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I hear so often about what we can't or shouldn't eat. I'd love to hear the flip side.....what has everyone found that they love to snack on?
I like plain yogurt with my own fruit added. (It's my substitute for ice cream.....used to be addicted)
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FUDGE!!! Here's the doubled recipe:
2 cups almond butter 1 cup cacao nibs ground in coffee grinder 8 tbsp. coconut oil 1/4-1/2 cup agave syrup 2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. salt
Mix all ingredients with hand blender, spread in dish, freeze 30 minutes, then store in refrigerator.
Also, I like BioChem undenatured whey protein (vanilla) with water blended with frozen fruit.
Or a bowl of frozen berries with fresh whipping cream .... whip the cream with a hand blender and some agave syrup.
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Where are you buying your cocoa beans. I know where to find coffee beans but I'm not too sure about the cocoa beans. I looked at our health food store and they sell cocoa nibs? I bought those instead.
I haven't made the fudge yet. I think it's a great way to get alot of calories at once but the only way I can sneak extra calories to my husband is through smoothies. I've been trying to get a can of coconut milk into him every day.
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Raw cashews or pecans. Allergic to almonds, so no fudge for me!
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apples cut up, and mixed NUTS !! PLUS POPCORN1
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Lymetoo, maybe you could try cashew butter to replace the almond butter.
I think im addicted to coconut oil, i luv the stuff. :-) Im going to have to try the fudge.
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Yes, I use cacao nibs ... I changed my post.
I think the cashew butter would work fine.
I generally use a little less almond butter, a little less agave syrup, and a little more coconut oil than the recipe calls for. it's a forgiving recipe, so play with it to see how you like it best.
When I had no kitchen when mine was being renovated, I even made it by sight instead of measuring so that I'd have less to wash.
Fetz, for a long time I was having trouble keeping my weight up ... ends up I had a tapeworm, LOL! Now I don't have as much trouble but still eat more calories than normal to keep my weight steady. You would know if you needed more calories.
The fudge is a great thing to take with Mepron/Malarone.
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I like to snack on chocolate cake, fresh baked cinnamon rolls, and reese's peanut butter cups.
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Regarding the fudge recipe and yeast diet.... Instead of the agave syrup, perhaps those of us on a strict candida diet could experiment with vegetable glycerin or stevia.
For those that haven't used stevia, be cautious since it's extremely sweet and you wouldn't be using the same amount as with the agave syrup.
Cathy
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thanks TD i was trying to remember last night what you could use instead of agave. I like vegetable glycerin and have used it before.
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cantgiveupyet,
I was thinking I'm going to try using the vegetable glycerin as well. If you get to it before I do, let me know how it works out. Looks like your recipe was a huge hit, Sixgoofykids.
Hopefully this will help with the sweet tooth urges without getting those of us on a strict diet into too much trouble.
So other than fudge, anyone got any other suggestions for the original post on other snacks we can try?
Cathy
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looking forward to being able to try that recipe.
right now, I am having brown rice cakes with almond butter and orange marmalade....yam only ...no sugar added.
Also snacking on chicken of the sea smoked oysters and some kind of cracker and hot sauce.
Can't recall the cracker...matzo or something..gluten free, wheat free
Fresh pineapple
Herbal teas
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My PA at the LLMD's office told me agave syrup was fine for the diet. It's low on the glycemic index. It's pure fructose, so it's like fruit.
You could probably use stevia .... I can't use stevia, it upsets my stomach, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
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I think using the vegetable glycerin would be much easier to work with than stevia, since the vegetable glycerin would be pretty much the same consistency as the agave syrup.
As far as if we are able to have agave, I do have a diabetic son and they say that he is able to have the agave syrup, but yet the Candida Whole Approach Forums say "no" to it.
But then again, we aren't suppose to be doing a lot of fruit either...or so I'm told. If you aren't having any problems from it, Sixgoofykids, I definitely would keep doing what you are doing.
Was just offering other alternatives for those following something like Whole Approach.
Kam, thanks for the other snack ideas too.
Cathy
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I made the fudge and it is really good. My husband likes it also. I don't think he'll eat it everyday but at least I have something different to tempt him with.
I wonder if the cocoa nibs can be substituted with cocoa powder. I think there's less fat in the cocoa powder so I'll probably stick to the nibs unless I'm out.
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Parisa, one time I was completely out of nibs and "needed" some fudge, so I used Baker's Squares .... I just ground them like I did the nibs ... it was a little harder to clean my coffee grinder, LOL, but the fudge was GREAT!
I'm not familiar with vegetable glycerine .... I've used it as a moisturizer ... is it sweet?
I've had no trouble with the agave, but I might not be a perfect gauge for that as I don't normally have candida issues. I'm one of the lucky ones in that regard.
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Somehow, vegetable glycerin doesn't sound like something you eat.
What is it and where do you buy it and how do you cook with it?
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When I was still able to eat egg this was my favourite snack:
Glutenfree ``Blitz cake''
Basic recipe for 1 egg (fits in 1 China rice bowl) for 1 person:
Melt 1 table spoon of butter in microwave Mix with 1 table spoon of sugar free cocoa add Stevia according to taste 1 pinch of salt a bit of baking soda 1 dash of lemon juice 1 egg Grinded almonds (or grinded hazelnuts) - enough to get a thin batter
Mix everything with a fork directly in a bowl suitable for microwave. The batter should be thin (you can regulate the texture with the nuts or with water or milk).
Put bowl in microwave oven for 1,5 minutes at highest level. As microwave ovens are not all the same you may need several tries until you find the right time.
After taking it out of the microwave topple it on a plate. Either eat it immediately or keep it in the fridge as cakes with Stevia don't keep well.
You can also replace the cocoa with lemon aroma or lemon peel or with vanilla. Or you can use it as a case for a strawberry cake.
Gabrielle
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Agave is actually pretty good....if you ferment then distill it...
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I buy the almonds or the hazelnuts already grinded in the baking isles of the shops. They are used a lot for cakes here. Don't you have grinded ones in the supermarkets over there? Especially before Christmas there are tons of it in the shops here as they are needed for gingerbread.
Hope you can find them - the Blitz cake is quite good!
Good luck,
Gabrielle
P.S. I looked it up:
It's called almond meal or almond flour in your part of the world - if you don't find it in the shops then internet has it.
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I'm wondering if agave nectar is the same as agave syrup???
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quote:Originally posted by disturbedme: I'm wondering if agave nectar is the same as agave syrup???
Yes.
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I have ground nuts in the "bullet" grinder. I got mine at Costco, but have seen them at other stores during this Christmas season. I have had to go gluten free this year so am always looking for new "flours". The bullet grinds the nuts very fine and have used them in combo with potato flour to coat chicken and brown it.
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Ok, tried sixgoofykids fudge recipe by substituting the agave for vegetable glycerin. Felt it needed a little something extra so put in a little stevia to sweeten it up a bit.
First time I tried it, I thought, this is rather strange, but I didn't dislike it. But now, I'm finding it goes GREAT with the mepron and knowing it's helping that penetrate with all those oils makes me really like it.
Only made half a batch since I had no idea if it would even be edible. Still want to try agave to see the difference, but this substitute actually works pretty well.
Cathy
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this looked like a really fun conversation thread. I wanted to be a part of it but unfortunately I don't know much about cooking, especially low cal cooking.
are any of you gals single? lol.
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