Docb
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
In another thread @Toucan asked about a low carb granola so I thought I would put my solution to this conundrum into a separate thread.
I make my own using a bag of rolled oats, a bag of mixed nuts and a bag of mixed seeds. The oats I get from Booths (750g bag) and the nuts and seeds from Aldi who do those things in reasonably sized bags - can't remember the weight of them. Method is very simple. Empty the bag of oats onto as big a roasting tray as you can find - something that just fits into the oven would be great. Chop up the nuts and add to the oats. Sprinkle with veg oil of choice and mix the whole lot up. Spread it around your tray and put it into the oven at about 180C. I put it at the bottom of the oven whilst cooking something else. Keep your eye on it, and periodically give it a stir so that everything gets toasted. When everything looks toasted (don't worry about getting it perfect!) take it out of the oven and leave it to cool. Mix in the seeds and put it in a cereal container, ready to eat. I have three dessert spoons of the mix with a decent dollop of yoghourt and a drop of milk for my breakfast. One mix lasts about three weeks. Nice mix of subtle flavours - particularly the toasted nuts - and perfect if you don't have, or have cured, your sweet tooth.
I reckon that the carbs from the oats in a batch amount to 400g at most. Lasts about 20 breakfasts, so around 20g carb per portion. Add a slice of Booths Low GI bread (10 g carb) and I have my target meal of around 30g carbs. More importantly, testing has shown it does not spike me in the way that the commercial cereals I used to eat. Last point, I tried adding a few blueberries but although it added to the flavour combination it also stuck a couple of mmol/l on my BG so gave that up.
I make my own using a bag of rolled oats, a bag of mixed nuts and a bag of mixed seeds. The oats I get from Booths (750g bag) and the nuts and seeds from Aldi who do those things in reasonably sized bags - can't remember the weight of them. Method is very simple. Empty the bag of oats onto as big a roasting tray as you can find - something that just fits into the oven would be great. Chop up the nuts and add to the oats. Sprinkle with veg oil of choice and mix the whole lot up. Spread it around your tray and put it into the oven at about 180C. I put it at the bottom of the oven whilst cooking something else. Keep your eye on it, and periodically give it a stir so that everything gets toasted. When everything looks toasted (don't worry about getting it perfect!) take it out of the oven and leave it to cool. Mix in the seeds and put it in a cereal container, ready to eat. I have three dessert spoons of the mix with a decent dollop of yoghourt and a drop of milk for my breakfast. One mix lasts about three weeks. Nice mix of subtle flavours - particularly the toasted nuts - and perfect if you don't have, or have cured, your sweet tooth.
I reckon that the carbs from the oats in a batch amount to 400g at most. Lasts about 20 breakfasts, so around 20g carb per portion. Add a slice of Booths Low GI bread (10 g carb) and I have my target meal of around 30g carbs. More importantly, testing has shown it does not spike me in the way that the commercial cereals I used to eat. Last point, I tried adding a few blueberries but although it added to the flavour combination it also stuck a couple of mmol/l on my BG so gave that up.
