I love roasts, although they take a while to cook, they take very
little time to prepare, you can sit back for a few hours while
everything cooks. I also make steaks and fry or steam veggies when I
don’t feel like cooking. I need more ideas though. I’m getting tired
of spending hours cooking most nights!

This is something that I happen to struggle with
myself, especially since my husband has candida too. This means that I’m
cooking for all of us (which I’d be doing anyway, obviously), but the
fresh food does take longer to prepare.

See, for me, stir fries aren’t necessarily “quick”. There’s all that
chopping and slicing, and then I’ve got to wait ’til things cook to the
consistency that I like. I understand that some people can save time by
purchasing veggies and meat that are already cubed or chopped, but our
food budget doesn’t allow us to pay for that kind of convenience.

Probably the quickest things that I make around here are:

- eggs (fried or scrambled (takes maybe 5 minutes)
- baked fish (takes about 17 minutes including prep)
- grilled beef (takes as little as 10 minutes because I like mine rare)
- egg drink (1 egg, 1T butter, 1T coconut oil, pinch of stevia, 1c water, takes
less than 5 minutes)

Now, if I’ve got left-overs, that can be a God-send (although some candida
sufferers are sensitive to left-overs.) Often, we’ll fix a pork loin or a
beef roast, and then I can pull a slice of cold meat out of the fridge and
eat it straight away. That’s presuming that the meat’s in the fridge to
begin with though.

I’d be interested to hear what others are doing for “quick” food.

Q: I am considering getting pregnant soon.
I have had a lot of healing on the diet and am just wondering if there is any specific recommendations for someone considering pregnancy, or for when you are pregnant.
The thought of bringing a healthy baby into this world really excites me.
I hope and pray that I can hold onto my “abstinence” during pregnancy and not pig-out on junk like I did in my other pregnancies when I didn’t
know the importance of diet. I tend to get mild nausea and in the past the only stuff I could eat was deep fried junk.
Does anyone have any tips for this???

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A. Everything on MOVES is perfectly healthy for pregnancy. The only thing I would say is that you should not try to lose weight during pregnancy. Though, I have to say that I did lose weight, wasn’t trying, during the first few months of both of my pregnancies. I ate low-carb (wasn’t on MOVES yet) and had very healthy babies.

If you think about it – all the foods on MOVES are extremely good for you – and baby. You do not NEED cookies and cake and potatoes – neither does the baby. Just make sure you get plenty of fluids (you know that having had babies before). Keep you fat level up – that keeps you feeling full. You may need to increase your veggies and/or total food intake.