Day 3

For breakfast today Jeannette had brown rice cereal. Plain. I'm still not sure about this cereal for her.  For lunch I packed her cinnamon toast, the crackers I made, popcorn and chocolate coconut milk.  While she was at school, I made another trip to my new favorite grocery store; Wegman's.  I spent another hour just walking around trying to find some more ingredients for some other recipes I found.  One recipe I found was marinara sauce.  Since I found the brown rice pasta, I thought she could eat the pasta with the sauce.  I bought 6 bags of the pasta.  I was just excited that I found something that was close to actual pasta.  Unfortunately when I got home and was reading the back of the bag, the carb count is 44g per serving.  Not only is the Candida diet sugar/yeast/wheat free, it's also supposed to be low in carbs.  Just when I think I find something she may be able to eat, it turns out to not be the appropriate food for her.  The high carbs are just as bad for her.  Because the carbs break down into sugars, it's just going to keep feeding the yeast.  One other thing I found at Wegman's was a bread mix called Chebe.  They make dinner rolls, pizza dough, bread sticks and cinnamon rolls. I thought we could try the pizza tomorrow night.  Once I got my items, I went to check out and my bill came to another $120.  It gives me pain and anxiety just thinking about how much money I've paid in the past two days on food alone.  If this is any indication of what's to come, it's going to be an expensive lifestyle change; not just for her, but for the entire family.

When the kids got home from school I was struggling to find something for Jeannette to eat for a snack.  I remembered the smoothie recipe I found.  It called for Carob powder and soy milk.  Unfortunately, I didn't want this to be a liquid drink, so I made it more into a milkshake.  I ended up using the coconut ice cream to replace the soy milk.  When reading the label on the ice cream, it says that it's made with agave nectar.  Although the agave nectar is still a sugar, it's better then the processed white sugar. I get conflicting information on agave and if it's to be avoided.  In the end, it's sugar and sugar feeds the Candida.  It seems that everything feeds the Candida.  She tried the shake and she liked it.  Unfortunately I can't remember which web-site I found this from, but this was not my creation.

Carob Soy Shake/Smoothie
These are great and can be frozen for a popsicle

1 C unsweetened organic soy milk
1-2 T (to taste) vegetable glycerin
1 t (+/-) stevia powder
1 t guar gum (or other thickener)
3-5 T coconut milk (regular or light)
5 ice cubes
1 T unsweetened carob powder or carob chips
1/4 t vanilla flavoring

Blend on high for a minute or so.  Shake comes out very thick, smooth.  Add more guar gum or flax for a thicker shake.  (As a side note, when I made this, it did not come out thick at all, but I didn't have guar gum.  I used coconut milk yogurt to make it thicker.  It does have some sugar in it, but it helped to make it thicker).

For dinner, Jeannette had the chicken and rice again.  She barely got in a couple of bites, when she excused herself to use the restroom.  By the time she was done, we all had finished our meals and hers was cold.  She said she had lost her appetite.  After dinner, my husband jumped right in and started making the marinara sauce that I found on the web.  Thank goodness for the world wide web!!!