Many of you have kindly asked how my diet is going. This past week, I have been transitioning into the diet, so although I have tried to eat as strictly as possible, I have made some exceptions to allow for food that was in the house, my previous meal plan, etc.
Starting tomorrow (Monday, that is) I will be officially on the new diet completely. I tried to plan as interesting of a week as possible, within the confines of what I am allowed. I am still eating some grains, although avoiding all of the ones that I am sensitive to and trying to stick to the ones that are the least allergenic and easiest to digest.
Here goes nothing… 🙂
Monday: Lentil vegetable pottage (from the Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook), with green salad (and homemade sourdough bread for the rest of the family).
Tuesday: Lamb stir-fry over millet (I think I will use broccoli and cauliflower, peppers, carrots and peas).
Wednesday: At a church event. Last week I brought a simple rice pasta with green peppers and nitrate-free chicken sausage. This week I will bring whatever leftovers are in the fridge.
Thursday: Indian Style Lentils and Indian Dumplings, with curry sauce, from Nourishing Traditions. The dumplings are made with lentils and rice, and I will add zucchini to the lentil dish.
Friday: Spicy black bean burgers (from How It All Vegan), with sweet potato “fries” (recipe below) . I am trying to find a recipe to make some sort of a bun for the burgers. I might use my sourdough spelt bread recipe and turn it into buns. Any other ideas?
Saturday: Fried salmon and rice with veggies, and baked squash.
Sunday: Kimi’s Crockpot Quinoa and Chicken, with a green salad.
I just realized that this week ended up being a little more vegetarian than usual, but it’s really just because I am trying so hard to find recipes that I can eat!
Here’s a quick recipe for the sweet potato fries:
Sweet Potato Fries
Instructions
- I chop several sweet potatoes into rounds. For my husband and I and our young daughter, we can easily eat 3 good sized potatoes. I'd say at least one potato per person.
- Put them in a bowl with a bit of olive oil and sea salt and mix them well (I like to use a plastic bowl with a lid so that I can just shake them around until they are well coated).
- Spread them out evenly on an olive oil sprayed cookie sheet. Bake them at 350 F, for about 10-15 minutes each side, depending on how thick I slice them.
- Enjoy! These are somewhat addictive!
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Oh my goodness, those sweet potato fries sound delicious. I think I will try those next week.
🙂
A bun idea (of sorts!)- you can use some crisp iceberg lettuce! I have Celiac disease and recently had a burger at Red Robin restaurant which substituted a bun with large “chunks” of iceberg-it was great! I’m enjoying your blog and praying for you! Kelly
Your menu looks great!
I love salmon. I’d have it a few times a week if the family liked it. Great for dieting and heart health. 2x a week is said to cut heart disease by 50%!
I have two posts this week.
1. My regular Menu Plan Monday at http://heartofwisdom.com/heartathome
2. An article about menu planning, online helps, and this meme on my homeschool blog
http://heartofwisdom.com/blog
See you there 🙂
Looks like a great menu and an ambitious start to your new diet! I made lentil tacos this past week and really enjoyed them (link to the recipe on my blog) – they might be another good recipe to try to add to your cleanse-diet repertoire! Also, I have a link to a Vegan “meat” loaf that might work with your diet . . . you put in what you have in your fridge to make the loaf (or in your case, what you can eat versus what you can’t) and it “creates” a recipe for you! This is my first week trying it but I’ve heard good things!
Have a great week!
Sarah
it all sounds great! love to u
“on a cleanse diet”? are you still breastfeeding? do the toxins leach in to breastmilk? I’m just curious, because I’m interested in doing a cleanse and I’m breastfeeding my baby. Any info you have regarding that would be great
I always check out your menu (great by the way) and I noticed this week you mentioned Candida..My husband actually just did the diet. I was just curious how you found out about candida?