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Breakfast Carrot Cake

by Ricki Heller 75 Comments

[This post is part of an ongoing series of interviews with cookbook authors, bloggers, women entrepreneurs and home chefs whose work I enjoy and admire. If you’ve got someone in mind you’d like me to approach for an interview, please shoot me an email at dietdessertdogsATgmailDOTcom, or leave a comment here and let me know! […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, breakfast, candy, childhood memory, chocolate addiction, condiments and sauces, cupcakes, dieting, flash in the pan, food articles, Goals, nag diet, nut-free, overindulging, silly, stress, Uncategorized, vegan

Anti-Candida Update: Recalling My First Detox Diet–and Why I’m Ready for Another

by Ricki Heller 37 Comments

Are you following a restricted diet and feel as if you need support? The Sweet Life Club helps you stay motivated, cook great food, and stick with it in a way that feels natural and normal. We’ll be opening up again soon, so be sure to get on the waitlist! Some Personal Sharing: My Detox Experience […]

Filed Under: accountability, ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage One, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, cravings, Diet Rules, dieting, expert advice, overindulging, self-examination, stress, Uncategorized, vegan

Living with Candida, Twenty Two Months Later: The Ugly, the Bad–and the Good

by Ricki Heller 112 Comments

Are you ready to start an anti-candida diet? The Candida Kick-Start can help! Kickstart your diet and pave the way for success on your anti-candida journey! Find more information here.   Grrrr! Candida can be pretty scary.] The Ugly: The Monster Returns Here it is, 2011, and it’s already time for a confession (don’t worry, […]

Filed Under: accountability, anti candida diet, binge eating, cravings, Diet Rules, dieting, Goals, holidays, motivation, nag diet, overindulging, self-examination, strategies, stress, Uncategorized

My Way of Eating*

by Ricki Heller 68 Comments

*[Not to be confused with Morris Dithers’ answer in this classic SCTV skit.] [The main course table from my recent holiday potluck with nutritionist friends, clockwise from top left: [out of the photo–Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts]; Southwest Brown Rice Casserole with Beans [white bowl behind cutlery]; Tempeh-Brown Rice Curry and Vegetables; Baby Spinach Salad; Rutabaga […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, binge eating, body image, cravings, Diet Rules, dieting, food articles, Goals, holidays, motivation, nutrition info, overindulging, portion control, reminiscences, self-examination, social eating, strategies, stress, Uncategorized

Borscht to Beet Stress*

by Ricki Heller 34 Comments

*Okay, it’s a horrible pun. But I”m an English teacher.  We’re genetically programmed to come up with groaners like that.    [Sorry about the bad lighting. . . by the time I got this photo, the sun–and the HH’s car–were long gone.] Hope those of you who celebrated had a great Thanksgiving yesterday.  And for the rest […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage One, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, blog event, blogging, contest, Festive Freebie, giveaway, gluten free, nut-free, recipes, SOS Challenge, soups, stress, Uncategorized, vegan, Vegan MoFo, vegetables

Lighten Up: New Year Musings and Crimson Mousse

by Ricki Heller 41 Comments

So.  Are we sick of giveaways yet? 😉 Okay, I guess that the chance to win something you like–especially if it involves food you like–never becomes stale (even if the aforementioned foodstuff does). Still, with 2010 barely upon us, I’ve decided it’s time to give the giveaways a break.  I love being able to supply […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, dessert, gluten free, nuts, recipes, self-examination, stress, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

Anti-Candida Update: Holiday Edition

by Ricki Heller 20 Comments

Are you ready to start an anti-candida diet, but worried about how you’ll stick with it? The Sweet Life club can help. Get the tools and information you need–plus ongoing support from others on the diet (and me!) so that you can really succeed. Find more information here. I rarely post non-recipe entries these days, […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, cookbook, cravings, dieting, holidays, motivation, nag diet, overindulging, self-examination, social eating, strategies, stress, Uncategorized

ACD Update: A Return to Sweetness

by Ricki Heller 40 Comments

[Recent ACD-friendly dinner:  Gena’s Raw Cream of Zucchini Soup]. It’s now been over ten years since I began this round of the ACD. These days, I no longer even think about my food as “different,” and never worry about what I can or can’t eat. But it wasn’t always that way. It took a series […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, blogging, chocolate addiction, cookbook, dieting, dogs, Goals, motivation, nag diet, raw, reminiscences, self-examination, silly, strategies, stress, Sweet Freedom, Uncategorized

Tomorrow: Cookies. Today: Reflections on ACD, Week One

by Ricki Heller 21 Comments

[It was great to read so many positive messages from all you okra fans in response to my last post.  Who knew there were so many okra supporters out there?  Here’s to a new image for our pal okra!  To the dawning of the age of okra–a new era is born, and it’s brimming with green pods […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, cravings, dieting, dogs, nag diet, overindulging, self-examination, silly, strategies, stress, Uncategorized

Kitchen Sink Kitchari (an Anti-Candida Stew)

by Ricki Heller 35 Comments

[UPDATE, JUNE 2010:  In March, 2009, I began a much more serious (and much more restrictive) candida diet after suffering from myriad candida symptoms for more than 6 months.  Finally, with a raging rash taking over my torso, I had to succumb and begin the diet afresh.  After 15 months (so far) I’m 90% better, […]

Filed Under: accountability, beans and legumes, blog event, dieting, entrees, expert advice, gluten free, grains, nag diet, recipes, soups, stress, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables
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