Tuesday night, I decided to make me a cup of hot chocolate. I grabbed my mug out of the cabinet, poured water inside and placed it in the microwave. I pulled the HOT mug out of the microwave, poured the hot chocolate mix, stirred the mix and water together. I was content. I went to bed. I woke up, my stomach was in pain.
I told Scott what was going on. He said, "I am sorry your stomach hurts but you should have used milk to make hot chocolate instead of water." I don't drink hot chocolate a lot but when I do, I go to Starbucks. I know Starbucks uses milk. I can't figure out when I started using water instead of milk. Oh, wait! I stopped using milk to make hot chocolate when I was diagnosed with diabetes, ea...
When I was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, my dietitian suggested that I eat a bedtime snack. I was on shots at the time, and my blood sugar would drop at nighttime. If I had a snack, it would help my blood sugar stabilize. But what to eat? Some things would cause me to wake up too high, and others were too high in calories and caused me to gain weight. I began asking around in our forums and my brother who is in school to be a dietitian gave me some good ideas as well.Herb roasted turkey breast with Swiss cheese. I'll roll these two up together and snack on them for a protein boost before I head off to bed. Depending on what I ate for dinner that night and what my blood sugar is, I may have it with a small slice of bread, which I bolus for.&...
I was asked by a reader a while back if I could talk more about gluten free foods. As people with diabetes, gluten-intolerance (celiac disease) is sometimes an unfortunate addition that some have to deal with. So in addition to having problems eating carbohydrates, they cannot eat anything with gluten in it. This can include delicious things like pasta, muffins, cake, pizza, and even your shampoo and chapstick.In the past, having celiac disease meant eating baked goods that tasted like cardboard. I've tasted some of them before! But now, I'm happy to say that it is possible to have gluten free baked goods that taste just as good as the real thing. I'm not even kidding!I was at Whole Foods the other day, and pulled an associate aside to ask them about the...
There are foods known in the diabetes community as "bolus worthy" and for me, hot cocoa is one of them. I'm not talking about the kind that comes from a mix. No, I hardly call that bolus worthy. What I gladly take an extra dose of insulin for is the hot cocoa that comes from scratch. Full of antioxidants, and if you make it right, low in calories and fat-... (Source: Diabetes Daily)
It's winter time and with a new baby in the house we don't get out much. I was feeling a little bored last night and decided to try out a Ina Garten's recipe for Chocolate Buttercream Cake in her Barefoot Contessa cookbook. I followed the directions for the cake perfectly, and soon our house smelled like warm and melt-y chocolate. While my delicious cakes were cooling, I made the frosting ... (Source: Diabetes Daily)
