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SOS Sweet Potatoes: The Roundup

by Ricki Heller 5 Comments

[PLEASE NOTE: If you participated this month and didn’t see a comment from me, it’s not that I didn’t try.  For some bizarre reason, WordPress is now tossing all of my comments into spam.  If I usually comment on your blog and you haven’t seen any from me lately, please check the spam comments and […]

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Apple Pumpkin Crumble Bars (ACD Friendly)

by Ricki Heller 52 Comments

[photo: Celine Saki] During a conversation about something entirely unrelated yesterday, the HH uttered that well-known truism:  “There are only two things you can really count on:  death, and taxes.” Well, I have to tell you (and I said this to the HH, too, of course), that hasn’t quite been my experience.  For instance, I’ve found […]

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All About Stevia*

by Ricki Heller 49 Comments

* with apologies to Bradley Cooper and Sandra Bullock (though from what I hear about the movie, they should be apologizing to us). [Stevia-sweetened giant baked apple pancake] How did it get to be Sunday already, and five days since my last post?  Well, I haven’t been lounging around watching soap operas and eating bon-bons, […]

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Updates: Diet and Dessert*

by Ricki Heller 34 Comments

*  Or, Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad (sorry, Girls) [Soy-Free, Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free Chocolate Buttercream Frosting from Sweet Freedom] Okay, let’s get to the dessert first (really, we should all eat a meal that way at least once):  I received my cookbook’s (paper) proof in the mail today (the sample that I must approve before […]

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Anti-Candida Desserts: What Do You Eat?

by Ricki Heller 147 Comments

[For even more desserts, check out my digital cookbooks (all recipes free of sugar, gluten, eggs and dairy)!  To learn about the recipes or to purchase, click here.] [Raw key lime tarts–NOT an ACD-inspired recipe (yippee!) See below.] [IMPORTANT EDIT, 2019: Since I began an anti-candida diet in 2009, some of the “accepted” sweeteners have […]

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Curried Pumpkin Hummus*

by Ricki Heller 64 Comments

* Or, Hummus in a World of Its Own As we often do, the HH and I made the trek to Montreal over the long weekend to spend the holidays with my family.  While I long ago became accustomed to toting along some sort of sustenance for these trips (my diet, even when I’m not on a candida cleanse, […]

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Seven Grain Dirty Rice and Beans

by Ricki Heller 37 Comments

[Totally tangential rant: When I woke up this morning, I was sure my eyes were playing tricks on me–it is snowing outside!  Snowing. BIG snow. As in, “little white flakes that fly across your field of vision.”  As in, “icy and slushy and boots weather.”  As in, “everything is coated with rime and appears opaque and goes crunch […]

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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 […]

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Musings on Food and Meme-ish Fun

by Ricki Heller 16 Comments

Sometimes, despite all good intentions, things do go awry. On Friday, I had a little luncheon date with two former classmates from nutrition school.  I always look forward to these meetings, since these women (besides sharing the NAG diet philosophy) are invariably funny, witty, and generally loads of fun to be with.  The meeting had […]

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Sweet Potato and Ginger Salad

by Ricki Heller 32 Comments

[Sweet Potato and Ginger Salad–recipe below.] Ah, yes, life is sweet.  Not so much in the “I’m a celebrity, I haven’t a care in the world, I’m revoltingly rich, beautiful and vacuous” kind of way; but more in the “every which way I turn I see or think ‘sweet,’ most recently the chocolate chip blondies I devoured last week” kind […]

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