Yeast Free Zucchini Boats

Yes, these Yeast Free Zucchini Boats were as fun to make as they look.  When I told my children that I was making zucchini boats they were extremely curious and even seemed a bit excited.  My children, excited about zucchini?  I never thought this would happen and I secretly hoped that this would be the zucchini dish that they would both love.  While making these Yeast Free Zucchini Boats was a lot of fun, it did involve quite a bit of prep [more]

Yeast Free Zucchini and Meat Skillet

Getting my kids to eat zucchini is such a chore.  My children are actually resistant to eating most vegetables.  The only vegetable that they consume without complaining is green beans.  In an effort to create a zucchini dish that my children would finally adore I stumbled across a Zucchini Casserole recipe that I thought may work. This Yeast Free Zucchini and Meat Skillet is a good meal.  I have to be honest it still was still not a favorite but my children ate [more]

Yeast Free Roasted Lemon Herb Chicken

Chicken is my go-to meat.  It's easy to cook, affordable, and my kids like it.  Eating chicken all the time however, can get boring.   This is especially true when you use the same herbs and spices to prepare chicken all of the time.  My standard seasoning for chicken is salt, black pepper, and onions.  While my chicken is always tasty, I really wanted to try something new.  Fortunately I found a recipe that seemed easy but different at the same time. This [more]

Yeast Free Crockpot Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

My friend Jenna was the person to inform me that you can make oatmeal in the crockpot.   She explained she puts the oatmeal, fruit, and water in the crockpot before she goes to bed.  This way everyone in the house wakes up breakfast is ready.  I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about this.  How could oatmeal cook for 8 hours and not burn.  It only takes 5 minutes or so to prepare oatmeal on the stove so I [more]

Yeast Free Turkey Toothpicks

I made these because it's like a turkey sandwich without bread (which I can't eat).  All you need is a little inspiration.  Before I tried them I did not think I was going to like them but it turns out that I did like them right away.  At first I was angry that I couldn't eat bread so I thought of this.  I have been taking them to school and everyone likes them a lot.  This is a very good and healthy [more]

Yeast Free Chili Powder

So I discovered an unnatural ingredient in my chili powder and was very disturbed.  I am just so angry that I missed this one for so long.  The offending ingredient is silicone dioxide.  Apparently this ingredient is added so that the chili powder can easily flow from the container.  I of course did a little research on this food additive and most resources indicate that silicone dioxide is harmless when ingested.  This however does not make it right.  While I do not [more]

Yeast Free Frittata

  I love eggs and I am so glad that they are allowed on the candida diet.  While I usually prepare eggs scrambled, fried, or hard boiled I have been meaning to expand my egg offerings for quite some time.  My friends introduced me to soft boiled eggs, poached eggs, and Eggs Benedict a few years ago.  I asked myself, could any of these methods of preparing eggs work for the candida diet?  As I thought about it a little more I came [more]

Yeast Free Meat Loaf

My first attempts to make a Yeast Free Meat Loaf were unsuccessful.  I was working from a traditional meatloaf recipe and I kept trying to figure out how to replace the bread crumbs that most recipes require.  I tried using quick oats but was not happy with the results.  The texture was a little strange.  I decided to try brown rice flour to see if that would work.  The results with brown rice flour were much better but I still wasn't excited [more]

Yeast Free Zucchini Skillet

So my zucchini experimentation continues with this Yeast Free Zucchini Skillet recipe.  I actually wanted to make a casserole but ended up with this dish instead.  It worked out well as casseroles take much longer.  This Yeast Free Zucchini Skillet is a mix of zucchini, rice, tomatoes, herbs, and spices.  I love that their is only a small amount of brown rice in the dish.  This keeps the focus on the zucchini.  I think vegetables are so important and I get excited [more]

Yeast Free Quinoa Pilaf

Quinoa is a pretty new thing for me.  I first tried cooking it about a year ago and while the dish that I made came out great I was a little turned off.  I was turned off solely because I had to figure out how to wash this tiny little grain before I cooked it.  Apparently quinoa will not taste so good if you skip this step.  At the time I did not own a sieve so I put the quinoa in [more]