Hope this helps someone struggling with food prep

Hi everybody! I am in phase two of removing candida. Because of my different diagnoseses,I have a fairly limited diet. I love the challenge of creating meals out of what I've got. I tend to lean very frugally whenever I'm able.

Because of my life, I tend to take Friday,Saturday, or Sunday, and cook as many meals as I possibly can in a two or three hour time period. On weeks that I have enough bandwidth, I will try to post what I made with any notes you might need.

This weeks menu:

3 Spring rolls served twice ( wrap individually for storage) made with rice paper, red cabbage, carrots, cucumber, radishes, green onion, and cilantro. Sauce is made by mixing equal parts to tahini and coconut aminos.

< use within 36 hrs if possible, they sog out>

Two half-portions of pumpkin chia pudding. Made with one cup homemade hemp milk*, canned pumpkin, two tablespoons of chia seeds and pumpkin pie spice. I like to add the metagenic's powder to it for sweetness and vanilla. Add a around a Tablespoon ofwater when adding the powder.

Roasted broccoli

Roasted brussels sprouts

Roasted green cabbage steaks

Roasted thin sliced radishes

Kale chips ( eaten immediately)

Creamed califlower ( faux potatoes), Made with homemade hemp milk, olive oil, and riced califlower

Two green drinks made with homemade hemp milk, frozen zuchini, frozen spinach, and misc celery, parsley, and lettuces from my tower garden.

Acorn squash roasted and then put in the blender with sage, green onion powder, parsley, majoram, salt, white pepper, nutritional yeast , and a little pasta water. Stirred into cooked pasta. ( 2 meals)

Spaghetti squash with cooked ground lamb, Kalamada olives, green onions, Olive oil, Oregano, dill, thyme. ( 2 meals, 4 days apart)

I'm thinking this would be good with feta or tomatoes if you can do that.

Turkey meatballs made from organic ground turkey from Costco, and whatever spices I feel like this week. I make them every week. I eat them hot or cold.Sometimes I dip them in chimichurri sauce. I may eat them with a scoop of saurkraut.

Salmon ( cooked when oven was on) on a bed of lettuces, a mixture of brown and wild rice and the vegetable assortment that was left over from the spring rolls. Dressing made out of olive oil and the juice from Bubbie's pickles.

Wild planet smoked sardines in olive oil. I think they taste close enough to tuna that I can eat them. But I can't handle looking at them. So they get mashed up and put in a container as part of food prep. I sometimes add pickle relish from Bubbies.

Macadamian nuts

Homemade Macadamia butter with cinnamon and vanilla powder added*

Pumpkin seeds two times this week

Olives as a snack

Carrot sticks

Cucumber slices

Celery with macadamian butter

Half cup frozen blueberries

Half cup frozen peaches

Half cup frozen red raspberries

Fresh pear

Pancakes made from buckwheat and oat flour, Hemp milk, baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla powder*, Apple cider vinegar. 1/2 cup frozen blueberries added this time. Two pancakes is two carb servings.

In the freezer as needed.....

Previously made turkey vegetable soup

Homemade scotch broth soup using oat groats in place of barley.

Previously made beef vegetable soup

Venison shepherd pie with sweet potato topping

Crock pot cooked wild turkey legs

Assorted frozen vegetables

Assorted frozen fish

Another portion of rice

Gluten free breads that I eat with avocado mash, macadamia nut butter. or olive oil and spices for dipping.

*NOTES

Hemp milk is super easy to make. I don't measure so here's my guess. I use between one and three tablespoons of hemp seeds to one or two cups of water. I put it in my high speed blender and just let it run for a while. I tried straining it through a nut milk bag and it didn't do any good. So now I just make it and let the sludge fall to the bottom. If there's a lot of sludge left, I'll add more water, shake it, and it makes more milk. Do not use this more than five days old. It goes bad and can make you sick.

Vanilla powder- Several years ago I was in a co-op and we did a bulk order from a vanilla farm. They had both liquid, and just the ground beans as a powder. At the time there was a shortage of vanilla available, so I opted for the powder. It is perfect to use when making foods while trying to regain your health, as it contains no sugar, alcohol, or additives. I don't know where to tell you to purchase it,though. Let me know if you find it, I'll run out someday!

Macadamia nut butter. If you're like me and you've tried to make your own peanut butter or walnut butter et cetera, and it was very aggravating, this will make your day. If you have raw macadamian nuts, you may want to roast them as that helps pull the oil out. Or you can buy pre made roasted and salted macadamia nuts. I personally use a combination of both. That way I can get the salt to where I want it. Here's all there is to it: Dump the cooled macadamia nuts in a food processor. Turn it on. Turn it off and scrape down the sides. Repeat a couple times. It comes together very quickly and is very satisfying. I like to add the vanilla powder and cinnamon as it makes it taste very sweet.

It's addictive, so watch how much you eat!

I make my own tahini as I haven't found a store bought one my body likes. There are good youtube videos on how to do it. It's not quite as easy as the macadamia nut butter, but it's not difficult either.

Happy Eating!

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