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French cooking

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zuludog

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I've recently found this cookery channel on YouTube, and thought you might like it

Easy French Diet

It's not specifically for diabetics, it's just plain, straightforward healthy cooking & food choices, and the videos are well produced
It should be simple enough to adapt the recipes for diabetes, or to get ideas & inspiration
 
What sort of things have you made @zuludog? :starstruck:
 
@zuludog, thanks for this tip about the "Easy French Diet" YouTube Channel.

So many "Easy French Diet" recipe vids, but a good starter for many of us on this channel could be this one: Why the French stay thin (e.g. by eating food made with simple, nutrient dense ingredients).
 
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Anna DUK said:
What sort of things have you made @zuludog? :starstruck:
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As mentioned, I only found this channel recently, so I've been watching several of the videos, but not really doing much of the cooking (Story of my life!)

No, seriously, I haven't cooked any of the main meal recipes yet as I've been using up food that I have in stock, but I intend to do so in the near future
However I have for years cooked food along the lines shown - fresh, prepared from scratch, whole food, not processed, and so on - so I have eaten meals that were very similar

But I have changed my breakfasts to be more substantial, with cheese, cold meats, tomatoes, fruit, yogurt etc
And I've found that I don't feel as hungry by mid morning, but it doesn't seem to have increased my weight or finger prick results; we'll see how I go on over the coming weeks & months

Obviously I adapt the recipes by reducing or eliminating carbs such as bread, jam, honey; but I don't bother too much about the fat content
I look for more dense & seeded bread, but less of it than a normal diet, or sometimes I substitute oatcakes - not very French, but they do the job

My diet is sort of low carb Mediterranean and this style of eating should fit in very well, even if it's not strictly Med
The only fat I eat is butter, olive oil, and naturally occurring, but very little in the way of processed meat
At a recent diabetic review the DSN was impressed that my cholesterol level was below the limit without statins - and has been for months & months.

Over the past 18 months or so my weight has dropped from about 95kg to about 81 or 82kg
My target is just below 80kg, and I hope to reach that soon, even allowing for Christmas & winter.
 
JITR said:
@zuludog, thanks for this.

A good start for many of us could be this video: Why the French stay thin (by eating food made with simple, nutrient dense ingredients).
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Yes, I've seen that, and other very similar ones - such is the way of YT that you are presented with lots of possibilities and can easily get lost
But watch a few and you get the general idea ..... also videos on the Mediterranean diet
 
JITR said:
@zuludog, thanks for this tip about the "Easy French Diet" YouTube Channel.

So many "Easy French Diet" recipe vids, but a good starter for many of us on this channel could be this one: Why the French stay thin (e.g. by eating food made with simple, nutrient dense ingredients).
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@zuludog

I have updated my post, as quoted here above, to clarify that I meant the Why the French stay thin video on the "Easy French Diet" channel you recommended. Thank you again.
 
@zuludog I have watched a few. She is so relaxed and has a lovely style. I havent watched "why French women are slim" yet, but they generally eat unprocessed food, seasonal good portion control and don't snack. When I was a child people didn't eat in the street. As a child sweets were a treat not everyday though we often had a penguin or finger of kit kat with a cup of tea after school. Food was a bit stodgy ie lots of stews and puddings in winter were steamed puds but we played outside all the time and went to sleep in unheated bedrooms. I was always considered the fatty always up for a second helping whereas my brother and sister would only say yes if still hungry. When I left school I was 8st 7 which would not now be considered plump. My waist was 26 inches. They have changed the sizes now.
I remember watching Rachel Khoo cooking in a tiny French flat on bbc.
I probably won't cook much but it is a joy to watch and gives me ideas. I've eaten full fat yoghurt, blueberries and almonds this morning.

Earlier this month the day after a cataract op I went to a local French restaurant which I haven't visited for a year. I had celeriac remoulade followed by steak and chips and a small salad. I had intended not to eat the chips but the steroids made me hungry! They opened a month before lockdown and I used to go regularly when I had a language class nearby but class changed to a day they aren't open. I always used to have a pudding they do creme brulee, pannacotta or chocolate mousse. Now I am diabetic i didn't have pudding.

Thanks for posting.
 
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