My son Steven has type one and got it when he was 12. I wonder if making low carb cakes and biscuits with your daughter would cheer her up a bit? Steven doesn't enjoy cooking or baking but his wee brother does and we often do a session in the kitchen together.
By using almonds, whey protein powder, soya flour and sugar substitutes you can make some yummmy stuff with quite low carb counts that doesn't need much insulin to cover it.
Eg: Blueberry Crumble Cake (From Laura Dolson's about low carb site)
Ingredients:
3 cups almond meal
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon (1 tsp for topping, 1/2 tsp for cake layer)
1 1/2 cups sugar substitute divided for each layer as indicated below (we used liquid Sweetzfree)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter (4 tablespoons), chilled and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons extract or 1 teaspoon each vanilla and almond extracts
2 tablespoons oil
6 ounces cream cheese
Salt
1 cup fresh or frozen (but not thawed) blueberries or raspberries
Preparation:
Preheat over to 350 F. Butter or oil a 9 x 9 inch pan
Coffee cake is prepared in three layers:
1. Streusel Topping: Mix 1 cup of the almond meal, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 cup sweetener (or 12 drops Sweetzfree), a pinch of salt, and the 4 tbsp butter. You want the mixture to stay crumbly - use a pastry blender, knives - whatever works. But if it all clumps together, don't worry - just crumble it over the top when the time comes.
2. Cream Cheese Layer: Mix cream cheese, 1 egg, and 1/4 cup (6 drops Sweetzfree) sweetener.
3. Cake Layer: Mix dry ingredients: 2 cups almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, teaspoon salt, and 3/4 cup sweetener if you're using a powder. Add the sour cream, oil, extracts, liquid Sweetener if that's what you're using, sour cream, and two eggs and mix well.
Assembly:
Spread the cake layer in the pan, and spread the cream cheese on top - don't worry if you can't spread it evenly. Then spread the blueberries on the cream cheese and the streusel on top of that.
Bake for about half an hour or until toothpick not inserted into a berry comes out clean. If you use a thermometer, it should be about 155 F in the center.
This actually took an hour in my oven!