Healthy Simple Dessert

Take as many frozen berries as you would like and put in a skillet with 1 to 2 tablespoons coconut oil.  Put the burner on medium and heat up the berries until they are nice and warm... Thats it!  You can eat the warm berries (which are delicious) and the juice run off which tastes so good too!  I think it tastes nice and sweet but feel free to add some xylitol (or honey for those not on Candida Clear) in it.  When it was cooler outside I used to make this everynight for dessert.  Its a great snack or dessert and an easy one for kids too! (You can also put it over almond flour pancakes...)  Taste it and enjoy :)

Great Snack!

Below is a pic of a healthy and delicious snack that I highly recommend!  They are crunchy peas that have a little spice to them.  They are great for anyone and everyone (esp on Candida Clear) if you missing that 'crunch' in your life.  I eat them all the time!  I found them at Kroger in the health food section but they could easily be in other stores.  Enjoy!

Easy Egg Breakfast Cupcake!

This is another recipe I got from a patient.  Its so simple and tastes really good! It takes 2 minutes to make and you are set for the week.  Perfect for anyone (especially those on Candida Clear).  

Ingredients
12 Eggs
12 Pieces of Bacon or Turkey Bacon (stay away from preservatives.. aka nitrates, nitrites, sulfates, sulfites)

Grease cupcake tin (best to use coconut oil).  Wrap each piece of bacon around each of the cupcake holes.  1 piece of bacon per 1 cupcake hole.  Then crack and put one egg in each cupcake hole.  Bake for 20 minutes on 350 degrees or until the eggs are solid.  Let them cool and then spoon out and enjoy!

You could also add different spices or garlic to them to add different tastes!

I just made them for the week and it was soooo easy and they are yummy! You can store them in the fridge and enjoy throughout the week for an easy breakfast on the go!

Homemade Deodorant... That works! I promise.

For those of you who are new to this.. You want to stay away from aluminum in deodorant. It's a heavy metal that acts as the 'antiperspirant' portion of your deodorant. Anything you put on your skin absorbs into your body including this which is right where the lymphatic system is for the breasts. So why would you want to but a heavy metal right by the area that is getting so much attention for having cancer? If it was me I would do anything to avoid putting toxic stuff on my body. Starting with deodorant.

I have tried about all the aluminum free deodorants out there... Toms (which they are now making some with aluminum! Sad but true. Read the ingredients!), Body Shoppe, Trader Joes and others. I have done plain coconut oil and plain tea tree oil which worked okay. I found the best success with Toms until.. I made this.

We found it on Pinterest claiming to be the best homemade deodorant. (They all have those claims). But it was easy to make and Lori gave it a try. It was true!! It works better than anything else I have ever tried! I will even forget to put it on and have never had a problem once! And with the other brand names I would have to apply twice a day. So bottom line.. Yes I do shower. And yes this stuff works amazing!! And it takes 2 min to make!

Ingredients
1/4 cup corn starch
1/4 cup baking soda
5 to 6 tablespoons melted coconut oil
Optional: 5 to 6 drops of your favorite essential oil (I did tea tree oil, but I think lavender or eucalyptus would be great too!)

Mix together and that's it! I keep it in a glass pyrex jar with a lid in my bathroom. Get a little on your fingers and rub it together so it's more liquid (warms up the coconut oil) and apply! Easy as that. Enjoy!

Rainy day drink

Need a rainy day drink? Simply warm up almond milk or chocolate almond milk and add a little xylitol to make it sweeter. Tastes delicious and warms you right up!

You can also add some peppermint oil to the chocolate almond milk for a different twist on the drink. It's my fav!

(For people on Candida Clear/Phase 1 make sure the almond milk is unsweetened. Look for it on the front of the box.)

Almond Flour, Strawberry, and Basil Muffins

I got this recipe from a patient and finally made them tonight! I didn't have a muffin tin so I decided to make it as cookies instead. Same ingredients but I just cooked them for 10 min instead of what the muffin recipe calls for.

Ingredients
-2 1/4 cup almond flour
-1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
-2 eggs
-1 cup of finely chopped fresh strawberries
-1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil
-1/4 cup xylitol (or honey for those not on Candida Clear)
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1/2 teaspoon sea salt
-2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all the ingredients together and add in strawberries and basil last. Spoon mixture in muffin tin with paper liners. Bake for 25 min or until top of muffin is golden brown. Cool for 10 min then enjoy!!

For the cookies I did the same stuff but put on a baking sheet and greased it with coconut oil so they didn't stick. I rolled the dough into about 2-3 inch sized cookies and baked for about 10 to 15 min till golden brown. Picture shown below.

They also suggest storing the muffins in the fridge or freezer as leftovers and heat them up when you are ready to enjoy them again!

Enjoy!!

Get rid of that nasty white flour with ALMOND FLOUR!

White flour has no health content... It causes an inflammatory response in your body which most people recognize (or chose to ignore) as bloating or gas.. There are many other terrible things associated with it ranging from altering blood sugar levels, weight gain, digestive issues, etc. but at my practice I see candida issues on almost every patient (thanks to sugars and antibiotics.. But that's a whole different topic) and they all need to steer clear of any flours big time! (Except almond, quinoa, coconut flour)

With candida issues people can not have flours except the ones listed above because it breaks down into sugar and feeds the bad guys.

I have posted a pic of my favorite flour substitute!! It's Trader Joe's Almond Meal. It is around $4 but if you get it at Whole Foods or Kroger it's around $12. Big difference!! I have 8 right now in my cabinet.. There are so many great things you can do with it. Make pancakes, cookies, crackers, bread chicken, etc. I will be doing a lot of recipes in the near future but I wanted to show you all a pic of what I get! The only ingredient in it... Almonds! So healthy for you and finely chopped up to be like flour! So make the switch to ditch the nasty flours and try almond flour for a change :)

And for those of you on Candida Clear there is hope! You can have the starchy things you crave as long as its made with this stuff :)