MMM MMM Gluten free goodness!

As some of you may know, I have started the candida diet which is a gluten free, sugar free, and other stuff "free" diet. So, I decided to buy a few new ingredients to fit into my new gluten free diet. Today, I experimented! I baked cookies!!! and they turned out pretty good! Very light and airy, but good. I started with a cup of brown rice flour, 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum, about 1/4 cup quinoa flakes, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup cocoa, about one cup stevia, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, a splash of almond milk, 1 stick of organic, hormone free butter,  about 1/4 cup of coconut oil, one egg, and a splash of vanilla, I also added about 1/4 cup of almond butter. I mixed everything and then baked them at 350 for 8 minutes the first batch, then I put the rest of the dough in the freezer to cool. The next batch I baked for 10 minutes. They are pretty good, even my roommate tried one and said it was good. I am just so excited to have COOKIES!!! and good ones! I'll have to experiment more but for my first try, I am well pleased!

Bon Appetit!

Candida Diet

My Diet "Bible"

For the past month I have been on this diet called the Candida Diet. This is a starvation diet, but not in the common sense. It starves off a yeast overgrowth in the intestines by eliminating certain foods that feed it. So, that means no gluten, no yeast, no fungus (mushrooms!! I LOVE MUSHROOMS!!), no potatoes, no macadamias, cashews, peanuts, or pistachios, and no SUGAR!!! I have been doing this for a month and STILL crave sugar! There are other foods on the restrictions list as well. I can't have corn, any form of sweetener except stevia since it has no glycemic index what-so-ever so it isn't feeding the yeast.

Basically, I eat chicken, turkey (since I didn't eat beef or pork before), veggies, brown and wild rices, beans, and products that contain those items. I continue to discover specially made foods online and at the organic grocery store. I am surprised at the lack of foods available at H-E-B since they own Central Market and carry Central Market products, which are organic and generally geared towards people who are on special diets. Luckily, Bryan has Village Foods which is like a smaller Central Market that carries both organic types and regular grocery store items.

Tonight, I had my daily craving for SWEETNESS and decided to try something. Did I mention I'm also a chocoholic? Yeah, so. . . I had made brown rice for dinner so I got about half a cup of the cooked rice, about 3-4 tablespoons of quinoa flakes, about 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder, about half a teaspoon of coconut oil, and a tablespoon of stevia mixed them all together and poured on some almond milk and had pure chocolatey goodness! Sweet tooth satisfied! YAY!!!

I will try to post up more information in case anyone else would like some gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, corn free, etc. recipes. I am learning as I go. Who knows how long I'll be on this diet, but as long as I am craving sugar like I have been, I will need to stay on it because that tells me its working but that there is still an issue.

Thank God for the internet and all the other people who have done this diet! I would be severely depressed if I didn't have advice and the ability to find new ideas!

Off to bed, folks. This girl has got to work in the mornin'! Night y'all!