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So far hubbys by hasn't been effect much by fruit at all. I do measure what he has and a my most 2 small bananas in a week and 6 grapes per serving again twice weekly max. And as yet we've seen no spikes from these. His highest spike have been following shredded wheat for brekkie (nurses advice...

Thank you taking time to respond. I can say your advive is pretty much where we are at the moment. We have a 1. bg meter and repeat prescription for strips and lancets and we test 6x daily before and after each meal 2. Keeping a diary I cannot comprehend graphs but do I love a table so I...

We made this last week it was a huge hit all round and it's already on the menu for tomorrow's dinner .

Thank you. From my posts it sounds as though I'm an overprotective wife but I'm actually Mark's carer so this added onto his already long list of issues has been quite overwhelming. We were told by the nurse he had to watch his fat intake because his cholesterol was above average ! We never have...

Hubby (MarkR) was diagnosed 3 weeks ago, is on Metformin 2 x500mg daily go 3 weeks also low carb diet. Maximum of 40g main meal and 15g snack although is consuming nowhere near that. He has this week been constantly hungry he isn't even getting 2hrs post meal before he's expressing hunger. I'm...

Green Chilli ! Note to self proof read before hitting enter [emoji23]

Lol cardamom pod.

Yeah she's got it as a serves 4. I had thought that it was a lot of chicken she did only take 4 good size breasts (that's what we had in the freezer) so she probably didn't have the whole 1kg so it prob wasn't as high as what she'd calculated.

I'd thought of using coconut milk instead.

This is the recipe 1kg chicken breast 3 tbsp butter 300ml double cream 1 small onion 1 been chill 3 garlic cloves 1/2 cup fresh coriander 3 cartoon pods 1tsp black onion seeds 2tsp turmeric 1 1/2 tsp ground coriander 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin 2tbsp tomato puree 1tsp salt

My 14yr old daughter made a low carb curry for her gcse assessment yesterday and it was delicious 7g carbs 742calories per portion. Those numbers are great for hubby but the cals are too high for the rest of us. How do I adjust it to reduce fat but not increase carbs? I've tried to add a photo...

Homemade Donner Kebab meat. Serves 4 Ingredients 500g lean lamb mince 1tsp Cayenne Pepper 1tsp Garlic powder 1tsp black pepper 1tsp salt 2tsp dried mixed herbs Method Add spices to mince and mix thoroughly with hand until all spices are blended with the mince well. Form into a loaf...

Yeah it's too much for me at the moment too as only just on meds so want to get my levels stable before I even attempt to eat them but the missus was just having a play with the recipes.x

Emma again, I'd totally forgot I had mocked up a recipe last week not yet trailed it but this was it with carb and calorie count. X 100g wholemeal flour 150ml skimmed milk 2 medium eggs Makes 12 86 Calories and 12.7g Carbs per pudding.

Good old fashioned measuring, I however like to measure and count every carb and calorie. [emoji16]