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thewifeofadiabetic

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Hi,

I am trying to plan a kids party and i wanted a menu that wasn't full of things my husband can't eat! I have been on some sites and they are giving me recipes that are low sugar but containing a lot of carbs- white bread/potato/pasta etc! It's so frustrating- my understanding is as a diabetic it's no sugar no bad carbs- so basically protein and wholemeal - so first off all these sites that claim to have perfect recipes for a diabetic stink and secondly any of you lovely ppl out there have any ideas for me? Only one i can come up with is cold cuts and fresh baked seedy/granary type breads, salad and veggie crisps and doing a DIY sandwich obvs i'd do some white bread for white bread lovin ppl and pom bears for kids and little carrot sticks and cherry toms etc also sweeties for kids and normal birthday cake (husband and nan will just have to miss out!) - it's only family round for the party but one has made the comment it's boring so wondered if there was a better idea out there?
 
Pickles, sausages, olives, coleslaw- (homemade), different cheeses, oatcakes - if he can tolerate them. Check out the low carb megastore for wraps.
 
Have a shuffty a divaliciousinthecity blog - loads of low carb recipes on there
 
Best thing I've found is an erythritol/stevia mix to replace sugar http://healthyindulgences.net/2012/02/t ... h-cheaper/ Its a pain having to order erythritol off the net, but I buy in bulk now so always have it in the kitchen. And I agree entirely with that post that the TruVia mix tastes totally weird, the make it yourself version is almost indistinguishable from sugar in baking. Breakfast for me this morning was banana choc chip muffins (replace sugar with make-your-own stevia/erythritol and replace flour with coconut flour, use 70%+ cocoa solids dark chocolate) and they hardly move my BGs. I also make a chocolate almond torte with ground almonds instead of flour and the make-your-own sugar replacement, then make a chocolate ganache using dark choc and cream for the topping, could substitute for a standard birthday cake maybe but obviously be aware if any kids have nut allergies.

Nuts are good for snacking, I love the Marmite cashews from KP :)

Use celery sticks instead of bread/crackers and load them up with cream cheese and salmon, humus, pate, tuna mayo or anything else that takes your fancy. Have plenty of carrot and cucumber sticks for dips too. Roasted red pepper quarters filled with egg mayo and chopped bacon. Cheese and silverskin onions on cocktail sticks, or blue cheese and beetroot cubes.

Watch out for sausages, cheaper brands tend to have rusk (starch) in them, opt for something like Sainsbury's outdoor bred pork chipolatas (97% pork, very low carb!) and twist them into your own cocktail sausages before cooking. Frankfurters and tinned hotdog sausages are ok, they're actually mostly chicken!

Sugar free jelly!!! Available in any supermarket in lots of flavours, its packed with protein and you can hardly tell it from the sugary stuff - add some extra thick double cream - yum!!

Make your own soft scoop icecream with thick cream and the sugar substitute above, add your own flavours (use frozen berries or peppermint/lemon/orange extract from the baking section in the supermarket or good dark chocolate).

I find I can tolerate potato better than any form of bread - try loaded potato skins with any filling of your choice, by removing as much of the potato as you can he'll be getting the fibre-rich part of the potato which will lower its impact on BG.

Thats all I can think of atm, will post back if anything else comes to mind.

Have fun!
 
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