Oatcakes

The only way to know if you can eat oats without them affecting your blood sugar is to test.
I can't eat them because it switches on a carb craving that's a reall b*gger to fight.

wiflib

Oatcakes used to be a staple up here in the Dales, too, 'cos up until the 20th century when hardier varieties of wheat were developed, we could only grow oats, rye and barley.

Ours were made in a similar way to the Staffordshire ones (which are a bit like wraps; can't say I like them much) but I think the Dales ones were baked until dry. They used to lay them out on racks like those clothes airers which pull up to the ceiling over the fire.

I'll see if I can find a recipe.

I use scottish oatcakes (mostly Nairns) as a snack, just one or two at a time with butter or cheese. They have about 5 carbs per biscuit and don't do much to my bg levels.

I've also found I can eat Tesco wholemeal multigrain, just a couple of slices occasionally, without affecting my bg, though obviously not on Atkins Induction. You might find that you can eat this type of bread occasionally, once your levels are down and well-controlled. The problem is, whether you can resist it once it's there! I keep mine in the freezer and take out a couple of slices at the time.

I too love bread, in all its varieties. But I've found that now, I really don't crave it any more. As wiflib says, it's the craving that's the problem - 'cos if you give in to it, you'll eat the whole loaf :shock: And then beat yourself up over it :lol: just like I do

Viv 8)

PS where in Yorkshire? I'm Leeds, originally.

There's a dart player called Phil 'the power' Taylor who originates from Stoke, I was watching a documentary on him when he took the crew to a shop in Stoke which sold Oatcakes with bacon & cheese, he swore they were the best in the country, next time I am heading north I'll stop off in Stoke and try one! :wink:

Nigel

I don'teat the starchy carbs but do sometimes want smeo 'texture' or crunch to a meal. I am wheat intolerant so I tried rice cakes but they raised the BG. I then found in Holland a Barratt a corn cracker, it has 2.9gm carb per cracker, they may not be the craved crusty bread but do give me some of the 'chewing' that I sometimes miss with my lunch.

Which one was that Annie?

I have seen and think, tried ones from Sainsburys - but forgot name...was like 99p

Just remembered....Cornthins

Sadly I don't have a sainsburys near me :cry: these are called Kallo and I get them from Holland and barrat

Just be careful if you google 'Stoke Oatcakes' as my anti virus software has picked up one or two threats.

Nigel

I believe they are more widely available than sainsburys Annie, as seen them in Tesco and in somewhere else...can't think

OO just looked online for the carb content ...YIKES 8.5 per serving = 2 slices


The H&B corn ones sound good tho xx

They are about the size and shape of a cream cracker, and as I said add the missing texture to a meal, I do eat cheese on quorn slices but sometimes you just need to crunch.........

Try flax crackers. The recipe is here. It's a staple for a lot of us low-carbers, even for those like me, who don't like the taste of flax.
Flax is high in carbs but in fibrous form so it doesn't get digested. Good if constipated, but remember, wanting to 'go' and not being able to is true constipation. Not going as regularly as you used to is not.

wiflib