Most of us, diabetic or not, are prone to a dip in energy levels and the odd hunger pang striking, typically mid-morning and afternoon. As a diabetic, the best way to optimise your blood glucose control is to ensure that you don’t go more than five hours without eating. So if, on a typical working […]
Mindfulness
Most mornings I walk the dog for an hour, or more if I have the time. Some days we walk with a friend and her pooch, which is great and filled with chat (unless we are on a very steep bit when we just huff) and others, like today, it’s just me and Noddy. He’s […]
Know Your Onions
Someone once said, on some cookery show or other, that their grandmother swore that as long as she had some onions, she could rustle up a tasty meal from whatever lurked in the back of the store cupboard or bottom of the fridge. One of the oldest food ingredients known to mankind and used in […]
Keep Fibre High, Saturates and GI Low
This bit is unavoidably scientific, but only briefly: science was never really my thing as I discovered two weeks into a Biology, Physics and Chemistry A Level course which left me running for the safety of maths and economics. Anyway, the science can basically be boiled down into three basic principles: eat as much fibre […]
Sausage Free Barbeque
All in all, we’re being blessed with a great summer and plenty of opportunities to get outside and fire up the barbecue. Typical barbie fare of processed, trans fat laden, sausages and burgers, wedged between a low fibre, high GI white roll and drenched in sugary sauces are not to be recommended for a diabetic. […]
Essential Kitchen Kit for Diabetics
If not totally essential, the following pieces of kitchen equipment certainly make the preparation of healthy, tasty food, served in the right quantities, easier. ELECTRIC WEIGHING SCALES These should be on your main work surface at all times and in the early days should be used for everything so that you can get a handle […]
A Diabetic Birthday Celebration
Yesterday, our baby girl officially became a teenager (although the metamorphosis started some time ago) and we were having her Grandma (whose birthday falls two days prior to our daughter’s) over for tea. One of the many genetic traits they share, is a penchant for chocolate cake. So having said in another post that I […]
My Personal Journey to Diabetic Freedom
As my wonderful husband exercised and ate his way back to health, I was stuck in a strange double life of healthy food provider and secret eater. And my weight was slowly, but stealthily, creeping up. And then my very best, dear and gorgeous friend got her breast cancer back and we all saw her […]
Just another manic Monday
Just another manic Monday…. …or Wednesday. Most busy families have at least one evening a week that involves everyone needing to be in different places at different times with a disparate set of feeding slots which all need to be catered for by the chief cook, bottle washer and taxi driver. This recipe for a […]
Diabetic Home Baked Goodies
As a rule, I have tended not to bake since my husband’s diagnosis, which is not of great concern to me (or anyone else for that matter) as I have never been much of a baker. About the only good thing that could be said of my many contributions to PTA events during our daughters’ […]