It’s almost the holidays!! Are you as excited (and as yet unprepared) as I am? 😀 This year, Hallie of Daily Bites had a great idea: host a progressive dinner party to provide you with some fabulous recipe ideas for your own holiday tables, making everyone’s life easier! Starting Monday, December 10th, a different blogger […]
Six Degrees of Lisa and Nicole–plus Tiny Treats Ebook Giveaway & Granola Recipe!
October 28, 2012 by 79 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! […]
Simply Gluten-Free Magazine Subscription Giveaway!
September 14, 2012 by 115 Comments
Happy Friday, all! 😀 As many of you know, I’ve recently started working with the new Simply Gluten-Free magazine, which will make its debut in November (I’m one of the associate editors who’ll be contributing material on vegan cuisine). The magazine is the brainchild of the incredible Carol Kicinski, who also authors Simply Gluten-Free (the […]
Six Degrees of Dreena Burton + Cocoa Granola Recipe
July 30, 2012 by 117 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! […]
Superfood Raw Caramel Cupcakes with Banana-Cacao Nib Frosting
July 15, 2012 by 41 Comments
[SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR DDD READERS!! If you’d like to get started with your own Mum’s superfoods, the company is offering a special 15% discount for any online orders from Diet, Dessert and Dogs readers! Just order your products via the Mum’s website and key in the code “RICKI” upon checkout. Note: This is an affiliate […]
Mum’s Original Review and Giveaway
July 14, 2012 by 232 Comments
[Yes, these Raw Caramel Cupcakes with Banana-Cacao Frosting are bursting with superfoods ingredients!] As many of you know, I spend some quite a bit a crazy amount of time every day on twitter. I love that I’ve been able to strike up acquaintances with other bloggers, writers, nutritionists and companies that way. Well, several months […]
Low Fat Cinnamon Walnut Loaf (Xanthan-free) for New Year, New You!
January 19, 2012 by 52 Comments
Pretty much anyone who knows me from this blog (or anywhere else) knows that I don’t consume refined sugar. In fact, since I started the anti-candida diet in March, 2009, I’ve abstained from almost all sweeteners, refined or otherwise. (I’ve also abstained from about 1,182 other foods that are verboten on the ACD, but that’s a whole other kettle […]
Looking Back on 2011: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Not-So-Best of Times*
January 2, 2012 by 60 Comments
*Or, a Tale of Two Rickis *Or, How About a Dickens Reference Other Than A Christmas Carol for a Change? [“Happy New Year, Mum! A saner approach to 2012 sounds good to me, too. Oh, and kudos on that atypical Dickens reference!”] Happy 2012, everyone! Hope you all had a great time ringing in the new year. […]
Black-Bottomed Almond Mousse Pie with Chocolate Ganache Drizzle
December 15, 2011 by 40 Comments
I actually first made this pie quite a while ago (some of you may remember that I posted about it on Facebook), but I’ve been holding on to the recipe, clinging to it like Scrooge gripping his last penny so that I could save it for this very post. Seriously, this is one is a show-stopper, a […]
Chocolate Mint Truffles
December 11, 2011 by 473 Comments
[You wanna piece of me? Recipe at end of post.] When I thought about what foods evoke “holidays” for me, there was only one answer: chocolate. As an avowed chocaholic (okay, serious, recidivist, chocolate addict), pretty much any special occasion has to include the beloved blissful brown bite, but wintertime holidays in particular bring this confection to […]
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