If you’ve decided to try out Food combining it’s sensible to plan ahead and collect a few recipes. As I’ve said before, it makes life easier to cook double/triple portions of stews, soups and mashes to be able to freeze meals ahead.  I’ve collected several Harmonious Food combining recipes that are tasty and easy to make –  these should be enough to choose from to enable you to have a varied diet.

I’m not going to repeat the principles and rules of Food Combining – please read these articles if you want to know more:-

• Food combining(about the original Hay diet)
• Harmonious Food Combining
• Harmonious Food Combining Programme
• Harmonious Food Combining chart
• Harmonious Food Combining – pros and cons
• Harmonious Food Combining Preparation
• Harmonious Food combining Meal Plans

Just to remind you: you must haveone PROTEINandone STARCHmeal every day.  Also, you should haveone ALKALINEmeal (fruits or salad). How & when you do this is up to you – but you should have a least 4 hours between the meals. So here are  my suggestions for Breakfast/Lunch/Supper:

1, BREAKFAST

Alkaline

• Mixed fruit salad with yogurt and few nuts

Starch

• Porridge
• Healthy oat and banana cookies
• Eggless pancakes
• Bubble and squeak
• Others: toast with butter& honey; croissant; sugar-free cereal/musli with milk or plain yogurt

Protein

• English breakfast (no bread)
• Omelettes (with cheese, meats and vegetables)
• Egg and courgette muffin
• Peas and feta cupcakes
• Crayfish egg muffin
• Quark and almond pancake
• Crayfish and spinach pancakes

2. LUNCH (or the Light meal)

Alkaline

All raw and vegan dishes but You must not use starchy vegetables such as  potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes, nor wheat. You can serve these dishes with yogurt or kefir if you like. Here are a few examples:

• All vegansoups and pottage such asroasted tomato and pepper soup ; Chicory and leek soup
• All vegan salads such as: Tomato and avocado salad
• All salads with added white cheese(such as feta, mozzarella)
• All vegan vegetable stews, curries & stir-fries (spicy cauliflower stir fry)
• All vegan roasted/baked vegetables such asRosemary and garlic roasted veggies

Protein

• Mung been pancakes  (these can be served instead of bread)
• Salads with grilled fish/ meat or chesse
• Fish and meat soups such asAsian seafood soup
• Spicy Miso soup
• Seafood vegetable chowder

Starch

• Sandwiches: with roasted vegetables (and goat’s cheese or feta); smoked slamon & creamcheese;
• Whole grain & rice salads with raw or cooked vegetables (white cheese pieces can be added)
• Vegetable soups/stew served with rice, potatoes or bread
• Spinach gnocchi
• Vegan/vegetarian pasta  such aspasta with peas and tomatoes, (white cheese  & yoghurt might be added)

Serve starch dishes with alkaline salad

3. SUPPER (the Filling meal)

Alkaline

Same as lunch above

Starch

Hearty vegan curries, stews, soups, pies served with wholesome bread, rice or potatoes and/or alkaline salad. Few examples:

• Cauliflower and pea curry
• Sweet potato and cabbage stew
• Sweet potato chickpea and spinach curry
• Vegan scotch broth
• Squash and spinach curry 
• Sweet potato, squash and kale stew

Protein

Grilled, baked, barbecued, roasted, fried meat and fish, Fish and meat stews & casseroles. Fish and meat pies (with parsnip/swede/celeriac topping). Serve them with NEUTRAL vegetable side dishes such as:

• Root vegetable mash
• Celeriac and carrot mash
• Celeriac mash with stilton
• Steamed vegetables
• Roasted/baked vegetables (baked courgette and chilli)
• Stir-fried, sautéed vegetables (sautéed mushroom and spinach)
• Mixed leaf salads, salsa coleslaw

Other one-pot dishes:

• Minced lamb stew
• Spanish fish and chorizo stew
• Braised cod with chicory
• Braised cod with vegetables
• Greek-style chicken bake
• Spanish Roast chicken 
• Masala chicken and parsnip bake
• Chicken and fennel stew

Snacks during the day

If you find it difficult to wait until the next meal, have some mixed nuts or make a couple of these dips and eat them with raw carrot, celery and bell pepper sticks:

• Roasted tomato and aubergine sauce  (this is a good sauce for pasta too)
• Roasted pepper and aubergine dip
• Easy avocado cream
• Baba ganoush