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Lamont D, you encourage me to take readings using a glucometer before and after eating to ascertain what foods affect my BG. At this stage I am not happy at having to jab a needle in my body six or eight times a day. Maybe I'll have to if I cannot hold my HbA1c down just by diet. So for now...

Have the recipe :) Now to see if we agree ;)

Good thoughts, Nicole. I'm not on meds and hopefully never will be for T2. I'm just trying to keep my HBa1C below 42 (6%). I don't jab to get BG levels so have only three monthly HBa1C tests to work on. Interested in how the coconut bread turned out. I've tried, oh many, LCHF bread recipes but...

Thanks, that's better. 12.5% carbs I can cope with. So my picture sheet looks about right. I'm averaging 70'ish carbs/day. So finally coconut flour is 26.7% carbs, quite a lot lower than white flour at 73.6%

So, bb, it's 18.2g carbs either way? The parsnip above at 13% needs 6% sugar added. Now I'm really confused.

Thanks :)

@bulkbiker, back where I started? from your link: per 100g Carbohydrate 12.5g Sugars 5.7g Fibre 4.6g

@Bluetit1802 I guess you mean this: Carbs & Cals Pocket Counter ?

Tesco do not attach a label with carbs (net or otherwise) to their parsnip :) so I've been using this as my carb bible. Oh dear! Picture doesn't insert from URL so I've added a cropped image as example. Figures represent % carbs but proportions?

My last two HBa1C three monthly readings have hovered around 6% after achieving a low of 5.5% a year ago. So I'm back to monitoring every day logging of total carb consumption. I thought I understood % carbs in everyday food but after more reading I find it now somewhat confusing. For example...

Not bread but this variation on LCHF pasta looks good: Low Carb Soy Flour Pasta/Noodles (serves 2-3) 120 gr soy flour (I use the full fat variety) 80-85gr gluten (_or_ 20gr wholewheat flour = 11g carbs?) 2 tsp salt 2 large eggs 2 tsp oil 2 Tbsp warm water Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl...

Avocado Sevenfold, missed your post - wasn't on the page when I first replied :( Gabi's recipe looks complicated but I just might try although it means buying even more ingredients, (cupboard is FULL!). I didn't find the "hit & miss" comments though. What's with the Lidl roll recipe? Do they...

Thanks, GrantG', ;) I cannot argue with your scientific knowledge since it's way out of my field. However following your link and after I'd googled seitan, it seems you may not be entirely correct. It seems, (I haven't tried .. yet), that making seitan needs the usual kneading to succeed in...

Last two HbA1c readings were 5.7, 5.9 down from 6.7 a year ago. So the LCHF diet has been good for me. :) However bread and/or pasta substitutes just don't cut the mustard. I can get by with the soya based pasta but I haven't found a LCHF bread recipe that works. I'm no Masterchef but manage...

Was the same here Sonnyp, except I'm a few years older. I found beating yourself up trying to get into keto just took any fun out of eating so I began by weighing everything I eat/cooked to keep carbs well below 100/day. Average was/is 50 - 60 per day. Mostly veg and meat. I didn't take any...

Thanks, debrasue. My latest (last week) HbA1c level came out @ 5.9% down from 6.6 three months ago so the low carb diet seems to be working. I haven't taken my weight, (no scales), though I have def lost weight - belt pulled in two notches. However we are all different mortals, thank God. Both...

OK but not shortcrust and it doesn't hold together well when warm. This one makes much better pasta: https://yikesnocarbs.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/low-carb-soy-flour-pastanoodles/ Be aware that it's more filling than pasta :)) Still on the hunt for pastry for pies.

I make my small pies stand alone. No dish pies. So Chalup's idea might be a compromise. Try it this weekend.

Ah! A flan. I should have guessed :) Nice idea. Something else to try.

"Crustless", Explain please. I'm with the "just one won't hurt" principle, that's why so far I've avoided most things that tempt. I don't actually get cravings, lucky I suppose, but I did enjoy small chicken, leek & shroom pies. If I could find even a reasonable substitute for shortcrust I...