Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Cappie, When the kids were growing up we rarely ate out... even fast food places would have been a splurge. I cooked everything, including homemade noodles, pasta sauces, soups, and even made my own yogurt. Things I've had to learn not to eat since becoming diabetic... my homemade bread, which I loved making, cookies, and biscuits. How I miss the biscuits! One of my sons said to me a couple of years ago, in a teasing way... " The old mom used to make biscuits! " The old mom wasn't diabetic. Sandy ------------------------------------------ I never ate in fast food places before or after I was fat. First of all I mostly detest the tastessness of the stuff & secondly I was too cash strapped while raising my kids to waste money that way, I ALWAYS cooked at home & good food too -- I just liked & ate the fatty high calorie kind too much. I never had a sweet tooth but loved the starches & rich sauces & lots of fat on my meat of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Sandy: yup I did make very good home made bread & sometimes not very good biscuits (I'm a northerner ya know). No more, not only can't I eat those carbs now but my hands are numb & the grip gone due to my spinal injury. I still make my own spaghetti sauce with lots & lots & lots of cooked down low gi veggies in it. I use it on spaghetti squash, or strips of eggplant & zuccini or sometimes on the new Dreamfields pasta which does not make me go high. I don't make my own yogurt now but I still eat it using the organic Sunnyfield fatfree plain which I sweeten with liquid Splenda. I usually add flax seed, cinnamon, a few thin sliced almonds to it too & sometimes some cut up pieces fresh fruit. yumm! cappie Greater Boston Area T-2 10/02 6/04 A1c: 4.3 Mod 100 carb diet, walking, Metformin. ALA/EPO, Coq10, B12, C, Cal/mag ALC, Biotin, full spectrum E fish oil, garlic, flax seed, multi vitamin Lovastatin 20 mg, Enalapril 10 mg 8/04: 25 to go/135 lbs gone / 5' / 66 yrs cappie@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Sandy, I'm working on tweaking a low-carb flour recipe that I got from Jena-Maries.com so that I can buy all the stuff locally at Whole Foods (I prefer organic, when possible). If I end up with something palatable, I'll let you know. I made some of the Atkin's Sesame Muffins this past weekend using my current mix and ground sesame seeds. WHOLE lot of fiber, not a whole lot of taste -- but far, FAR superior to the taste of soy flour, to be sure. Right now the mix is a smidge of soy flour, flaxseed meal, vital wheat gluten, oat fiber, oat flour and high-gluten flour. Still working on getting it 'right'. I might try some buckwheat flour as it's low glycemic and the taste is nice and nutty. SulaBlue > Cappie, > When the kids were growing up we rarely ate out... even fast > food places would have been a splurge. I cooked everything, > including homemade noodles, pasta sauces, soups, and even > made my own yogurt. Things I've had to learn not to eat > since becoming diabetic... my homemade bread, which I loved > making, cookies, and biscuits. How I miss the biscuits! > One of my sons said to me a couple of years ago, in a > teasing way... " The old mom used to make biscuits! " The old > mom wasn't diabetic. > > Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Sandy: yup I did make very good home made bread & sometimes not very good biscuits (I'm a northerner ya know). Cappie, I am too.... born and raised in Illinois, but my mother is a Texan :-) She taught me to make biscuits and fried chicken! No more, not only can't I eat those carbs now but my hands are numb & the grip gone due to my spinal injury. It's scary to have numb hands... my left one is partially numb, and both hands get pins and needles. Both feet are somewhat numb also. I still make my own spaghetti sauce with lots & lots & lots of cooked down low gi veggies in it. I use it on spaghetti squash, or strips of eggplant & zuccini or sometimes on the new Dreamfields pasta which does not make me go high. Now, eggplant sounds like a great pasta substitute! At least, for me, but my husband doesn't like eggplant :-( Recently, I saw a recipe for " eggplant pizza " in a Child cookbook called 's Kitchen Wisdom. She slices the eggplant into 1/2 inch slices, salts them and allows them to drain on paper towels for 20 to 30 minutes. Then, she tops with olive oil and sprinkles them with Italian or Provencal herbs, and bakes covered with foil, until tender in a 400 degree oven -- about 20 minutes. Finally, she spreads the slices with tomato sauce, tops with Parmesan, more olive oil, and browns under the broiler. I want to try it with mozzarella, though :-) I like lots of cheese! I don't make my own yogurt now but I still eat it using the organic Sunnyfield fatfree plain which I sweeten with liquid Splenda. I tried sweetening my yogurt, and I didn't care for it. I find I like it plain best or with a little fruit.... then, I might sweeten it :-) Have you tried the Dannon yogurt that's sweetened with Splenda and in little cups? It's fruit flavored and pretty good, but I thought it needed a little plain yogurt added to make it less sweet... only about 3 carbs, as I recall. I usually add flax seed, cinnamon, a few thin sliced almonds to it too & sometimes some cut up pieces fresh fruit. yumm! Mmmm... the sliced almonds sounds like a good addition! I love almonds and buy big bags of them at SAM's Club. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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