@Sunspot .. Watch out for Parmesan cheese .. It's not vegetarian .. There is one that is but it's a powder.
Chickpeas, pitta bread and lentils would spike my bs through the roof .. Again we are all different so test .. Test . And test again.. I find I can use a little cornflower to thicken gravy .. Quinoa and pearl barley are good for me.
I can eat Mackie's chocolate ice cream made with full cream .. Just a small bowl and served with almonds berries and sometimes double cream ... Still steadily loosing weight .. Feeling good .. More energy than ever.
My diet before being diabetic was vegetarian, lowish carb with very low fat ..(the wife nagged me to have more fat in my diet.. Olive oil, cheese, full fat milk.. But I was taking my diet advice from the dr at that time) . My weight got to 21 stone .. I felt rotten, and then got T2diabetes .. So by (allowing my wife to take control of my diet, as I had nothing to loose) reducing the carbs a little more and adding the fat .. Woosh the weight has gone down in the 16 stones now in 7months. My bloods have all comeback normal .. The first time in many years, as I have heart problems I was worried about fat in my food .. But it's now all normal !!!
I do keep saying to the wife she should make a cook book of what I eat, as it's all very tasty and keeps my bs low and weight also lowering, but she says she is to bisey inventing dishes to write about them. Fair comment as she is also an editor of an online garden magazine.