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Any new addictions?

peacetrain

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Type of diabetes
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Many here have had to give up certain foods that we appear to have had some addiction to (at least I have anyway).

So, now that we are reformed characters (in one sense) , what are our new addictions?

I'll start:

Almonds, Brazils and walnuts

Olives

Feta cheese

Plain yoghurt


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frozen Mango pulp/flesh and Greek yogurt. Does have a few carbs.

Cocoa powder hot chocolate, with peppermint essence and vanilla concentrate
 
Danish blue cheese, mango salsa, pepper jelly.
 
Green and blacks organic 70% choccie. Have to have my 6 little squares. I need it. Really!
Salted peanuts.
Choccie orange mug cake
My ice-cream
Dessert is allowed twice a week. If I have dessert I'm not allowed choccie.
In the past I'd have had dessert, wine and choccie. Bad girl! I had a week once where I had 4 glasses of wine. We went out twice (at our age!) so I had 2 glasses of wine both times. God, do I know how to party or wot? Life on the edge hey!
 
...mini babybels with walnuts..

..strawberries and cream, with a little mango thrown in..

...Franks diabetic ice cream....don't normally buy anything with a diabetic label, but this is yum, doesn't affect my bs and only £1.99 for a litre tub

...cashew nuts, pistacchio nuts..
 
Polly you can make your own!
Ice-cream
Per person:
100g frozen berries or cherries
100ml double cream
1tsp sweetner

Blitz berries in food processor till in tiny pieces. Add cream and sweetner. Blitz till ice-cream. You cannot freeze this so eat immediately!
 
I know! I'm lazy in the week [work] and tend to grab something quick to eat when I get home.

That ice cream recipe sounds good though, especially as you have to eat immediately!!
 
I find it tastes fine even if you leave out the sweetener. I avoid sweeteners because I find they make me want to eat other sweet things, most of which are high-carb. Or try leaving the berries whole and eating it semi-freddo.

My "addiction" would be double cream.

Kate
 
Pollylocks said:
I know! I'm lazy in the week [work] and tend to grab something quick to eat when I get home.

That ice cream recipe sounds good though, especially as you have to eat immediately!!
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The only reason we have it in the week is because it takes minutes! Got a fab microwave choc orange sponge if you want that but you have to make it for at least 2 as it's one egg per 2 people.
 
peanuts, hazelnuts, raw carrots (I miss them if i don't eat them every day ) and blueberries (to a lesser extent)
 
For a while it was raw spinach, but I'm starting to look at it and think 'not again'. Shame that never happened with the delights of Messrs Cadbury and Kipling.
 
RosieDred said:
How do you do this chocolate orange sponge? Sounds yummy, I love cake


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50g butter, melted in the microwave
3tbsp ground almonds
1 1/5 tbsp sweetner
1/4 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
1 egg
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 squares 70% dark flavoured with orange chocolate ( I use Aldi as it's cheap)

Melt the butter in a bowl, add remaining ingredients and divide into 2 mugs and nuke for 1 minute per mug. Leave to stand for 1 minute. It doubles in size when cooked. My microwave is 900w so might need to experiment if lower wattage.
 
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Salad but it has to be served in one if my large white pasta plates. And mushrooms.
 
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