This is my ultimate selection of Candida Breakfast Recipes for you (for Phase 3 of the Candida Diet)

How to survive your family breakfasts when you’re on the candida diet?!
All Your Breakfast Choices at One Glance:
To make this monumentally long page easier to browse – Here’s an overview of all the recipes for you:
CEREALS & COOKED BREAKFASTS (incl. GLUTEN FREE & VEGAN OPTIONS):
1. Granola-style Coconut Porridge with Rice Milk
2. Plain Comforting Oat Porridge
3. Almondy Millet Porridge (gluten free)
4. Amaranth Porridge (gluten free)
5. Buckweat Porridge (gluten free)
6. Quinoa Porridge with Cinnamon (gluten free)
7. Spelt Puffs with Rice Milk
8. Buckweat Puffs Cereal (gluten free)
9. Creamy Brown Rice Farina or Puffed Brown Rice Cereal (gluten free)
10. Sesame Soda Bread (yeast free)
11. The World’s Best Kept Secret Healing Breakfast!
12. NEW: Coconut Pancakes
13. NEW: Hearty Breakfasts (incl. omelettes, gluten free & vegan) … scroll down to read the recipes
All my candida breakfast recipes are comforting and filling. You’ll want to eat them not just for breakfast…
But also as a snack in between meals. And that’s fine. Family get-togethers will pose no problem for you. There’s plenty of breaky options you can have here.
“Just bear in mind that these recipes are specifically for phase 3 of the candida diet. They do naturally contain a bit of sugar.
If you find that any of the Candida Breakfast Recipes aggravate your symptoms try swapping them for one of these safe breaky recipes from PHASE 2 until you are feeling better.”
The Best Hot Candida Breakfast Recipes – all sugar free & dairy free
My Favourite:
Granola-style Coconut Porridge with Rice Milk
Serves | 1 |
Prep time | 1 minute |
Cook time | 5 minutes |
Total time | 6 minutes |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3 |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Ingredients
- 60g rolled oats (4-5 heaped table spoons)
- 350ml rice milk
- fresh organic lemon peel
- 1 handful mixed seeds (sunflower & pumpkinseeds)
- 1 heaped tablespoon desiccated coconut
Optional
- cinnamon
- de-hulled hempseeds
- 1 tablespoon flax seed oil
Note
TIP: For a weekend treat use almond milk instead of the rice milk
Directions
Step 1 | |
Roast the sunflower & pumpkin seeds in a saucepan for 2-3 minutes. | |
Step 2 | |
Add the coconut at the end as it is very quick to burn. It’s not meant to get brown. We’re just looking to bring the nice smell and flavour out a little bit. You’ll be surprised how naturally sweet it tastes. | |
Step 3 | |
Bring the rice milk/ soya milk to the boil and add the oats and lemon peel. Then simmer steadily for 5-6 minutes, stirring often to give it a creamy consistency. Add a little bit of water or more rice/soya milk if necessary. Finally fish the lemon peel out and add a pinch of cinnamon to your delicious porridge. | |
Step 4 | |
Sprinkle with some shelled hemp seeds, a pinch of cinnamon and a tablespoon of flaxseed oil before serving |
The Classic:
Plain Comforting Oat Porridge
Ingredients
- 60g rolled oats
- 350ml rice milk
- filtered water
Optional
- tablespoon freshly ground flax seeds
Note
For a good old traditional porridge simply leave out the seeds, coconut and lemon peel of my granola-style porridge recipe.
Use Soya milk or rice milk instead of the almond milk. For a change you could try goat’s milk. Makes it less sweet but creamier. (Not recommended if you have sinuses problems).
You can also use oatmeal instead of the rolled oats for an even quicker breakfast.
TIP: Add some cinnamon and a tablespoon of freshly ground flax seeds before serving
Directions
Step 1 | |
Bring the rice milk to the boil. | |
Step 2 | |
Then add the pre-soaked oats. Cook for a few minutes while stirring until you have a creamy consistency. |
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Gluten free Candida Breakfast Recipes
Almond Millet Porridge
Serves | 1 |
Prep time | 25 minutes |
Cook time | 5 minutes |
Total time | 30 minutes |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3, Gluten Free |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Ingredients
- 0.5 cup whole millet
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup almond milk
- sprinkle of salt
- sliced almonds
Note
For an indulgent morning treat try this mouth-watering millet porridge recipe with almond milk.
