DUK Balance Favourite Recipes

[LeeLee]

This book arrived yesterday - I'm always seeking inspiration. Unfortunately I won't be cooking many of the dishes without major adaptations. The carb counts are provided, which is helpful, but some of the figures made me reel!

Of the 24 main course dishes, half of them are over 50g carbs per portion and a quarter are over 70g (and that excludes the recommended potatoes to accompany some of the dishes). The worst is a mixed bean chilli at 100g per portion, and it says serve with rice! 😱 I think I'll use the spice mix and make it with lean mince and a quarter of the bean content.

Any thoughts?

 

[Pumper_Sue]

This book arrived yesterday - I'm always seeking inspiration. Unfortunately I won't be cooking many of the dishes without major adaptations. The carb counts are provided, which is helpful, but some of the figures made me reel!

Of the 24 main course dishes, half of them are over 50g carbs per portion and a quarter are over 70g (and that excludes the recommended potatoes to accompany some of the dishes). The worst is a mixed bean chilli at 100g per portion, and it says serve with rice! 😱 I think I'll use the spice mix and make it with lean mince and a quarter of the bean content.

Any thoughts?

Send the book back and ask for a refund as it wrongly labelled. Give the explanation of you wanted a recipe book geared to diabetes not how to cause or worsen the condition.

Most recipes can be adapted though without the need to buy specialist! recipe books.

 

[Northerner]

Beans, although they contain carbs, are generally very low GI as they contain a lot of fibre 🙂

 

[AlisonM]

I sometimes use beans and pulses in cooking because, as Alan says they may be high carb, but they are usually low GI and make a good replacement for rice/spuds. Plus they're well filling so I stay full longer and snack less. I'll see if I can dig out my cassoulet recipe.

 

[LeeLee]

But would you serve your cassoulet or a bean chilli WITH rice, as suggested in the book? Some of the 70g plus recipes say they should be served with rice/potatoes/pasta/noodles/bread. Even if the recipes and accompaniments are relatively low GI, they would still be way beyond what I would consider an acceptable level. Feel free to call me picky!

 

[AlisonM]

But would you serve your cassoulet or a bean chilli WITH rice, as suggested in the book?

Not personally, no. Nowadays I'd probably make cauli rice and use that. 😉

 

[Redkite]

Not good for many people on here I suppose, but sounds ok for us. My son eats plenty of carbs, being a growing lad and very physically active. 50g carb is probably the lowest he would eat in a single meal! But a DUK recipe book's main audience is likely to be adults with type 2, so I am a bit surprised.

 

[DeusXM]

Of course the carb counts are ridiculous, it's a Diabetes UK cookbook. You're talking about a charity that still doesn't quite get that carbs raise blood sugar and are still hung up on fat. Oh, and a charity sponsored by the world's largest producer of carb based foods and the world's largest producer of medication for treating the results of a high carb intake.