Whole grains

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for putting up with all my posts Once a lot of my initial

questions are answered I expect I'll stop swamping the place so much.

OK, so the following things are OUT:

potatoes

rice

flour of any kind, and therefore crackers and bread and toast and

baked goods

Does this include pasta of any kind as well, since pasta is a starch?

And corn, and popcorn? It's a veg but it's starchy. What's the

opinion here?

Right. Well I love my food; and when I'm up to it physically and

mentally, I love cooking and trying recipes. It feels like my hands

are going to be rather tied here though. My little girl and husband

will refuse to stick to these foods, but I'll be willing to give

them their potatoes and toast while I have something else; I think I

can manage that.

So what do you do for each meal to avoid endless boring piles of

whole grains? And what do you do to flavour these piles?

I usually need an afternoon snack because my blood sugar drops every

4 1/2 hours or so, no matter how healthy and hearty a meal I had. On

Radiant Recovery a snack consists of protein and a " brown. " My

choice is usually a handful of cashews and a couple of wholewheat

crackers, since they are quick to grab and easy to eat when out of

the house. If I can't have crackers, what's a convenient wholegrain

snack?

I have quinoa, millet, amaranth, and porridge oats in the cupboard;

I started trying them last autumn before the depression got bad. I

really like porridge, I have it for breakfast most days. I find the

other things rather flavourless but I will have them if that's what

I need to do.

For lunch today I was going to have wholewheat pasta, thinking I'm

not going to try to change everything in a day or two. Then I

thought, I've got whole grains in the cupboard, why not have some

and see if they're better for my blood sugar this afternoon, see how

they hold me. So I've got some quinoa with lemon juice. Not very

exciting, but functional.

Am I right about the list of things not to have? What do people here

eat?

Many thanks, again

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