Candidiasis or Candida overgrowth is a health challenge for many. Candida is a microorganism that is naturally present in our gut, part of the balanced system that helps us digest food and stay well. The contemporary diet is like a feast for the Candida, as it’s a yeast and it needs sugar to multiply and thrive. This includes sugar itself, foods containing sugar and anything that converts into sugar.
If your immune system is healthy it should be able to keep Candida under control. To get rid of the overgrowth we need to avoid all foods that have sugar, moldy or yeast containing. This means avoiding packaged, processed foods, most of the fruits, some vegetables, coffee, tea, sauces, condiments. Click here for the foods you can eat on a Candida diet.
And for those who love bread here is a delicious, yeast free, anti-candida version.
Coconut Bread
Ingredients
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/2 cup buckwheat flour (or millet)
1/2 cup coconut milk (use only the creamy part on the top)
5 eggs
2 Tbsp. coconut oil
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. aluminum-free baking powder or bicarb soda
Stevia, to taste
Method
Blend together the eggs, coconut oil, stevia and salt. Then add the coconut flour, coconut milk, buckwheat/millet flour and baking powder, and whisk until you don’t see any lumps. Pour into a loaf pan on a baking paper and bake at 175C (350F) for 30 minutes. When the top of the loaf is firm and a light golden color, you can remove from the oven and allow it to cool.
The original recipe is taken from here.
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Coconut bread with pumpkin seed butter
Love & Health,
Andrea
here is the printable version:
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ½ cup buckwheat flour (or millet)
- ½ cup coconut milk (use only the creamy part on the top)
- 5 eggs
- 2 Tbsp. coconut oil
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- 1 tsp. aluminum-free baking powder or bicarb soda
- Stevia, to taste
- Blend together the eggs, coconut oil, stevia and salt.
- Then add the coconut flour, coconut milk, buckwheat/millet flour and baking powder, and whisk until you don’t see any lumps.
- Pour into a loaf pan on a baking paper and bake at 175C (350F) for 30 minutes.
- When the top of the loaf is firm and a light golden color, you can remove from the oven and allow it to cool.
12 Comments
Thanks for posting the recipe! Do you think flax eggs could work in this recipe?
Yes, I believe they would! I haven’t tried yet, but will give it a go. Let me know how it works for you! 🙂
I tried this with flax eggs and baked it with a little bit of earth balance on top, Himalayan sea salt, and hemp seeds. IT WAS SO GOOD!
Thank you! <3
I’m glad you’ve liked it! Nice vegan variation, thanks! 🙂
If you want to make it vegan you can use flaxseed or chai seed instead of egg. 1 egg=1 tbsp seed flour: 3 tbsp of water and let it gel for about 15 minutes. And if you want it fluffier without yeast you can use gelatinized Irish sea moss 2 tbsp. Smells horrible but the smell bakes out 100% in the bread
Thanks for the tip Joseph!
what can you use instead of buckwheat or millet flour?
These are the best since they are gluten-free, but you can try with gluten-free oat flour maybe. If gluten and candida not so much of a concern, then spelt flour is good too.
Can you use quinoa flour in place of buckwheat flour?
I’m sure that would work too! 🙂
I’m craving for French toast but looking for Candida bread option. No information on this online. I’ll give this a try. Thanks
Hope you liked this recipe! 🙂