Author: Ricki Heller

Put the coleslaw recipe down. This healthy cabbage salad is an amazing combination of vegetables and fruits all tossed with a light and tangy vinaigrette. You’ll love the naturally sweet and savory flavor and the array of crunchy textures. Never mind that it’s packed full of nutrition. Healthy Cabbage Salad loaded with Flavorful Plant-Based Goodness Years ago, my friend Ricki Heller shared this delicious healthy cabbage salad recipe with us. She adapted it from Enlightened Eating by Caroline Dupont. We’ve further updated the recipe and have a few more options and details. What are Good Substitutes for the Pecans and…

This is a guest post by my good friend Ricki Heller, author of Naturally Sweet & Gluten-Free: 100 Recipes Without Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, or Refined Sugar and the upcoming title, Living Candida-Free: 100 Recipes and a 3-Stage Program to Restore Your Health and Vitality. Like all of Ricki’s recipes, these pumpkin mousse tarts are vegan, gluten-free, and low sugar (many of her recipes are sugar-free). When my sister and I were kids, we waited all year for Halloween.  We loved the ritual of dressing up, of course, but more than that, we loved trick or treating. We’d grab our plastic…

This is a guest post by my friend Ricki Heller. Ricki is an educator, writer, cookbook author, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, and lover of all things canine. Her books include Living Candida-Free and Naturally Sweet & Gluten-Free. Enjoy this sample recipe from her collection for Country Style Veggie Pâté. In Pursuit of a “Meaty” Vegan Roast One of my favorite sayings is “there are no mistakes in cooking—only new recipes.”  On more than one occasion, I must admit, I’ve referred to that concept when my intended culinary outcome just didn’t match what I had in my mind (or what the recipe said it should…

When my good friend Ricki said that I could share a recipe from her e-cookbook, Desserts without Compromise, it took me all of five seconds to pick the Apple Pumpkin Crumble Bars. I had many reasons for my selection. Back to school and work means a demand for packable healthy treats, prepping for the upcoming season with delicious guilt-free desserts, and, quite frankly, I am a fall foodie. I love the flavors of fall and seriously can’t wait for the produce of September to arrive. But regardless of my reasons, this recipe, and all of the recipes from Ricki’s kitchen,…