Cold sweet recipes

[Tottenham58]

Hy I'm a chef with type 2 diabetes, I work in a carehome and was wandering if anybody had any recipes for cold sweets fir diabetics .I've looked in diabetic cook books but have found no recipes that I could use on my menus,am I right in saying that diabetics can have the same as others but in moderator ,I await any response tvanjs

 

[trophywench]

The only thing our bodies have difficulty coping with, are carbohydrates. That's the carbs in everything be it fruit, veg (including legumes) or obvious things like sugar itself or anything containing flour eg bread pasta or pastry, or rice. However, it all depends what medical treatment that person takes for their diabetes as to how much carb and in what form, each individual can tolerate.

 

[ColinUK]

Easiest thing is to start experimenting with sugar replacements which are low carb.
Pavlova or chocolate mousse are two things which immediately spring to mind as very easy to make incredibly low carb.
Milk jellies are another thing to try but you might be better experimenting with the Fool type of dessert or setting if you can use full fat milk or cream if you opt for a milk jelly. And watch the carb content of the fruit you use as well but if you’re resorting to fruit jelly blocks like us non-chefs would then there’s loads which are sugar free so as long as you make them up with a low carb liquid you should be fine.

There’s a whole section of the forum on food and recipes and we’d certainly welcome your professional input if you’re up for that?!

 

[Leadinglights]

As has been said it may very much depend on what treatments people are on for their diabetes so you would need to be guided by that. But presumably you are offering main meals which are suitable for people with diabetes, as for some it really is not just a matter of them having the same as everybody else but just less.
I suspect in the environment you are there is not much modern thinking as to what is a suitable diet for good blood glucose management. People find it very hard to follow their normal low carb dietary regime when in hospital.
You may find the learning zone informative about the principal of suitable diets for people with diabetes.

 

[Drummer]

I made a trifle with almond sponge, sugar free jelly in three flavours, the lime one was mixed with greek yoghurt and frothed up, a low carb mixture of frozen berries, real custard, cream and silver sugar balls.
One of the people attending as a guest was type one diabetic, so I told his partner that the trifle was low carb, and put a card with 'low carb' on it beside the dish, but by the time he was convinced he did not need to be cautious - it was all gone.
I find the frozen fruit is really useful for a quick set when using gelatine. These days I make up a teaspoon of gelatine for just one portion and don't use the jellies as they are overly sweet.
I find that the usual sugar laden or over sweetened recipes are pretty foul just because I no longer want that much sweetness in foods, so you might need to test various recipes to see what suits anyone used to low carb foods.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Tottenham58

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