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If you’re like me Monday through Friday our lunches usually always consists of leftovers from the previous nights dinner, however sometimes there are no leftovers to be found. When this happens it would be so easy to grab lunch out which is going to cost you more and isn’t as healthy as creating your own … Read more

Breakfast: Berries, English Muffin, Hash Browns, Veggie-Pesto Tofu Scramble

I’ve decided to try something new on the blog this week and if I and you are digging it will (try) to keep up with it.  This week we are on vacation but luckily this doesn’t mean we have been eating out all week because we are staying at a condo in North Myrtle Beach … Read more

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Ricki Heller, the creator of Diet, Dessert and Dogs, is an educator, writer, cookbook author, natural nutritionist and lover of all things canine. She studied natural nutrition at The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and is currently a college teacher who works as a part-time cooking class instructor/chef and a part-time freelance writer. I have asked Ricki to contribute a guest … Read more

Hello from Logan Airport! Hubz and I are currently awaiting our flight to Raleigh to meet my parents and head to Myrtle Beach (where I hear it is currently pouring). Until our flight we are hanging out, enjoying the free wi-fi and “enjoying” an airport breakfast of Starbucks oatmeal, OJ (for me), coffee (for him) … Read more

Mood Boosting Food

February 21st, 2012 | Posted by Lindsay Ingalls in Food | Healthy Living - (0 Comments)
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We all are living busy and stressful lives and for many  food is a big part of this stress.  Finding time for healthy cooking and eating just adds to the already too long “to do” list causing more stress to our mind and body. Although food can cause a lot of stress in our lives it … Read more

Pizza is For Lovers

February 14th, 2012 | Posted by Lindsay Ingalls in Food | Life - (1 Comments)
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.  -Rumi  Neil and I have had a wonderful afternoon together that started with a late lunch at Stone Soup where we shared a vegan roasted tofu sandwich (to die for) and the salad bar.  We then took a quick pop into … Read more

That’s One Spicy Chickpea

January 29th, 2012 | Posted by Lindsay Ingalls in Food | Life | Recipes - (6 Comments)
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This weekend the Hubz and I took a whirlwind trip to Massachusetts to do a little Ikea, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Target shopping. We picked up a few things for the nursery and found out that 70% of the items I had put on our nursery vision board just didn’t live up to our … Read more