I  L.O.V.E  food.

So you can imagine my concern when I saw the list of foods that we are not allowed to eat during the Candida diet. My apprehension didn't ease when I saw examples of Candida diet recipes as I could see my time and money being whittled away on fancy ingredients and difficult cooking methods. (I was also a bit worried about how they would taste if I got it wrong!)

I did manage to find a few Candida diet recipes that looked easy, but once I found out that a leek and broccoli soup really was just leeks and broccoli in some water and that cheesy celery was just cottage cheese dipped in celery I hit the back button in disgust.

With no other option I sat down to see how I could feed myself without blowing the budget or taking too much time. By looking at the foods that we were allowed I managed to put together a really easy eating plan.

Breakfast Candida Diet Recipes
At breakfast we have the choice between; Rolled Oat porridge - If quinoa is cheaper for you guys then go for that too! Instead of the usual sugar and milk, try yogurt, berries and cinnamon or allspice. Your second choice is scrambled eggs made with water.

Lunch and Dinner Candida Diet Recipes
These two can be swapped - what you do not have for lunch, have for dinner.

Salad
One of the cheapest and fastest meals to prepare out of all the Candida diet recipes is a basic salad.

Tear up half a lettuce, chop up a couple of peppers - any color - add a cucumber and an avocado or two and you have the start of a delicious healthy meal.

Each time you serve them up vary the flavour by adding a different meat to the mix and seasoning accordingly. For example; when I have a chicken salad, I like to top the salad with cottage cheese and drizzle lemon juice over the lot. For tuna I usually just use lemon juice and for lamb I do a yogurt dressing.

Try a Stir Fry
Stir fry your broccoli, cauliflower, onion and celery as normal, throw in some crushed garlic and ginger and add one or two types of shredded leafy greens – like spinach, bok choy, silverbeet or cabbage.
Like your salad, this will give you a great base to work from when you add your meat and other flavors.

Candida Diet Recipes for Dessert
Desserts are super difficult during the elimination phase – so if you absolutely must have dessert, but don't want to go to a lot of effort and expense, you are really limited to;
Natural unsweetened yogurt with;
cinnamon or allspice;
berries;
rolled oats or other soft whole grains.

Candida Diet Recipes for Munchies
Grab a big rice cracker and cover with your choice of;
Cottage cheese and cinnamon or chives
Tuna
Hummus

If you can unearth or make bread that meets all the rules for stage one, then these toppings are absolutely divine on toast!

Use hummus, cottage cheese and yogurt as dips for small rice crackers and raw vegetables.

Stock boiled eggs in the fridge and grab one when hunger strikes.

A handful of nuts and seeds mixed together will do wonders for any nagging hunger pangs or munchies.

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