A Doctor once told me when I was caring for my diabetic Mom that "diabetics are people too!" Now, he was not looking to make me feel stupid or anything like that, what he was trying to tell me is that any diabetic is going to have the same desires, appetites and yearnings for certain "bad" foods that other people have.
With that in mind, finding diabetic foods or recipes for a diabetic can be terribly daunting. Personally, I prefer making my own food rather than going out and purchasing ready-made food from a health-food store that is specifically made for a diabetic meal.
Doctors are just coming to the realization that different foods affect one diabetic's blood sugar differently than another person's blood sugar will be affected, thus it's a matter of trial and error to find the food that will generate a rise in blood sugar, and which will not cause as high a rise.
For instance here is a recipe shared by another diabetic for almost-sugar free cheesecake!
Ingredients for Almost Sugar Free Cheesecake
For the Base:
Cracker Crumbs 1 ¾ Cups
Fat Free Butter ½ Cup
Powdered Cinnamon ½ Tea Spoon
For the Cheesecake:
1 Cup Water
Sugar Free Lemon Gelatin 1 Pack
Vanilla Extract 2 Tea Spoons
Light Whipped Topping 1 Cup
Fat Free Cream Cheese 1 Pack
Base preparation:
Pre heat the oven at 175 Degrees C or at 350 Degrees F.
Take a bowl and mix the butter ,cracker crumbs and cinnamon powder. Blend well.
Dust a cooking pan with flour so that the base does not stick. Press the mixture into the pan, so that it is ready to receive the cheesecake mix you'll make next.
Bake in the oven for about 9 - 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Put this aside to cool.
Cheesecake preparation
In a bowl beat the mixture of cream cheese and vanilla until it is smooth.
Boil one cup of water, then dissolve the gelatin in it. Set this aside and allow this mixture to thicken a little. Take care that it does not cool, as it will set and then form lumps.
Add the gelatin to the mixture of cream cheese and vanilla, and then fold in the whipped topping.
Pour this mixture into the base that was made before. Put this into a refrigerator overnight.
Garnishing
Depending on the fruit used, this will also make the diabetic sugar rise, so be sure and include it in the meal plan.
Now, this will give you an idea of a recipe that was obviously well thought out by a diabetic for use in a sugar-restricted diabetic meal, and who does not crave cheesecake?
My point is that you need to investigate various recipes yourself and adapt them. For example, here is one for almost sugar-free cherry pie that a friend gave me, and it's one of my favorites!
Ingredients For Almost Sugar Free Cherry Pie
2 cans of water pack pitted tart cherries
1 small package of COOK & SERVE sugar free vanilla pudding
1 small package of sugar free black cherry jello
4 tsp of Splenda
1 9-inch pie shell, baked
Preparation:
Drain cherries and pour the juice into a saucepan.
Set aside cherries.
Next:
In saucepan mix cherry juice and dry pudding mix and stir with a whisk while bringing the mixture to a boil.
Keep stirring until it is thickened and bubbly.
Remove from heat.
Stir in jello powder and Splenda until mixed well with the pudding and cherry juice.
Add cherries and mix until they are coated.
Transfer mixture into the piecrust and cool completely. Refrigerate until fully set for approximately three to four hours.
By varying the ingredients you can make pies out of different fruit, apples, peaches, or even pumpkin pie! Each time you will have to take into account the amount of fruit used and what kind it is, etc. so that you can well estimate the calories in your recipe, the fat, the carbohydrates, fiber and cholesterol. You'll also learn with research on the Internet how to estimate your exchanges. Again, the biggest clue is always research. Bon appetit!
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By : Dr. Eswararamanan VR
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