And if you’re in a hurry or looking for a quick snack try millet flakes – they’re cooked in a sec!
RECIPE SOURCE:
I found the millet porridge recipe that inspired me to try this creation over on the Palate Peacemaker blog run by a lovely lady called Desi.
She also gives helpful instructions how to properly prepare millet – worth following as otherwise millet can taste a bit bitter.
(the original recipe uses maple syrup which you better leave out if you follow the candida diet…)
Directions
Step 1 | |
Wash & roast the millet | |
Step 2 | |
Then finely grind the millet into flour and mix in with boiling almond milk. Add a sprinkle of salt and perhaps a bit of vanilla. It’s ready in 5-10 mins when it has the consistency of ground rice pudding | |
Step 3 | |
Serve with some sliced almonds/ ground nuts or hemp seeds. |
Amaranth Porridge
Serves | 1-2 |
Cook time | 25 minutes |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3, Gluten Free |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup amaranth
- 3/4 cups rice milk
- 3/4 cups water
Optional
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Note
Amaranth grains are dinky. So small in fact that they slipped through my sieve when I washed them! They look a bit like mustard seeds and don’t get much bigger after cooking.
A bit of an acquired taste. Worth trying but I personally prefer to eat Amaranth baked in bread.
RECIPE SOURCE:
I discovered this gluten-free breakfast recipe on registered Dietitian Anna-Lisa Finger’s website www.runningongreen.com.
The addition of chopped walnuts really appealed to me as my own botch-jobbed version tasted just too bland.
I’ve adapted her Anna-Lisa’s recipe slightly. But if you want to give the original recipe a go check it out here:
http://www.runningongreen.com/2012/03/amaranth-porridge/
I’m guessing Anna-Lisa’s version with its dried fruit and agave syrup tastes much better than our simple anti-candida one here.
But we just have to work with what we got during the candida diet… 😉
Directions
Step 1 | |
Wash the amaranth and cook it in the rice milk until it thickens and the grains become softer. | |
Step 2 | |
To make sure the amaranth porridge doesn’t stick to the saucepan you can add some water if it gets too dry. | |
Step 3 | |
Serve with the chopped nuts or a sprinkle of cinnamon on the top. |
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Buckweat Porridge
Serves | 1 |
Prep time | 1 minute |
Cook time | 15 minutes |
Total time | 16 minutes |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3, Gluten Free |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Ingredients
- 60g raw buckweat (half a cup)
- 750ml rice milk (3/4 cup)
- 750ml water (3/4 cup)
Optional
- handful chopped hazelnuts
- pinch cinnamon
Note
GOURMET TIP: Try roasted buckweat. You can buy it pre-roasted or simply briefly zap it in your frying pan. This brings out the nutty aroma fully.
In fact while you’re at it chuck the chopped hazelnuts in there as well to take the nuttiness to an extra level 🙂
SPEEDY BREAKFAST TIP: You can buy buckweat as flakes that virtually don’t need any cooking. So if you love the buckweat flavour but have little time in the morning this might be for you.
Directions
Step 1 | |
Heat the rice milk with a swoop of water in a saucepan. | |
Step 2 | |
Add the buckweat and let it simmer, frequently stirring. | |
Step 3 | |
You might have to add more water (or rice milk if you prefer it sweeter) if it gets too sticky. I’d check on it after just a few minutes. The buckweat cooks faster than millet and other grains. And if left too long turns into mousy mush, which isn’t such a hit. But if you find the sweet spot, it’s lovely! | |
Step 4 | |
By the way I dicarded the liquid after cooking as I found buckweat and rice milk together too sweet. But you can just as well eat it with the milk. Either way a tasty gluten free breakfast alternative 🙂 |
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Quick Cold Cereals
A cooked breakfast is not everyone’s cup of tea, especially in hot weather. Hence I’ve included a few candida breakfast recipes that use cold milk of your choice (rice, soya, almond or oats milk).
