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Tasty Desserts
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rebrascora
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Hi and welcome
In my opinion it is best to try to lose or conquer your sweet tooth and have cheese instead.... my "go to" from the dessert menu when I eat out (which isn't very often) is a cheese board minus the biscuits but lower carb desserts would be a meringue nest with fresh cream or a chocolate éclair or a small portion of raspberry trifle .... Lidl do triple pot packs of rasp trifles which are about 20g carbs per pot. Try to limit yourself to just one or two of these low carb desserts a week as they will cause a rise in your BG.
For information, fruit is often also high in carbs and should be restricted for diabetics. Berries are the lowest carb options.
Also, are you aware that all carbs including those in bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and breakfast cereals etc will cause your blood glucose levels to rise and portions of them need to be restricted as well as cakes, biscuits, sweets, and fruit.... Many people are not given proper dietary information when they are first diagnosed and assume they just need to cut down of sugar and sweet stuff, but starchy carbs cause just as much if not more of a problem.
In my opinion it is best to try to lose or conquer your sweet tooth and have cheese instead.... my "go to" from the dessert menu when I eat out (which isn't very often) is a cheese board minus the biscuits but lower carb desserts would be a meringue nest with fresh cream or a chocolate éclair or a small portion of raspberry trifle .... Lidl do triple pot packs of rasp trifles which are about 20g carbs per pot. Try to limit yourself to just one or two of these low carb desserts a week as they will cause a rise in your BG.
For information, fruit is often also high in carbs and should be restricted for diabetics. Berries are the lowest carb options.
Also, are you aware that all carbs including those in bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and breakfast cereals etc will cause your blood glucose levels to rise and portions of them need to be restricted as well as cakes, biscuits, sweets, and fruit.... Many people are not given proper dietary information when they are first diagnosed and assume they just need to cut down of sugar and sweet stuff, but starchy carbs cause just as much if not more of a problem.
Drummer
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I make sugar free jelly or pure gelatin, with slightly squashed berries, and sometimes I add in cream or yoghurt and whip it up when it has cooled. Fruit is not something to indulge in, but berries are lowest carb option and add to the texture.
There are a few low carb cracker recipes around if you don't mind baking them yourself.
There are a few low carb cracker recipes around if you don't mind baking them yourself.
I make a lemon posset once a week. It’s just double cream, lemon juice and sweetener. Put it all in a pan and simmer for about 3 mins, let it cool then I put it in wine glasses with a little whipped double cream on top and a blackberry or 2 Not sure about the carb count but it’s lovely!
I’m also having A couple of spoons of fage yogurt event evening with 4 blackberries mixed in, tastes just like the muller corner yogurts
I’m also having A couple of spoons of fage yogurt event evening with 4 blackberries mixed in, tastes just like the muller corner yogurts
Sally W
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https://www.everydaysugarfree.co.uk/recipes - this is a good website. Dukan recipes are also good. Pinterest has several. I try and eat natural foods so prefer to avoid sugar free jelly as it contains aspartame.
Just made the chocolate cake from @Sally W's link above - WAS FABULOUS !! Made it with a blueberry 'jam' (Crushed & heated blueberries, chai seeds, let it thicken - great!) with whipped cream (Made Hubby Chantilly cream in his slice (added a little caster sugar to his whipped cream, hes not diabetic!) - was delish, he loved it. didn't register more than 1.5 on my GlucoNavii - so that's a keeper!
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