OK, what I'm I meant to stick my ham between???

[GraceK]

Bacon. You should put your ham between two slices of bacon.

choked myself laughing at that one boro.

[Cowboyjim]

Apparently it takes something like 17 days to break a habit

Argh that is too long....

I have only so much willpower.... there are non-DM habits I would like to break so maybe I shall experiment to see if the craving for those things goes off. Shall for example leave off posting on the forum for three weeks... hah hah

I doubt some people could last 17 minutes without texting or FB'ing etc....

Seriously.... bread is the staff of life or some such isn't it? What in heaven's name is going on? It is quick and easy for busy people to create what is supposed to give us a good combo of nutrition and energy in one convenient package.

When I was in the US the sarnies they had were I thought then horrendous. Must have been about a millimetre or two of rye and about a foot of pastrami... now it seems that is a better sarnie for me! The world and my body especially have gone mad it seems.

[Squire Fulwood]

RALLY missing ham salad sandwiches!!!!!

Is there some substitute bread, wrap, pita that wont send my BG sky high?

Yesterday I was faced with a similar problem. I had some slices of crumbed ham so I put three of them on a plate, topped them with leafy salad from a plastic bag of them I got from Tesco and then I rolled the ham into a tube but round the leafy salad. It worked very well I thought.

[Squire Fulwood]

I had some more slices of ham in the fridge so this evening I wrapped a stick of celery in the ham. Crunchy ham and it was very nice. In fact I keep getting the feeling that I would like seconds.

One of my nephews came home from school and told his Mum that he had secs. at lunch today. She must have misunderstood and it took a long time for her to calm down.

[Klang180]

Er bread, this is the non low-carb forum after all. As long as you cover it with the appropriate amount of insulin then you are fine.

[lucylocket61]

Klang180 said:

Er bread, this is the non low-carb forum after all. As long as you cover it with the appropriate amount of insulin then you are fine.

Some of us Type 2's are not on insulin. And, although we are not exactly low-cabing, we still need to be careful of how many cabs we consume in a day and a meal as, for some of us, 2 slices of bread makes us go over 8 when we do our 2 hour test

[Klang180]

Hey Lucy

Fair enough, i guess one person's low carb is another persons non low carb. For me anything under 100-150 is low carb but i guess that is high carb for others. I eat about 300-400 a day.

I didn't mean to offend and take your point on board, so thanks for pointing it out.

For the OP, sandwiches are just so boring but maube you should ditch the ham, it isn't good for you

[lucylocket61]

Fair enough, i guess one person's low carb is another persons non low carb. For me anything under 100-150 is low carb but i guess that is high carb for others. I eat about 300-400 a day.

Hi Klang189. That is a very good point. I eat around 120-150g of carbs a day, which is considered quite a lot of carbs for a diet-only T2. Its interesting to learn different ways of looking at the terminology. I am not considered a lowcarber by any means amongst my particular diabetic type.

and not offended at all. I am always happy to learn.

I have 3 generations of type 2 in my family, and no type 1's so its good for me to learn about it.

[CathyN]

Sourdough rye bread? Thin cut. Better than a lot of breads available - but it's still a personal thing. It might not be ok for you, but it works for me. I'm talking small thin slices though.

[elainechi]

all bread is frozen in my house as my daughter rather liked bread..but too much effort to defrost it!!!!!!!!!
however i wonder if i ever become in her situation would i crave all these carbs....im not keen on bread crackers sponge i.ve never made a cake or biscuits...we just never have them in the house!!!!
i use to hate it when i was little and had to have crackers with cheese...grandad was always allowed to have cheese on its own or with an apple.....now i do so do my kids xxx

[LesleyAnne2]

Make yourself a very quick low carb bread.

Mix together 1 egg 2tablespoons of ground almonds 2 tablespoons of ground linseeds 1 rounded teaspoon baking powder and 1 tablespoon melted butter. Make sure you really mix well, or you will have bread with scrambled egg in it. Add a little salt and ground spices but that's optional.
Place in a buttered dish suitable for microwave and in the shape and size of a breadroll or breadslice, you know one of those little plastic food storage type containers. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes and leave to cool them slice in half and make up your sandwich.

Thank you for this recipe, I use it a lot. I also use it if I fancy a bit of cake and substitute dessicated coconut for the linseeds, other than that no changes

[pms543]

Make yourself a very quick low carb bread.

Mix together 1 egg 2tablespoons of ground almonds 2 tablespoons of ground linseeds 1 rounded teaspoon baking powder and 1 tablespoon melted butter. Make sure you really mix well, or you will have bread with scrambled egg in it. Add a little salt and ground spices but that's optional.
Place in a buttered dish suitable for microwave and in the shape and size of a breadroll or breadslice, you know one of those little plastic food storage type containers. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes and leave to cool them slice in half and make up your sandwich.

Thank you for this recipe, I use it a lot. I also use it if I fancy a bit of cake and substitute dessicated coconut for the linseeds, other than that no changes

This sounds so easy and doeable, Thanks

Think my microwave is a 750watt so am assuming the bread recipe is for one around this?

[MCMLXXIII]

Stick yer ham between two crisp little gem leaves:smile:

@myroomsadisco

[carlrr]

I have a diabetic support leaflet here that says you need 300g carbs a day to maintain your body

[WhitbyJet]

Ok if you havent got a breadmaker, try this bread, doesnt taste eggy or of linseed, its lovely toasted as well.

300g oatbran (from H&B or online)
4 slightly heaped tablespoons ground linseed (prefer to use golden linseed)
1 x 250g tub Quark
150g plain yogurt
1 tsp sea salt
1 heaped tsp ground coriander
1 heaped tbsp baking powder
6 eggs

Mix all ingredients together really well, tip mixture into a greased 10" x 5" loaf tin, smooth out the top, sprinkle with sunflower seeds or sesame seeds, bake at 170 degrees (fan assisted) for 40 - 50 minutes. Test with a skewer or knitting needle, if it comes out clean the bread is done, switch off the oven, but leave the bread in the oven for a further 10 minutes with the oven door closed.
Then remove from the oven, leave on a wire rack to cool.

One 1/2cm slice has roughly 6 carbs.

Google health benefits of oatbran!