Seafood is very good for diabetics Kaylz - it's rich in all the things we need to get the insulin working, esp dark-fleshed fish like mackerel, and shellfish.
it's a few days since I posted on the thread, so I'll bung in a few meals I can remember (the racing has taken over for his week!). I'm tending to have one proper meal and one 'snacky' meal, but not always at the same time of day.
Breakfasts: I've had:
Lambs' kidneys (I slice off the meat and give the centre to the dog, same with pigs' when I can get them) - sautéd with a couple of diced brown mushrooms and finished with a grain mustard and cream sauce - I add a dash of Lea & Perrins too. Served on a toasted slice of Vogel 'antique grains' bread.
Grilled cheddar on a slice of Vogel, with sliced tomato and a little chopped spring onion
Bowl of creamy yoghurt with a large tsp of my own wild plum jam, which has v little sugar in it
Scrambled eggs with one triangular 'hash brown' (grated potato) from the farm shop, 3 or 4 cherry tomatoes just heated through, and 2/3 slices of smoked streaky
Lunches: I've had:
Stir-fried veg and prawns (whatever's in the fridge for the veg, eg Romano pepper, green beans, celery, white cabbage, mushroom etc).
Cheese omlette with broad beans/parsley, and salad with French dressing
Guacamole (home made, with olive oil, lemon and lots of garlic) with a slice of toasted Vogel; another day the rest of it with Waitrose wheatmeal thins - they do boxes with four kinds of very thin bics for cheese, which take hummus and suchlike very well. Cherry tomatoes - Waitrose do some v sweet and tasty ones on the vine
Suppers I've had:
Sausages from the farm shop (mostly meat, little filler) with red cabbage and broccoli
Sausages ditto, with sprouts and green stick beans
Cottage pie, with half each of a parsnip and a carrot diced into it, and a diced stick of celery; lots of Lea & Perrins. For the topping, I used two medium/small potatoes for the mash and made it into 'colcannon' with some leftover cooked cabbage, to bulk out the mash - very good!
Chicken livers rolled in oil and spices, sautéd with garlic and parsley. Served with grilled courgette and parsnip batons, and spinach
Any dessert has been yoghurt with a very little of my jam... though I did have a very small piece of chocolate cake last night, slapped wrist for me (I put it at the back of the fridge on diagnosis... I can't throw away food! I was born just as the war ended: there was still rationing for years!)
I've also eaten my way through a smallish silver tray of flapjack, which I invented as a self-indulgence which wouldn't spike me. I never measure stuff I invent: I just fling stuff in and cook it. I consisted of:
Start with oat flakes (farm shop, organic - not the 'quick cook' sort), oatmeal, flax seed - chia would do just as well; butter; and one or two very ripe bananas. Blend these in the mixer (you can add most of the oats after this if you want them whole, as I did... If doing this bit by hand, soften the butter first).
Transfer to a bowl and stir in a peeled apple or two diced small; quite a bit of cinnamon (or mixed spice, &/or ground ginger if you like); You will now have a very stiff mass. Add enough coconut milk as a sweetener, to get a spreadable consistency so you can fill the silver foil or metal dish you want to cook it in. Mine was about an inch in thickness and pretty stiff, and I'm glad I didn't add more coconut milk as after 30 mins in my halogen oven at medium heat, it was cooked but of a fairly soft consistency. I wouldn't have liked it any softer.
This 'flapjack' was just sweet enough to feel like a treat, even though there's no sugar in it - and it didn't spike my glucose levels... on the days I had no lunch after a big breakfast, I had a slice of this before the dog walk, and a slice when I got back in: it was pretty sustaining. I'm going to make some more tomorrow - which will no doubt be quite different! It's quite a good cake substitute, and would make a good breakfast too.
