Day 3 - Candida Diet

Day three.

I am going to make it through this week....pray for me.

The meal plan goes as follows,

Breakfast: Detox Drink and Cauliflower Pancakes
Lunch: Spinach and Bean Sprout Salad
Dinner: Ratatouille

Recipes

Cauliflower Pancakes - Serves 2 to 3
1 head of cauliflower
1 yellow onion
1 egg
2 tbsp. almond Flour
1 tbsp. garlic, minced
1 tbsp. coconut oil
Pinch salt and pepper to taste

1:With a cheese grater or food processor, grate the head of cauliflower and onion
2:In a small bowl whisk together the egg, garlic and almond flour; add in salt and pepper to taste
3:Stir in the grated cauliflower and onion into the mix
4:Preheat a large skilled and add 1 table of coconut oil
5:Scoop up about 1/2 cup of cauliflower mixture and add to skillet
6:Flatten with spatula and cook until golden brown, about 1 minute
7:Flip the pancake over and cook the other side for 1 minute

Spinach and Bean Sprout Salad - Serves 1 to 2
1 cup Bean sprouts
2 cups Spinach
2 boiled eggs
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper

1:Bring a pot of water to boil over high heat. Place eggs in once a rolling boil is reached. Let boil for 17 minutes
2:Tear up spinach and toss it in a bowl with bean sprouts
3:Once eggs have boiled, remove, de-shell and chop up into fine pieces. Mix in with the greens
4:Toss in the apple cider vinegar, olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper to taste. Mix together and distribute evenly, serve

Ratatouille - Serves 6 to 8
2 tsp coconut oil
1 large onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
4 large tomatoes, finely diced
10 basil leaves, minced
6 sprigs of thyme
1 small eggplant, thinly sliced
1 green zucchini, thinly sliced
1 yellow zucchini, thinly sliced
salt and pepper to taste

1:Preheat oven to 350˚F
2:Heat coconut oil in a large pan over medium heat. When oil is hot, add in onions. Sauté until they are soft and add garlic, sauté for another 30 seconds
3:Add bell peppers and tomatoes to the pan. Bring to simmer and cook until the peppers soften, about 5-10 minutes
4:During this time slice zucchini and eggplant with a mandolin slicer
5:Add basil and thyme to the pan and season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and evenly spread the mixture into an oval or round oven baking dish
6:Layer slices of the zucchinis and eggplant around the dish in any pattern, typically in a spiral layout. Make sure to layer tightly together and season with a spritz of coconut oil, basil, thyme, and a sprinkle of salt
7:Cover the dish and bake for 30 minutes. After that, uncover dish and return to oven for additional 15-20 minutes or when the zucchini and eggplant have shriveled and the tomato mixture is bubbling up from underneath

Reactions

Food: The only meal I would eat again was lunch. That spinach salad was delicious. I found out when trying to eat breakfast that I don't like cauliflower that much. It is kinda yucky. Of course I have eaten it before, but I liked it then. Maybe, since it was called a "pancake" I was expecting something else in my head and that made it taste not great. I had a hard time with the recipe as well. It really needs more binders. I would add and egg or two. Dinner was fine. I had to modify the recipe because my eggplant had gone bad and I had to throw it out. So no eggplant. In the shopping list it had zucchini listed twice. One of those was suppose to say "yellow zucchini" which is also summer squash. So no summer squash. I ended up just putting everything in a pan and sauteing it together. It tasted fine so I'm guessing the recipe above would be even better. I also ate the leftover asparagus soup from the night before as an afternoon "snack". It was still yummy!

Body: I felt pretty good for the day. I helped my mom tear out some flooring in a bathroom and hallway. I got tired quickly. Which I expected to. I am having terrible allergies. I was having them a little before starting the diet and now they are crazy intense. It could be that things are starting to bloom and I am allergic to something out there. Probably not diet related, but thought I would mention it, just in case.

We went to the movies last night (Cinderella! It was so cute.) It was hard. I sat there, smelling the popcorn, one of my all time favorite foods, while everyone around me ate it. I abstained (Yay, me!) but it was hard. There is even some sitting on the counter right now. I need to put it away. It's taunting me.