Okay D-OC - What Kinds of Recipes Do You Want to See
Recently, someone told me that the best way to help out the D-OC would be to write a cookbook that diabetics would ACTUALLY follow. I am going to throw the question your way people!
What kind of recipes would you like to see?
I am a chef with over 20 years of experience, and I REALLY want to help you all.
Is it:
Low Carb
No Carb
No Sugar
Natural
Whole Foods
Easy Fixings
You tell me!
Jason Sandeman
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Permalink Reply by Leo2 on -
ok, Jason,
I want easy fixings whole foods natural, no sugar and low carb with taste & visual appeal.
I am particularly interested in supplying the elderly retirement communities' chefs with appropriate food choices for their large number of Type 2 and much smaller number of Type 1 residents.
In my visits to these places, I do NOT see foods I would eat. Chefs are still adding sugar, corn syrup, etc. And I am speaking from the standpoint of a person who loves food and is an extremely well controlled T1.
I want lunch menus that allow me to consume no more than 15 grams carb. Dinner menus, 18 carb grams total.
I had a chef of one of these retirement communities over to the house for a meal and I explained, as I ate, that I needed 3 and 4 gram carb foods. That I cannot eat pasta & oatmeal.
And If we really want to see communities where diabetics can move without fear of the food, we need chefs who can give us daily, look-good options.
Now go to it and develop those kinds of entrees that can be used by chefs in those places and by diabetics at home!
And I am an eternal optimist.
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Permalink Reply by Jason Sandeman on -
@Leo2 - I used to be a Chef in a retirement home, so I know exactly what you mean. That is, if they actually EVEN prepare the meal, instead of retherming something pre-made.
Now, are you speaking of 15 grams of NET carbs? Or 15 grams GROSS? The latter is a little harder to accommodate, but it is doable. I am working on an alternative to the famous Philly Cheesesteak that should blow some socks off.
Thank you for your input Leo!
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Permalink Reply by Leo2 on
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whatever number of carbs less whatever number of fiber = my grams of carbs
I do not take sugar alcohol off. It ticks me UP! But fiber I can take off to get to my grams of carbs. That's lunch total.
And thanks in advance! Marvelous idea!
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Permalink Reply by sallygreen99 on -
Jason, I would love to see more snack ideas, with low Glycaemic Index, low carbs; but really tasty pls
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Permalink Reply by Jason Sandeman on
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@sallygreen99 - Great! I will see what I can do!
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Permalink Reply by GHOM on -
Me too! Particularly things that are portable and/or very easy to prepare.
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Permalink Reply by Corinna on -
Along with yummy, easy to prepare recipes that don't involve exotic or expensive ingredients, I would really like information about how to think about food so that I can create my own dishes and menus. I find the Healthy Diabetic Plate [ http://www.extension.uidaho.edu/diabetesplate/index.html ] extremely helpful.
Also I don't find a lot of info on how to cook diabetic-friendly ethnic food.
Cheers,
Corinna
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Permalink Reply by Jason Sandeman on
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@Corinna - I understand completely. What area are you from? What would you call "exotic?"
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Permalink Reply by Corinna on
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What's exotic? Anything I can't get at my local grocery store (Safeway) or club store (Costco).
I live in Hawaii, so pretty much everything has to be shipped in except for salad greens, tomatoes and Thai melon.
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Permalink Reply by Jason Sandeman on
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@Corinna - I will see what I can do!
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Permalink Reply by Jason Sandeman on
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@Corinna - I love the link, and it is a lovely resource!
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