Spelt Puffs with Rice Milk
Serves | 1 |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3 |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Misc | Serve Cold |
Ingredients
- 1 bowl of puffed spelt
- 350ml or more rice/ soya milk
Optional
- handful sunflower seeds
Note
Spelt Puffs look a bit like pearl barley and taste more aromatic than any other puffed grain variety.
You need good gnashers for these ones as there’s some chewing to do.
TIP: I personally like to sprinkle them over my joghurt for a bit of a crunch. But they taste equally as nice with rice/ soya milk for instance.
Directions
Step 1 | |
Just add the spelt puffs to your milk of choice – ready is your super quick breakfast alternative. | |
Step 2 | |
For an extra crunch you can add a few sunflower seeds if you like. |
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What about the usual cereals like cornflakes, wheat biscuits…?
Cereals ALL contain some form of added sugar. Maltose, Fructose, Sucrose, Honey, Fruit juice, dried fruit… are simply different words for sugar.
So unfortunately these convenient snack foods are off the books for you at the moment.
Even fancy high street cereals with amaranth or other flakes generally reveal sugar contents on closer inspection.
It’s best to mix your own muesli from different flakes you like (for instance rye, oat and buckweat flakes).
What to do if you’re in a hotel where they only serve regular cereal or toast with jam?
If at all possible pick scrambled or boiled eggs, that’s safe.
A cooked breakfast (full english: sausage, beans, tomato, egg) isn’t too bad either generally if you try and avoid the sugary sauce of the baked beans.
I’ve stayed in places before where I could only have cornflakes with cows milk, toast, egg and orange juice… which made me panic (while I secretely enjoyed eating it).
“You don’t need to fear the consequences of eating Cornflakes and Toast… if it’s only a one-off – You’ll be ok.”
Just eat as sugar free and healthily as possible for the rest of the day. That’s all you can do.
Gluten Free Cereals
If you are looking for more gluten free candida breakfast recipes I’d give these 2 a go.
Buckweat Puffs Cereal
Serves | 1 |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3, Gluten Free |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Misc | Serve Cold |
Ingredients
- 1 bowl of puffed buckweat
- 350ml or more rice/ soya milk
Directions
Step 1 | |
Just add the buckweat to you milk like you normally would with your cereal. | |
Step 2 | |
You could even take this with you if you bought a small carton of rice milk. Convenient snack food… |
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Puffed Rice Cereal and Creamy Brown Rice Farina
Serves | 1 |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3, Gluten Free |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Misc | Serve Cold |
Ingredients
- 1 bowl of puffed brown rice
- 350ml or more rice/ soya milk
Optional
- pinch cinnamon
- handful sunflower seeds
Note
Now these ones are very versatile. I like them with my yoghurt but they also taste lovely with Rice milk.
Thumbs up from me.
Directions
Step 1 | |
Add the puffed rice to your milk of choice – et voila a super quick gluten free cereal! Alternatively for a hot comforting gf alternative to porridge you can get some Creamy Brown Rice Farina (Bob’s Redmill – iherb.com sell it for instance). Very nice and ever so quick to make! | |
Step 2 | |
Try it with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a handful of sunflower seeds – that’s my personal favourite 😉 |
As Promised Here’s a Badass Yeast free Bread Recipe for You:
Sesame Soda Bread (Yeast-free)
Serves | plenty |
Prep time | 5 minutes |
Cook time | 50 minutes |
Total time | 55 minutes |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3 |
Meal type | Bread |
From book | Erica White’s Beat Candida Cookbook |
Ingredients
- 1kg (6 cups) spelt flour ((whole wheat works too))
- 4 tsp bicarbonate soda (raising agent)
- 300-500 ml natural yoghurt
- up to 500 mlwarm filtered water
- salt & freshly ground black pepper & tumeric
- 150g pumpkin seeds
- 250g sunflower seeds
- 2 handfuls sesame seeds
- extra flour (in case the dough gets too sticky)
Optional
- pinch ground garlic, thyme, cumin seeds
Note
This makes A BIG BATCH of bread!
