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Beans are a terrific source of protein and fiber but we do not always have the time necessary to cook beans.  Many dried beans require hours of soaking and even after soaking usually still have very long cook times.  Preparing dried beans is something that I choose to do on the weekend.   I know that canned foods are not really recommended on the Candida Diet but after some thorough label reading I did uncover some canned beans that may be helpful and still adhere to the diet in a crunch.

Nature’s Promise Organic Black Beans are delicious over rice, in dips and can be used in a variety of recipes.  Nature’s Promise Organic is a Stop & Shop brand.  I am not typically a Stop and Shop customer but I was there one night getting a movie from the Redbox and needed to run in.  I was delighted to find this organic line of products and even more excited at the price.   This can of beans was actually cheaper that the ones I had found at Trader’s Joes.   The ingredients in Nature’s Promise Organic Black Beans include Prepared Organic Black Beans, Water and Sea Salt.  Based on the label it appears that they are Candida Diet friendly.

It can’t really get much easier than this meal idea.  You will almost feel like you are living your old life of convenient but nutrionally inept food.  All ingredients except the salt in the Marinara Sauce is candida diet approved.  I wish that they would have used sea salt.  Trader Joe’s does with a lot of it’s other products but I still buy this salt.  I figure that this is a very small cheat and me consuming this has never conincided with a relapse of symptoms. 

Cook soba noodles according to the package directions and then top with sauce.  Remember to purchase 100% pure buckwheat as I have seen many mixed with wheat.  I always pair with a salad or a steamed vegetable.  I hope this helps prove that it does not need to be a gourmet meal to be candida friendly.

Bon Appetite!

Have you ever walked into your local grocery store around midday and noticed the display of fully cooked rotisserie chickens?  I never really paid attention to this display until recently.  I began to question whether those chickens would be okay for the candida diet.  A fully cooked chicken would sure be convenient enough and could be easily paired with brown rice or a baked potato and any vegetable.  I could even use leftovers for chicken salad the next day. 

The next time I was in the supermarket I mad an effort to inspect this amazing chickens a little more closely.  The first one I picked up was an Italian seasoned rotisserie chicken and the ingredients read chicken, dextrose, glutamate and some other stuff.  This chicken was a no go.  The next couple of chickens that I inspected had similar ingredients.  I was about to give up.  Then I so one lonely little chicken away from the name brand rotisserie chickens and to my delight the ingredients read “Chicken.”  Hooray, just chicken!  I was thrilled.   So the next time you that you are strapped for time and need to throw together a candida diet meal very quickly give a rotisserie chicken a try.

Bon Appetite!   

Tennille