Eat well for less - BBC1 11th October 2017 at 8pm

[Northerner]

The program is featuring a family with a Type 1 daughter and two others with Coeliac disease - could be interesting 🙂

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b098smnx

 

[Mark Parrott]

Ooh, I'll try to watch that.

 

[Robin]

Watched it, it didn't really say anything about the diabetes, just that one of the daughters was a Type1. They concentrated on how to cook gluten free meals from scratch. The fish stew with chickpeas, onion, spinach and tomato looked good.

 

[Copepod]

Programme concentrated more on batch cooking food, which is naturally gluten free, for a family of 1 parent and 5 children from 18 to 8 years. Eg large pot of mince and veg divided into shepherd's pie, chilli con carne etc. Family could save several thousand pounds a year to put towards an overseas holiday, as previous shopping habits were somewhat chaotic and expensive.
I'm not sure how the girl with type 1 diabetes was able to calculate her insulin doses from packets with white labels and apparently no nutritional information, but I'm sure information was available, just not filmed.

 

[eggyg]

Watched it, it didn't really say anything about the diabetes, just that one of the daughters was a Type1. They concentrated on how to cook gluten free meals from scratch. The fish stew with chickpeas, onion, spinach and tomato looked good.

I must admit I thought that. Like a one pot dish. I would probably add a few par boiled new potatoes.

 

[Robin]

I must admit I thought that. Like a one pot dish. I would probably add a few par boiled new potatoes.

Oh, that would be a good idea, I ran it past OH who reminded me that he loathes chick peas with a passion. ( I wondered why I never did them) I could add some new potatoes to his bit and chick peas to mine and daughters as I served it out.