Enough bread in fact to last you roughly two weeks if you eat it every morning and sometimes with lunch. It might be wise to bake a small loaf first to try it out, since my German taste-buds might misguide you 😉
For A SMALL LOAF:
- Use 3 cups spelt/or wholegrain wheat flour (450g)
- 1 tsp bicarb, 1 cup probiotic yoghurt (1/2 pint)
- 2/3 cup warm water (1/4 pint)
- and only a couple of handfuls of mixed seeds
- and a little bit of spice of your choice
- Bake for 20 mins on floured tray at gas mark 6 (400 F, 200 C), then for another 20 mins at gas mark 4 (350 F, 180 C)
If it needs a bit longer, cover with foil to avoid burning.
This delicious Sesame Soda bread recipe is perfect for Candida sufferers and people with a sensitive tummy as it contains no yeast.
It is not recommended in phase 1 or 2. But highly recommended from Phase 3 of the candida diet onwards.
TIP when Traveling:
Toast the Sesame Soda Bread & spread with coconut oil. Wrapped in foil you can nicely take your yeast-free bread with you as a snack when you’re on the go.
Directions
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Now I’m finally going to reveal to you what the world’s best kept secret healing breakfast is: Curried Cabbage!
Why is it a secret? No idea, but I had never heard of it; have you?!
And once you’ve tried it you’ll probably agree that it’s actually really good. I dare you!
Curried Cabbage Stir Fry
Serves | 1-2 |
Prep time | 15 minutes |
Cook time | 15 minutes |
Total time | 30 minutes |
Dietary | Candida Diet Recipes Phase 3, Gluten Free |
Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
Ingredients
- ¼ of a small white cabbage head (3 big leaves)
- 4g organic feta (1/5 of a block of feta)
- 61g cherry tomatoes (5-6)
- 15 g sunflower seeds (handful)
- 9 g pumpkin seeds
- 1g tumeric (1 tsp)
- 1.5g ground ginger
- dash of black pepper
- 1g garam masala
Optional
- pinch of fennel seeds, cumin seeds and thyme
- 110g organic cucumber (1/3 of a big salad cucumber) (serve chilled slices as a side dish)
Note
Now don’t look at the ingredients. Humour me. Just make it.
An unusually rustic flavour for the morning that’s for sure. But beggars are no choosers, right?!
Fact is it gives you lots of energy. It’s filling and full of goodness. And best of all – It tastes great, too.
“Cabbage” might sound smelly horrible. But this dish is lovely!
If the sweet candida breakfast recipes like porridge don’t yet agree with you I urge you to give this dish a try.
The sweetness of the cherry tomatoes and the saltiness of the feta just work. I can’t explain it – I was skeptical myself. It is the best healing food there is in my humble opinion.
Directions
A Breaky Selection without a Pancake Recipe? No way – I love PANCAKES!
And I’m definitely going to try a whole bunch of different anti candida diet friendly pancakes and will share my best creations here with you.
Until then here are a few more tasty candida breakfast recipes or shall I say classic breakfast ideas full stop.
Everyday Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 organic or free-range eggs
- 8oz (250g) wholemeal flour
- 600ml rice milk (generous pint)
- coconut oil for frying
Optional
- 4 heaped tablespoons desiccated coconut
- some cold water
Note
Now here’s the ultimate Candida Snack or Breakfast for phase 3 of the Candida Diet.
You’ll love this – It’s Pancakes!
Didn’t think you’d be allowed to have Pancakes, did you 😉
These are perfect. Quick to make. Sweet. Comforting. And ideal for freezing.
If you do manage to keep some that is, as they are so moreish!
TOP TIP: Half the pancakes before freezing and put greaseproof paper in between. Then you can take out one frozen pancake at a time and re-heat it in your toaster 😉
They make awesome snacks next time you’re in need of a quick pick me up. Just take out of the freezer and put them in your toaster – et voila – Perfect!
FOR GLUTEN FREE PANCAKES:
For a gluten free alternative to wholemeal flour you can for instance use this fine brown rice flour, which makes lovely pancakes that are crisp on the outside and soft in the centre.
But it is rather pricey! For the same price you can actually get a (pack of 4) 24-Ounce Packages of this rice flour which tastes equally as lovely it’s just more coarse.
