Wanted - Diabetic Recipes

ktshome

ktshome

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Hi, All :wave:

My husband, Bob, was recently (one week ago) diagnosed as a diabetic (type 2) and it has thrown me for a loop! He has a pacemaker and he takes about 12 pills a day for his congestive heart failure. I do the grocery shopping and cooking, and I read the labels on the cans and frozen foods, etc. to see how much sodium (salt) is in them. I buy fresh produce and when I cook I use "no salt added" - tomato sauce, cans of anything! I do not add salt to my cooking, only things like garlic powder (Bob likes LOTS of garlic!!), oregano, etc.

I have had a stroke (four years ago now) and my math, which was never very good to begin with, is almost totally gone. I have trouble adding 2+2! And the literature from the Mayo Clinic and other health sites talks about grams and milligrams - AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!! :cry:

So, if any of you have recipes that are good for diabetics, especially casseroles and meats, and don't take hours to fix and ingredients like fennel (!), I'd love to have them :sunny: And, yes, Bob is a chocohalic (sp?), the milk Chocolate Sweepstakes & Giveaways kind, not the dark chocolate like me. Bob and I have given away every bit of chocolate in the house. Sorry, Wolfie :cry

I knew I could count on my SA friends in a pinch :sunny:

Kate
 
My neighbor was also diagnosed with type 2 last year. Our local hospital has classes for people just diagnosed, so check with your local hospital and see if they offer classes. There are many cookbooks out there just for diabetics and many regular cookbooks have a section just for the special diets.
 
Classes are a great idea! :sunny: Many types of insurance also cover visits to a dietitian for one on one counseling -back before I had surgery and was on enteral formula, my dietitian was wonderful.
Just as a footnote, the differences between type 1 and type 2 can be somewhat confusing-even for doctors!
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/449804
 
My hubby is also diabetic and he loves chocolate also. I have found, invented a great recipe for chocolate frosting that has no sugar at all and is very easy. Also Pillsbury sells several different reduced sugar cake mixes and 2 reduced sugar brownie mix, they also have one sugar free brownie I brought along time ago, but have not seen it since, the reduced sugar have not bothered my hubby with this icing, and he is very sensitive on his blood sugar and what he eats upsetting it. the frosting recipe is as follows.
2 small sugar free boxes of chocolate pudding
1 8oz can of evaporated milk, may need little more depending on how thick you like your frosting.
2 8oz packages of cream cheese.
2 teaspoons of real vanilla flavoring.
walnut or pecans to top cake or brownies with. optional. My hubby likes the brownies best with this icing and crushed walnuts sprinkled on top,
Make pudding with evaporated milk, it will be very thick, make sure to get all the lumps out. Next mix the creamed cheese into the pudding mixture, will be very hard to mix, I either use my bread dough hook on the mixer, or a fork to slowly mix it all together. It needs to be mixed completely. If is to thick after it is all mixed up add little more milk at a time until to desired thickness, but be careful not to make it runny, spread on cooled cake and top with nuts if desired, keep in fridge covered. He loves these and I have froze some of the cake then thawed it later so there was not so much to eat at once. the icing will be very thick on the cake or brownies, but it really taste good this way, there is just about as much icing as there is cake or brownie. Hope this is something you can use, take care and God help you and your husband to deal with having diabetic,
 
Hi Everyone! :wave:

Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming to my rescue! I knew I could count on my SA friends :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

A low sodium and no sugar diet - I have to take BOTH things into consideration when I shop :crazytongue:

I am going to make Bob a "chocolate cake" tomorrow - it uses cocoa (which is allowed) and canola oil, with 1 cup of sugar. And I will use your recipe for icing, Tobby1. That will take the "chocolate" off Bob's mind for a while. Bob will take one small piece (the cake is made in a 9 x 12 pan) and my brother and son will probably finish off the rest of it in one or two days :laughing:)!

I cleaned out my pantry and refrigerator today. Most of the things Bob cannot eat will go to the church - things like pancake syrup, etc. that hasn't been opened. The things that HAVE been opened we threw out in the garbage. Actually, there wasn't much, if you can believe it. I have always been looking for "no salt" or "low sodium" cans and bottles to buy, as well as freezer foods (peas, green beans, etc.) for about 10 years now - and there are so much more of these things now. But looking for "sugar free" - that's a new one.

Oh, I found a "sugar free" Welch's Grape Jelly in the grocery on Friday. Bob REALLY does like peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches, and he says that the sugar free grape jelly tastes the same!!!! Huzza :cheers:

Thank you so much :sunny:

Kate
 
I just searched the forum for recipes, hoping to find some good diabetic recipes, and these came up, from last year. Thanks to everyone who posted. I'm going to explore the links now. I'll be entertaining a friend on a restricted diet for diabetes, and I was hoping to find a good recipes for muffins, cake, lunch, salad, dinner.

If anyone has a favorite recipe to add, I would appreciate it. Thanks! :popcorn:
 
KT, there are some great low sugar chocolates out there. They are expensive, but may take care of the cravings. We carry a line at the store and have actually found a great bulk no sugar added chocolate that is fantastic. hershey sweepstakes's has a good product too. Now, very little chocolate is actually sugar free because the alcohol in it contains sugar. But, it is a lot less. As with all good things, nothing goes unpunished. Some of the sugar free products have a laxitive effect.

The key to Type two is everything in moderation.

If you can't find a decent no sugar added product out there, let me know. I will gladly ship you out some to try and if you like it, I can order for you.

As for regular eating, whole wheat pasta and mostly whole grains. Every package lists carb grams. That is what you want to focus on. The lower the better. Eat more veggies than fruit. Fruit is high in natural sugars.

You can easily modify any recipe. The biggest offender in any meal is that American's are so used to a potato with dinner. Total carb. Try having a few veggies and omitting the Carb.

Hope this helps. Seriously, if you can't find a decent low sugar or no sugar added chocolate, let me know. I'll gladly send you some samples to chose from.

Hang in there. The first months are the toughest.
 
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