Quinoa Mexican Salad -- Candida Diet Recipe

We recently had a family member who needed to go on a diet to get rid of candida. What's candida? It's a kind of rogue yeast that has taken over your body. We all have candida in our bodies, but sometimes it grows to overpower the good bacteria in our gut, and it needs to get back under control. This is usually done by going on a very restrictive diet, avoiding any food (such as sugars, fruits, and grains) that feeds the candida.

When our family member when on this diet, he had very little variety in his diet. But surely there must be good, delicious recipes that someone on a candida diet can make! But we found very few. Here is one that you will love! We will be posting some more candida recipes as the time goes on, because we think this is an avenue that we can help some people who are suffering. But this recipe is also delicious for anyone.

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 cup quinoa
2 green onions
5 sweet mini peppers
1/2 orange pepper
2 tablespoons purple onion
2 cloves of garlic
3 tablespoons of cilantro
juice from 1/2 a lime
1/2 teaspoon cumin
salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1. In a medium-sized saucepan, toast the quinoa on medium heat, stirring frequently until it begins to brown.

2. Pour in water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat until water reaches a simmer, cover, and let cook until the water evaporates (about 15 minutes). Remove from heat to cool.

3. While the quinoa cooks and cools, chop all of the vegetables, garlic, and cilantro into fine, diced pieces. Add them to quinoa, along with lime juice, cumin, and salt and pepper. Toss together and serve.

Serves 6

Chicken Sweet Potatoes and Rice

Sweet Potatoes are a wonderful addition to a dish they add color, nutrition and a natural sweetness to your dish. I loved what they added to this chicken dish. I think the sweet potatoes were my favorite part of the dish.

Ingredients

2 T olive oil
2 garlic cloves minced
1 onion chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
1/4 C chia
3 cooked chicken breast chopped
2 sweet potatoes cooked
3 C brown rice
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Directions

1. Heat up skillet on medium heat and add the oil. Stir in garlic and onion. Let cook together about 3-4 minutes until the onions start to soften.
2. Stir in the peppers and chia and let all of them cook together for about 3-4 minutes.
3. Toss in the chicken, sweet potatoes, brown rice, thyme, salt, and pepper. Let all of it cook together on medium low with the lid on. Stir a couple times. Let the flavors meld together for about 10 minutes. Don't over stir. It will get mushy. If you need to add a 1/4 cup of water if it needs more moisture.
4. Serve while it is warm.

Shitake Mushroom and other Vegetables Omelet

This was a nice breakfast for our holiday today. It was loaded with a lot of great vegetables. I was excited that my son enjoyed eating it. He sometimes is not a fan of lots of vegetables. The Parmesan cheese was a nice touch. The dried mushrooms worked great I have never used them before. :)

Ingredients: 2 servings
1 whole egg
3 egg whites
salt and pepper
2 T oil
1/4 Green pepper diced in pieces
1/2 C dried shitake mushrooms
1/2 C purple onions chopped
1 small jalapeno diced in pieces
2 Roma tomatoes chopped in small pieces
2 cloves of garlic minced
2 T oil (I used grape seed oil)
fresh Parmesan cheese grated

Directions:
1. Beat egg and egg whites together for a couple minutes. Heat frying pan on medium heat.

2. Pour in half the mixture. Swirl around in the pan. Heat and then lift up edge and let uncooked egg slide under. Let cook a couple minutes.

3. In the meant time. Heat another pan and pour in the oil. Throw all the vegetables into the oil and cook until tender about 5 min.

4. Scoop a couple spoonfuls of cooked vegetables on one side of the omelet. Fold the other half on over the top of the vegetables. Grate some cheese on top.

5. Repeat the process with the remaining egg. Serve warm. Top with salsa or ketchup.