You might have to adjust the liquid amounts as every flour behaves slightly differently, making the pancake batter more or less sticky…
Alternatively you can use buckweat flour like I did in my gluten free pancake variation that I show you in Step 5 below. You can easily make your own buckweat flour from organic buckweat groats
that you mill yourself in a coffee grinder 😉
But first of all check out the base recipe for the Coconut Pancakes here:
ENJOY 🙂
Directions
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Hearty Candida Breakfast Recipes
German – or Dutch-Style Breakfast
If you feel like eating something salty you could have some Sesame Soda Bread with butter and slices of turkey, ham, prosciutto, pate, bean spread or tuna spread.
A boiled egg and some little cherry tomatoes and a couple of radishes would make this complete. I guess you could call this a German or Dutch-style breakfast – minus the lovely Gouda cheese of course ?
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Cooked Breakfast
If you are very hungry you could also have a “Full English” breakfast – meaning sausages, potatoes and tomatoes.
It’s ok as an occasional weekend treat. But due to its high fat content, the unhealthy frying methode and the additives it’s not recommended as a regular candida breakfast.
WATCH OUT: Even the gluten free sausages generally have sugar and vinegar added to them.
And veggy sausages are not any better for Candida Sufferers as they are often made from mushrooms which are not ideal on an anti candida diet.
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Kedgeree – One for fish lovers!
A much healthier cooked breakfast is Kedgeree – have you heard of it before? It’s basically white poached fish pieces mixed with brown rice and boiled egg – Not exactly quick to make, but very satisfying and filling.
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Omelettes & Eggs in all shapes and disguises
The Candida Diet also allows you to eat eggs to your hearts content. Whether boiled, poached, fried or prepared in the oven…
There are a million palatable ways to enjoy eggs, hence I feel I ought to mention them amongst all the other candida breakfast recipes here.
For instance this is one of my breakfast & lunch staple dishes – omelette with green pepper and leek, pine kernels, salad.
(In this case spinach, watercress and cherry toms salad and green juice (chlorella & spirulina powder added to a glass of water with a dash of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
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Vegetarian/ Vegan Cooked Breakfast Options (gluten free)
“Home made Baked Beans” with a rich tomato based sauce is a fantastic alternative for vegetarians & vegans. You can quickly make one with cannelini beans, cherry tomatoes, tomato puree, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and a pinch of garlic. Tastes great with fresh/ steamed spinach or basil.
Breakfast Beans
Another one of my favourite vegetarian/ vegan candida breakfast recipes is this dish: “Breakfast Beans” – made from butter beans, leek and red onion, ligthly prepared in a wok with sesame oil and spices – yum!
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Lots of Food for thought for you
If you have a few recipes up your sleeve yourself feel free to add them in the coments below.
Likewise if you experiment with different spices, amounts, ingredients… it would be lovely to hear your ideas and suggestions,too.
So, tell me: What are YOUR favourite candida breakfast recipes?
7 Comments
Cat
December 31, 2012The curried cabbage DOES sound wonderful… I will have to think of a substitute for the feta, as I won’t eat cheese. Of course that is what I also used to say about eggs and chicken; but I’m pretty sure I will try to avoid cheese.
Sandra
January 1, 2013Thanks Cat, glad you like the sound of the curried cabbage – I don’t hear that very often ? It’s a good idea to stay away from feta, for the time being at least. If you leave it out you might need to add a bit of salt or sea salad perhaps. That’s what I did when feta didn’t agree with me. Let me know if it’s any good without and if you add anything else like tofu…
Hannah
August 2, 2013Yay pancakes!!! What do you usually use as a syrup if any?
Sandra
August 2, 2013Triple yay pancakes
Without them I could not have gone through with the diet! I had them instead of cakes or sweets. No syrup for the time being I’m afraid.
Hannah
August 2, 2013That is A-Okay with me. I’ll take the pancakes and delight in them. Sold!
Rebecca Fell
April 11, 2014The bread recipe is amazing! Will be a regular for me!! Can’t wait for the book. Do you have any pizza dough recipes?
Thanks Rebecca
Sandra
April 14, 2014Oh splendid, I’m glad Rebecca
Here’s a nice pizza dough recipe for you (you can use ground almonds instead of the flax seeds, tastes yummy, too).
http://candidadietplan.com/gluten-free-pizza-crust/
Hope you’ll like it x
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