Snacks

Suze A said:

What do people have for snacks?

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Very dark chocolate, (Lindt 85% and more. After a while you work your way up to 100%), hard cheeses, cold cuts, pecans and macadamia's, pork scratchings, olives, bit of fish from a tin. Anything low carb, really.

Best would be not to snack to begin with, but sometimes there's an itch to scratch. Or, like when we visit my in-laws, they won't eat something with their coffee if I don't have something to munch on too!

Suze A said:

Thank you JoKalsbeek. I have the added disadvantage that I am near enough Vegan, however I drink semi skimmed milk...

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Oh jeez... Sorry. That does leave the dark chocolate, though. And the nuts, olives... Oh, celery sticks with a bit of hummus? (The hummus adds up if you have too much, but still...). I sometimes have low carb crackers with vegetable spread/dip, but they're local dutch brands and would be useless for you. Sometimes I just put some coconut oil on, as I love the taste.

And if you do use milk, maybe go for the full fat stuff, or cream? More flavour, more fats to slow down a sugar spike, more filling. Just saying, if you're going to anyway... Might as well chose the option that's healthier for a diabetic. Something to think about maybe, anyway.

In Australia they sell parmesan crisps- cracker type things which are very low carb. I sometimes have them with olive dip or other low carb dips but I suspect most are not vegan

My daughter is vegan so I am interested in things that are vegan and low carb in case she is ever diagnosed with diabetes. Her father isn't despite a very high carb diet for much of his life so she may be lucky.

Other things to try- diet jelly- there are some vegan ones I understand, a few of the right type of nuts, make some garlic bread or corn fritters?

I think it is a lot more challenging being vegan so it will probably take more planning. You could make vegan meringues with monk fruit?

I'm sorry I don't have more ideas.

Good luck!

JoKalsbeek said:

Oh jeez... Sorry. That does leave the dark chocolate, though. And the nuts, olives... Oh, celery sticks with a bit of hummus? (The hummus adds up if you have too much, but still...). I sometimes have low carb crackers with vegetable spread/dip, but they're local dutch brands and would be useless for you. Sometimes I just put some coconut oil on, as I love the taste.

And if you do use milk, maybe go for the full fat stuff, or cream? More flavour, more fats to slow down a sugar spike, more filling. Just saying, if you're going to anyway... Might as well chose the option that's healthier for a diabetic. Something to think about maybe, anyway.

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I make my own hummus from tined chickpeas, its lovely. Have also made my mash with cannelloni beans, cauliflower rice, butter all blitzed and its a great substitute