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Healthy meals ideas
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Plenty of recipes in the food/recipes forum here (drop down menu on left top) or there are ideas in this link for low carb meals with real foods. https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/
All other meats, fish, eggs, cheese, nuts with vegetables and salad can provide lots of options for tasty meals
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Hi @mars we also have a thread in the Food/ Recipes section with photographic meal ideas - some are from type 2 members and mostly lower carb, some are type 1 or 3c members so may have more carbs than preferred if you are trying to eat lower carb (not sure how you're managing your diabetes)
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Hi and welcome.
Is there a reason why you don't eat red meat? Meat is carbohydrate free so should not impact your diabetes.
Like many others here, I just adjust meals that I used to eat to reduce the amount of carbs and increase the lower carb vegetables. So I maybe only have half a small Yorkshire Pudding and one piece of potato (usually a roastie) but plenty of veg and meat. If I have an omelette I have it with a large salad and a big dollop of coleslaw rather than the 2 slices of wholemeal bread and tomato ketchup I used to have with an omelette. If I have a curry, I might have it on a bed of vegetables like steamed shredded cabbage or courgettes or cauliflower rice rather than with normal rice and a naan as I used to do. If I have steak, I sometimes make chips from celeriac instead of cgips made from potatoes or I just have it with a large salad and coleslaw (usually cheese coleslaw because everything is better with cheese 😉) and plenty of mushrooms done in the steak juices. If I have cooked ham or sausages I often have that with cauliflower cheese, but instead of a cheese sauce made from flour and milk which both contain carbs, I spread the bar boiled cauli with cream cheese and then sprinkle plenty of grated cheese over the top and bake until browned. Cauli also makes a great substitute for mashed potato and in a lot of respects it is quicker and easier and tastier. No peeling, mashes easier and with a good dollop of cream cheese and a teaspoon of mustard (I like wholegrain) it delicious and can be used to top a shepherd's/cottage pie (with a generous sprinkle of grated cheese of course 🙄) or goes well with high meat content sausages for bangers and mash.
Anyway, that is what I do and it works well for me.
Is there a reason why you don't eat red meat? Meat is carbohydrate free so should not impact your diabetes.
Like many others here, I just adjust meals that I used to eat to reduce the amount of carbs and increase the lower carb vegetables. So I maybe only have half a small Yorkshire Pudding and one piece of potato (usually a roastie) but plenty of veg and meat. If I have an omelette I have it with a large salad and a big dollop of coleslaw rather than the 2 slices of wholemeal bread and tomato ketchup I used to have with an omelette. If I have a curry, I might have it on a bed of vegetables like steamed shredded cabbage or courgettes or cauliflower rice rather than with normal rice and a naan as I used to do. If I have steak, I sometimes make chips from celeriac instead of cgips made from potatoes or I just have it with a large salad and coleslaw (usually cheese coleslaw because everything is better with cheese 😉) and plenty of mushrooms done in the steak juices. If I have cooked ham or sausages I often have that with cauliflower cheese, but instead of a cheese sauce made from flour and milk which both contain carbs, I spread the bar boiled cauli with cream cheese and then sprinkle plenty of grated cheese over the top and bake until browned. Cauli also makes a great substitute for mashed potato and in a lot of respects it is quicker and easier and tastier. No peeling, mashes easier and with a good dollop of cream cheese and a teaspoon of mustard (I like wholegrain) it delicious and can be used to top a shepherd's/cottage pie (with a generous sprinkle of grated cheese of course 🙄) or goes well with high meat content sausages for bangers and mash.
Anyway, that is what I do and it works well for me.
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Welcome to the forum @mars
There are lots of different dietary approaches that forum members use to try to help them manage their diabetes. Some focus on aiming for weight loss with a low calorie approach, while others concentrate more on blood glucose management with a low carb menu.
There are a number of possible meal plans here:
www.diabetes.org.uk
And some general guidance to keeping food enjoyable here:
Good luck, and let us know how you get on 🙂
There are lots of different dietary approaches that forum members use to try to help them manage their diabetes. Some focus on aiming for weight loss with a low calorie approach, while others concentrate more on blood glucose management with a low carb menu.
There are a number of possible meal plans here:
Meal plans and diabetes
Eating nutritious, healthy and downright delicious food is that bit easier with our meal planners. We've created multiple different weekly meal plans to suit all types and tastes. They're nutritionally balanced, are calorie and carb counted, and can help if you want to lose weight. They also...
And some general guidance to keeping food enjoyable here:
Good luck, and let us know how you get on 🙂
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