Candida diet salad dressing???

[Kate L]

:help:My dh *says* he's going to do a candida diet for suspected overgrowth. I am trying to come up with things he can eat. The diet he is planning to follow consists mainly of meat (which I'm hoping he'll limit) and low-carb veggies. He can eat one serving of high-carb veggies OR whole grains with each meal. He can also eat dairy "cautiously", but not moldy cheeses. Soooooo, I'm wondering how to make him a salad dressing with lemon as my only choice for an acidic flavor. Does anyone have a good dressing that does not have no-no ingredients?

[Lori French]

This is our all time favorite salad dressing.

Not sure about no-no ingredients, but I bet you can make it work.

1/2 c oil, olive tends to be a bit heavy, so we usually use something else or a mix
1/2 c fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 pkt real lemon powder is you have it, if not skip or add more lemon juce
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
pepper
tsp dijon mustard
1 lg garlic clove


We serve this with a crisp lettuce, iceburg or romaine, tomatoes, onion slivers,

kalamata olives if we have them and feta. I know feta is allowed on *some* candida diets.

As for the vinegar in mustard... Just add more lemon, LOL! Sugar? Is there any

sweetener that is allowed???


Anyway, it could be a start. We *love* lemon!

[Kate L]

Thanks, Lori. He can have Stevia, but that's it for sweeteners. The more I think about it, the more I think I'll just do a basic lemon vinaigrette. If he finds he can't take it another day before he's done with the diet, I'll worry about it then! I will keep this one in mind for when he can go back to a less restrictive eating plan, though.

[pamelaw]

I've always used one part lemon juice to 2 parts Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and salt and pepper to taste and voila! it's delicious.

[Requin]

Anti-candida diets vary widely. I'm surprised the one your husband is doing allows for high carb veggies at all. When I did it, it was no high carb veggies, and *maybe* a whole grain serving once a day.

Some say raw undistilled vinegars are fine. Some say bragg's Apple cider vinegar is acceptable. Most allow xylitol. I found small amounts of raw vinegars didn't aggravate my candida, and I ate a lot of xylitol.

You have to be careful w stevia, as most commercial brands have additives that aren't candida friendly at all.

If he wants a creamier dressing, use egg and oil and lemon juice to make a mayonnaise base, and season however you wish- sundried tomato and basil, lemon tarragon, roasted red pepper and garlic, etc., etc..