. . . seriously, Mum, Lady Gaga?? I mean,  how many more years will I have to put up with such indignities? A bad romance, indeed. . . . “ “What do you mean, Elsie? I LOVED my costume this […]

Filed Under: dogs, holidays, silly

Super Easy Tofu Scramble with Kale and Pumpkin

by Ricki Heller 17 Comments

[Sometimes, you just want to eat something now.  I’ve decided to offer a mini-post every once in a while, for a dish that comes together incredibly quickly or else is so easy to make that no recipe is required. Here’s today’s “Flash in the Pan.” (For other FitP recipes, see “Categories” at right).] So, are […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, beans and legumes, blog event, blogging, breakfast, contest, dogs, flash in the pan, giveaway, gluten free, greens, herbs, holidays, nut-free, recipes, seeds, silly, SOS Challenge, tofu and tempeh, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

Easy Chili Mac Recipe

by Ricki Heller 9 Comments

Before I get to the recipe.  .  . let me tell you about this amazing care package I received in the mail last week.  It was from Sarah of The Ordinary Vegetarian, and it was all part of a blogger care package swap orchestrated by Lindsay of Running with Tongs.  Sarah and I were matched […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, blog event, contest, dogs, entrees, giveaway, gluten free, review, silly, vegan

Is This Too Corny for You? Fresh Corn Soup with Smoky Garnish

by Ricki Heller 30 Comments

  A hydrogen atom walks into a bar.  He turns to the bartender and says, “I think I’ve lost an electron!”.  The bartender replies, “Are you positive?” [source: my Biochemistry prof at CSNN] Ba-DUM-pa!  Yes, indeedy, I am a lover of corny jokes.  I giggle uncontrollably when I hear a good one, I hoard them for […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, gluten free, grains, herbs, nut-free, recipes, reminiscences, silly, soups, tofu and tempeh, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

Dog Day: Hazy, Crazy, Lazy Days of Summer

by Ricki Heller 16 Comments

We’re in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave here in the Toronto area, which means the usual effects: kids walloped by shooting sprays from errant fire hydrants,  major power outages as people crank up the A/C, and Ricki alternating between mountains of marking and indulging a seemingly insatiable craving for ice cream (thankfully, I’m […]

Filed Under: beverages, cravings, dogs, silly, Uncategorized

Rhubarb Swirl Ice Cream

by Ricki Heller 31 Comments

Ah, the crazy, lazy days of summer. Well, at least I got it half right. 😉 Ack!! I’m going nuts over here!  Bonkers!  Batty! Off the deep end! Loco!  Folle!  Verrückt! Whack! Or, as Susan Powter used to say, “STOP THE INSANITEEEEEEEE!!”.  Well, really, it’s my own fault.  I mean, it’s crunch time at my job, […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, dessert, dogs, fruit, gluten free, nuts, recipes, silly, Uncategorized, vegan

Dog Day: Who’s Your Mama?

by Ricki Heller 20 Comments

For all the moms out there. . .  Whether a Mom by birth, [My mother on her wedding day, aged 22] a Mom by choice, [Elsie, you’re a pretty good pillow.”] or a Mom you hold close in your heart, [My Mom at my wedding, aged 59, three years before she died.] Wishing you all day […]

Filed Under: dogs, holidays, silly, Uncategorized

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles

by Ricki Heller 56 Comments

One night when I was sixteen, I watched Marvin Hamlisch (composer of A Chorus Line, etc.) on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.  The previous guest was Adrienne Barbeau, the buxom actress who played Bea Arthur’s daughter on the sitcom Maude. I was appalled as I witnessed Hamlisch, seated on the couch beside her, stammer and fidget (eyes flitting […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, blog event, candy, chocolate, contest, cookbook, dessert, giveaway, gluten free, grains, nuts, raw, recipes, silly, Sweet Freedom, Uncategorized, vegan
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