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Printablerushing07 said: Cinnie said: oh 
thank you, my question was genuine! yeah, that's what i meant. And capers! Love capers!!! oh WARDA  | |
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Thank you for this thead Ivy....  
Will continue to read on. All of you have wounderful recipes and ideas. Thank you Org 
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thekidsgirl said: Psyching yourself up for healthy food is half the battle....
Grilled veggies with a big salad 
Mushroom veggie stir-fry 
Soul-food veggie plate 
Tofu and broccoli   :drool2:Those pictures!!!" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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my best friends are:
- egg whites - cooking spray - spray butter - veggies - lean meats & if I'm absolutely dying for a carb, I'll do whole wheat couscous or brown rice. You get used to it, you also feel lighter not eating the heavier things (pasta, etc). You can do it! I'm thinking of trying out that Stevia too    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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HatrinaHaterwitz said: In case you'd like to add a little flavor and soul to your 'betes meals, I recommend Mama Patti's Lite Cuisine:
http://www.amazon.com/Pat...1592400043 
My husband is Type 2 and my son is Type 1. They were diagnosed exactly 6 months apart in 2006. I had to learn to cook differently for them, individually. It was difficult for me at first because we ALL love down home put your foot in it soul food. What was good for them, were bland and uninteresting to me and my daughter. That all changed the moment I picked up this book. Patti LaBelle's cookbook was written because Patti herself is a Diabetic that loves that down home put your foot in it soul food as much as we do. Her recipes are chart-topping Number 1 HITS at my house! that book is off tha chain! I'm not diabetic, but the recipes are healthy and TASTY! those french onion turkey burgers are off the meter!! I also have made her peach upside down cake. | |
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728huey said: Personally I have a sweet tooth, but if you feel the need to sweeten up recipes, then I highly recommend getting some stevia extract. It's an all-natural sugar substitute, and a tiny bit of stevia goes a long way. A drop or two will sweeten a cup of coffee, and a teaspoon and a half will sweeten two liters of fresh lemonade (or Kool-Aid if you have kids with Type 1 diabetes).
I recommend the liquid, but if you find powdered stevia extract, just dilute it in some water.  u learn something new every day! That is very interesting! | |
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rushing07 said: CarrieMpls said: You gave a lot of good tips, but I wouldn't agree with the above. You can cook foods with very little oil and olive oil is a good fat. Even for salad dressing I'll mix a teaspoon of a good olive oil with a nice balsamic vinegar, a little water (to stretch it out) and herbs. It adds LOTS of flavor in very small amounts. It's like you said, don't give up fats altogether. Our bodies need fat, just not as much as is typical in a standard american diet. Sure, but i do have to eat out from time to time and that's when I get my oil. I can't control what they put in my food in a restaurant. Anyway, I'd rather have a natural peanut butter on a wheat cracker then anything with oil. Well back from tennis, and I thought of some of things on the way home! Oh yeah.. I completely forgot about nuts! For a snack--a handful of "natural" almonds. I don't like smoked almonds.. I don't like seasoned nuts at all. Also almond butter is so good--and good for you.  But be careful, it's highly caloric.
Another idea is to get those almond silvers at the grocery store, put em on a cookie sheet and toast em at around 350 degrees in the oven for around 5 to 10 minutes--watch 'em because you don't want to get them too brown. Then just throw em in a spinach salad! It's yummy! Or you can throw them in some french style green beans, cooked in chicken broth, season with a little bit of salt and pepper.. and a splash of lemon! Ooo I love this thread, too! It's great to read other people's ideas! Oh.. yeah fresh herbs! We have some growing in planters. We've got basil mostly because that's what I use. Then...we have some sage just growing wild. I use it for tuna and salmon. Gosh. there's so much. Love cilantro..thyme.. Have you ever heard of an Aerogarden! It's so cool. It's this indoor planter thing that sets on your counter. I want to get a small one for our kitchen--if I don't get one for Christmas. I think one of my relatives MIGHT get me one for Christmas. I'd had to have a small one..the 3Elite because we don't have huge counter space. But they have 6elite, too! You know what I was thinking of trying for a little "comfort" food winter dinner. I was thinking of substituing wheat penne pasta for the "mac" part... so it would really be wheat penne pasta and cheese! Then serve that with a little salad! Don't forget about quiche.. but you have to be careful to not eat too much of it! Well...it's so cool to share healthy recipes! Thanks for all the ideas! Food is fun! | |
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Ivy,
I recently bought this cookbook called Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. (The hardcover is like $40 new, but I bought one from ebay for $15.) I don't know how helpful it would be in terms of figuring out carbs/sugar because it doesn't list nutritional details, but it may help you figure out ways to cook vegetables so that they taste good. All I know is that my guy made the potato leek soup from there and it was so delicious (and simple -- no blender or fancy ingredients needed). I've asked him to make it at least twice since then.  Every frickin' recipe in the book makes me hungry! Tonight I'm testing out another one. 
deadmansbones said: You can just use veges.. I would imagine if you're a vegetarian, you could put tofu in tacos? Or fill em up with beans. I'm vegetarian and I use black beans seasoned with cumin, chili powder, etc. and rice. Yum! The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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KatSkrizzle said: HatrinaHaterwitz said: In case you'd like to add a little flavor and soul to your 'betes meals, I recommend Mama Patti's Lite Cuisine:
http://www.amazon.com/Pat...1592400043
My husband is Type 2 and my son is Type 1. They were diagnosed exactly 6 months apart in 2006. I had to learn to cook differently for them, individually. It was difficult for me at first because we ALL love down home put your foot in it soul food. What was good for them, were bland and uninteresting to me and my daughter. That all changed the moment I picked up this book. Patti LaBelle's cookbook was written because Patti herself is a Diabetic that loves that down home put your foot in it soul food as much as we do. Her recipes are chart-topping Number 1 HITS at my house! that book is off tha chain! I'm not diabetic, but the recipes are healthy and TASTY! those french onion turkey burgers are off the meter!! I also have made her peach upside down cake.  I put her "guilt free gravy" on almost everything!I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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