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Permalink Reply by Rye on March 10, 2011 at 11:42am

That is a hard one Amber. I am not that skilled in my diabetes 101 class to help you out with freelance calculations. It sounds like however the carbs is mostly in the sauce in the form of sugar. I would eat the pork chop with little to no sauce on top.

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Permalink Reply by A aka Amber on March 10, 2011 at 11:47am

Thanks Rye! Where do you take diabetes 101 classes? Is it an online thing or is it something that is locally offered where you live? I will have to see if Tallahassee has anything like that b/c I sure could use it :D

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Permalink Reply by Rye on March 10, 2011 at 12:15pm

LOL...it was a joke. My constant research is my diabetes 101 class.....Although I know when I was in Atlanta my endo was at Emory University and they did offer classes on how to manage that is the closest I have heard of diabetes classes myself....lol

Also I just remembered my app. I do not know what kind of phone you have but I know BlackBerry and iPhone have apps to determine how many carbs, sugar, calories and fat in anything you eat. You can eat a half of grocery store brand yogurt and they can calculate it. They also have fast food listings just in case you want some Micky D's one day. It tracks your daily consumption for you and most of them are free.

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Permalink Reply by A aka Amber on March 10, 2011 at 12:20pm

I did a Google search for diabetic education classes and found a local facility that offers them!!! I think I might check it out but Kate also replied to this discussion and in her reply she gave me a link. You have got to check it out, it's awesome! You type your recipe in there and it does the nutritional calculations for you! I cannot believe I haven't found this sooner :)~

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Permalink Reply by Rye on March 10, 2011 at 1:33pm

I think you should totally check that class out and tell us all that you have learned...I did see Kate's website and I have already saved it in my internet favs ;-)

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Permalink Reply by A aka Amber on March 10, 2011 at 2:15pm

hahaha That is too funny, I saved that link in my favorites as well! It will be a life saver for sure! I am calling the place that has the educational diabetic classes tomorrow. I'm excited to see if it's something that would benefit me so I'll keep ya posted girl :P

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Permalink Reply by Kate on March 10, 2011 at 11:55am

When I have a recipe that I know will cause lots of SWAGing, I use websites like this one: http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?process=resubm...

I have had very good success with it; I just type the whole recipe in there and let it work its magic!

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Permalink Reply by A aka Amber on March 10, 2011 at 11:59am

Holy Hannah that is amazing!!! Thank you Kate :D

- A

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on March 10, 2011 at 12:27pm

Hi Amber. Yes, I would add the total carbs, which it sounds like you've done and divide by 4. The only exception would be if you, as Rye suggests, choose to eat your own pork chop without sauce. Then just divide the sauce among the remaining servings. Personally, I would just skip the sugar. Many recipes add sugar but it contributes very little to the taste and you can quickly get used to the less sweet flavors. If you or your husband don't like it without the sweetness, consider say adding some pineapple chunks instead of the sugar; for the same amount of carbs you would get some actual nutrition! I would also check the ingredients on the can of tomato sauce and see if they too have sugar. You can buy tomato sauce without sugar though it might be a bit more expensive. I'm a little puzzled that you call this a casserole. If you are serving it over rice or something don't forget to count that which will significantly up the carb count! It always amazes me when I watch the chef on DLife make a recipe and give you the carb count and then say, "serve over rice" without counting that in!

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Permalink Reply by A aka Amber on March 10, 2011 at 12:42pm

Thanks Zoe. I have not see a sugar free or reduced sugar tomato sauce but that might be something you can only get at a health food store. One trick I have done to wing myself off of sugar is I stared out by using half sugar and half splenda. Then I gradually decreased my sugar until I was down to just the splenda. It really helped with certain things but there are some foods that I can eat without sugar and not miss it LOL The recipe I posted is not a casserole but I didn't know what to write as the title for it to be eye catching. When I think of a casserole dish, I think of something that has all the ingredients mixed together. They are the hardest to calculate the amount of carbs for. I figured my recipe is not a casserole but it has a bunch of ingredients that you throw in a baking dish and I have no clue how to count the carbs for this dish LOL I eat my pork chops over fresh spinach leaves b/c I don't want to take insulin for rice. My husband eats his over rice ... I rather eat my carbs during lunch in the form of a wrap (HEHE) I know what you mean about the dLife chef. When I think of the total carbs of a meal that includes everything ... what you serve it with in all :P

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on March 10, 2011 at 1:24pm

Sounds like you have done a good job reducing your taste for sugar, it really is something you can get used to, and for those people who eat a lot of sugar it can actually be physiologically addictive. I know because I was one of them! I haven't eaten sugar for 17 years (except those pesty glucose tabs which I consider "medicine"). People asked me how I can do that and I tell them stopping was hell, but staying stopped is easy.

I know what you mean about dishes with a lot of ingredients being hard to carb count for. I do a lot of complicated cooking so for me it has become a habit that after I cut up each ingredient I measure it. I mark my cookbooks with the carb counts so next time I use the recipe it will be there!

As for the tomato sauce, I'm spoiled, my super market is like one giant healthfood store - minus the healthfood store prices!

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Permalink Reply by A aka Amber on March 10, 2011 at 2:13pm

WOW 17 years sugar free ... that is amazing! Power to you girl!!! I have not been that strong but I get better everyday. On www.DoctorOz.com there is a "Sugar Detox Challenge" under the "Challenges" tab at the top right of the page. That has helped me with reducing my sugar. I use splenda in my coffee and I don't eat a lot of sweet foods. I have never cared for many sweet foods or junk food for that matter. My weakness are those addicting chocolate pop tarts ...lol... they are so good! I will eat one and put the other in a plastic bag b/c a serving is only one pop tart. I think it's stupid that they put 2 in a package, that is very misleading. You are right on the mark when you say that the hardest part to not eating sugar was stoping. To actually stay stopped is the easy part. With any addiction, cutting it out and fighting those cravings is the real battle. Once they have stopped for the most part, it's easy to keep saying no b/c you don't want to go back to that dark place. My biggest addiction is sugar!

I have always taken good care of my health. With having cystic fibrosis aka cf (born with that one) and type 1 diabetes (since late 2003) I have had no choice but to take care of my health, otherwise I may not be here. It was never a question, it was just something I did but a few months back I quit taking care of my diabetes. For the first time in my life, I felt defeated and overwhelmed by diabetes. I didn't understand since I wasn't new to the whole diabetic life. Now that I have gotten back on track (and will NEVER go off track again, lessoned learned!!!!) I cook almost all my meals. I love cooking and it's much easier for me to control what I eat. I also control what goes in my food like with my salt or sugar. I don't eat preservatives or processed foods b/c I can't due to my cf. I can eat some frozen things like lean cuisine meals which I often take for lunch :) So needless to say, I am better off cooking my meals. I love the idea of marking your cook books with the carb count. I am going to do that as I cook them and I will also mark my recipe cards. Then I don't have to figure it all out again :D

Sorry I wrote a novel, have a great one Zoe!

-A

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