This is the first part of my 4 Part Candida Diet Foods Series — let’s see what different healthy meals and snacks you can make (all REALLY quick to make!). These are the topics:
1. Candida diet recipes
2. Snacks (coming up next week)
3. Smoothies
4. Desserts
So let’s start with Candida diet recipes in general.
Apart from the classic recipes that I make time and time again like Roast chicken with vegetables, steamed salmon with veggies and wholegrain rice with vegetable stir fry I can whole-heartedly recommend the recipes below:
They are quick, versatile and you can generally prepare them the day before if you have a busy day ahead of you, and some you can even take with you when travelling.
WRAPS & BREAD
- Grain free Tortilla Wraps — just fill with hummus and red pepper, turkey slices and lettuce or tuna and cucumber, a little bit of seasoning or dressing and you’re good to go
- another easy recipe for wraps with flax seeds — gluten free & Paleo
- Sesame soda bread — yeast free sandwich bread, low in gluten (perfect as snack toasted with coconut oil and a little herb salt)
- Coconut flour bread — gluten free & Paleo (very filling because of the eggs in it)
SALADS
- Salad Nicoise (Tuna & egg salad) is a great healthy filling lunch option with or without boiled potatoes
- Paleo Chicken Salad recipes are amazing and can be nicely prepared in advance
- Avocado-egg-salad (use apple cider vinegar instead of vinegar)
QUICK BITES
- Bone broth/ chicken & veg soup
- Zucchini-fritters (use Feta instead of Parmesan)
- Butter Beans Curry (my fastest lunch bar none — only requires three ingredients, done in 5 minutes!)
- Turkey zucchini burgers
- Quinoa kale patties (leave Parmesan out or use Feta cheese instead)
- Paleo egg muffins
- Crust less vegetable quiche (use any vegetables)
It’s also always a good idea to have a chunk of cucumber to slice and nibble on, a ripe avocado and slices of organic red bell pepper (takes the edge of your sweet tooth) and a green juice or green smoothie (more on that in Part 3 of this series.
PASTA (SAUCE)
I’m not a great advocate of pasta dishes for various health reasons. Wholegrain rice pasta aren’t too bad, but Zucchini pasta would be the healthiest choice (thinly slice zucchini/ courgette to soak up your delicious pasta sauce).
Talking of which — this is a killer Pasta sauce and completely dairy-free and vegan, wohoo. It freezes like a charm and also tastes great with cooked wholegrain rice. Do use only a fraction of the suggested garlic amount though!)
If you’re looking for more food inspiration check out my Pinterest boards and stay tuned for next week’s post about healthy Candida diet friendly snacks.
1 Comment
Jasmin
March 26, 2015Hiya Sandra , can I have the flax seed wrap and coconut wraps at stage 1 of the diet or is it later into the diet . Iam thinking should I juice first or smoothie as smoothie can be harsh on my gi tract because of the fibre content in it .
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