Re: Seasonings, Sauces, Casserole Substitutes

The following link is too long to copy. I just posted it today in another forum. It fits the seasonings and sauces part of your question. And it covers vegetables. You can use a few of those sauces I mentioned as dips with vegetables. Another good one is chopped spinach cooked with finely chopped onion for a few minutes then with cream cheese melted over the top. Makes a great vegetable or a dip, and no carbs in cream cheese.


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I am a diabetic, currently controlled just by diet. I was on meds before. I encourage you to serve enough protein, and hold the grains, potatoes, and cereal. No processed food, if possible (means nothing in a package or box). No white flour, no White Sugar , very little dairy. You won't be able to do this perfectly, but you should try for no white flour or Sugar 100% and the rest 80%. The dietitians will try to tell you one protein portion, one carb, one dairy, etc. Protein and vegetables are the best to stabilize blood sugar. If you serve fruit, measure the blood Sugar 2 hours after eating. If it is not under 140, don't serve fruit again until it is more stable.

Diabetics need a lot of magnesium, either by supplement, vegetables, or a pinch of Epsom Salts . I use dolomite, and it is good for anyone who has leg cramps. To make the body alkaline, each morning, drink water with juice of 1/2-1 lemon in it. Sweeten with stevia or use Sea Salt and red pepper to flavor. Either of these drinks are good to take throughout the day as well. It both alkalizes and cuts the appetite.

Make simple soups. Find stevia: At Whole Foods 4oz is $10, or check online. Use only stevia to sweeten; don't use artificial sweeteners, diet jello or diet soda., although doctors will recommend them. They are not only harmful to your body, they are addictive. Get the right dose of stevia and it tastes good and is not harmful.

If craving for bread, begin with crispbread, Wasa or Kavli. Check ingredients to get one that is just whole grain rye, Sea Salt and water.

Now as to foil dinners. If you want to put these in foil, OK, but perhaps you want to put them in a casserole dish and cover. Aluminum is not so good for us. All recipes should be seasoned with adequate amounts of Sea Salt . Because you are used to adding

1. Baked steak, even ground, with onions and mushrooms. Takes about one hour.

2. Baked chicken, onions, mushrooms, celery. Garlic/pepper optional or instead. One hour or a little less.

3. Baked fish, topped with lemon, grated garlic, salt and pepper before baking. Should just flake, maybe 12-15 minutes.

4. Meatballs can be browned in a skillet, then put in a casserole with tomato sauce, sprinkled with some basil and oregano, maybe a little cheese, baked, and served with no carbohydrate, but a salad or vegetable on the side.

5. Short ribs can be cooked in a pot on the stove with onion and other vegetables (not too many) and served like a stew.

With any of these baked dishes, serve vegetables (1 or more) or salad on the side. If he's a big eater, serve big helping of the vegetables or salad.

Other proteins:

Salmon, tuna or mackerel from a can, made into salad with celery, cucumber, green apple, capers (all or just one), with any cold vegetables on the side.

Any leftover beef or chicken cut in tiny pieces and sauteed with chopped onion, celery, and a little tomato, and banana peppers, or a little jalapeno, if you like it.

Any salad made with a variety of greens, add meat, chicken or shrimp. I don't eat shrimp any more but a salad with lettuce, celery, shrimp with hot peanuts with lemon juice, sea salt, and a little oil.

Smoothies with soy or whey protein, any flavor. Mix with water, ice, a little stevia. If you need to flavor it, use any flavor extract, or when blood Sugar is low enough, add fruit. You can add unsweetened cocoa and/or coconut oil. Don't water it down too much and it will taste like ice milk/cream. You also can put some of the smoothie/shake in a cup and freeze it for a while. Put in a stick before it freezes totally and have ice cream on a stick.

My only other advice: Know the complications of diabetes. Pay special attention to his feet and legs. Give him a foot massage or rub lotion on his legs and feet to keep the circulation going. Watch for signs of yeast infection, like jock itch or athlete's foot. Make sure he gets his eyes checked regularly.

You have to be inventive and you need to have flavorful food. But diabetes can be managed and diabetics can have healthy, flavorful, tasty meals.





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