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Anytime I have crabcakes at a restaurant they are always served with a variety of tasty dips.   I have never really thought too much about these dips until yesterday when I was making yeast free salmon cakes for the first time and wanted to make a sauce to go with them.  I was lucky enough to find a dill sauce recipe while looking for a salmon cake recipe to adapt.  To my delight the dill sauce recipe from Eating  Well was very easy to make yeast free and this sauce proved to be a great accompaniment to the salmon cakes. 

The recipe does call for yeast free mayonnaise so you will need some extra time to make this if you do not have any prepared.  The recipe also calls for yogurt which is okay for most on the candida diet but just be sure to choose the plain unsweetened type.

Yeast Free Dill Sauce Ingredients
1/4 cup yeast free mayonnaise
1/4 cup plain unsweetened yogurt
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill, or parsley
black pepper to taste

Yeast Free Dill Sauce Directions
Combine all ingredients, mix well and serve

Recipe adapted from Creamy Dill Sauce on Eating Well

A 12-inch Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki sandwich was what I always ordered in the days when I frequented Subway.  It is still a bit of a temptation today, especially with the 5 dollar foot long chant constantly playing in my head.  Teriyaki sauce is not something that I have ever cooked with at home.  It is just one of those things that I never really thought about using and then I stumbled across a Teriyaki Sauce recipe on Recipezaarand figured I would give it try.  I adapted the recipe to be candida diet friendly by substituting the sugar with stevia.  This was the only substitution needed to make the recipe yeast free but I also substituted the cornstarch with arrowroot powder due to a corn allergy.  The sauce came out really good and I am going to use it to make teriyaki chicken.  I am really excited about this sauce as I am hoping to find a variety of recipes to use it in.      
  

Yeast Free Teriyaki Sauce Ingredients (10.7 grams of carbohydrates per serving)
1/4 cup Bragg Liquid Aminos (2.4 grams carbohydrates)
1 cup water
1 tablespoon Fresh Grated Ginger (1 gram carbohydrates)
3 packets sweet leaf stevia
1 clove minced garlic (2 grams carbohydrates)
2 teaspoons arrowroot powder (Can use 1 tablespoon cornstarch instead) (5.3 grams carbohydrates)
1/4 cup cold water   

Yeast Free Teriyaki Sauce Directions
In a medium saucepan bring 1 cup water, Bragg Liquid Aminos, stevia, garlic and ginger in a saucepan to boil
Dissolve arrowroot powder in 1/4 cup of cold water and to sauce
Stir sauce constantly until it thickens 

Teriyaki Sauce recipe adapted from Theresa P at RecipeZaar

It can be hard to find a tomato sauce in the supermarket that is suitable for the candida diet.  Most tomato sauce contains preservatives such as salt, calcium chloride and citric acid.  Preservatives are something that those on the Candida Diet strive to avoid as many of them inadvertently contribute to the overgrowth of candida.  Tomato sauce however is such a versatile ingredient and makes it’s way into many recipes.  I have used tomato sauce in a variety of recipes ranging from Indian to Italian cuisine.  It seems as if at least  weekly I am finding a new way to use tomato sauce.    

I guess I could make my own tomato sauce but I tried  peeling a tomato once and it just did not go well.  I stopped half way through and said “the hell with this.”  I figured I would just do without.  I really want to avoid  ever peeling a tomato again and that is why I am so thankful that I found Pomi Strained Tomatoes.  I use this product anywhere that tomato sauce is required.  Pomi Strained Tomatoes contain no preservatives of any kind.  It is 100% natural with the only ingredient being tomatoes.  You can’t ask for much more than that.  This product is completely yeast free and should be used freely on the candida diet.     So the next time you are thinking of skipping a recipe because you do not have candida diet friendly tomato sauce pick up Pomi Strained Tomatoes and enjoy your delightful dish without any of the preservatives.

I got this recipe from a can of Cento Crushed Tomatoes.  They call it ”Quick and Easy Marinara Sauce.”   Cento brand tomatoes were the only tomatoes that I have found that do not have citric acid.  Finding these has made cooking yeast free so much easier.  I routinely find these at my anyone of my local supermarkets.  Use this sauce over Soba Buckwheat Noodles, Spaghetti Squash or Brown Rice Pasta. 

Bon Appetite! 

Yeast Free Marinara Sauce Ingredients
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
1/2 small onion sliced
1 teaspoon garlic minced
1 28oz can Cento Crushed Tomatoes (they have no citric acid)
Sea Salt to taste
1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil

Yeast Free Marinara Sauce Directions
In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat.  Add onion; saute until translucent.  Add garlic; gently brown.  Add tomatoes and season with sea salt and basil to taste.  Bring to boil; immediately reduce to slow simmer.  Add water to achieve desired consistency.  Simmer for approximately 20 minutes.  Prepare pasta as per package directions.