Here are a couple of my favourite things that I've found and that have helped me adjust to living with diabetes:
Eating for Sustained Energy
The Eating for Sustained Energy series of cookbooks is probably the best diabetic resource out there. I use my books virtually daily. The joy of these books is that they're written by dieticians, and that means that the recipes are simple, easy and tasty AS WELL AS being low fat and low GI. I have Eating for Sustained Energy 1, Eating for Sustained Energy 2, Sustained Energy for Kids and Snacks and Treat for Sustained Energy 1. Here's a link:
http://www.gabisteenkamp.co.za/Books-Index.htm
Caring Candies
Caring Candies are fantastic, if slightly expensive. They contain no sugar, no preservatives, are low GI and fat-free, and tick just about every health concern box you could possibly have. They are sometimes difficult to find, but luckily Pick 'n Pay here in Grahamstown has started to stock them. Here's a link:
http://www.caringcandies.co.za/
Fat-free Pringles
Available in Original and Sour Cream and Chives flavours, fat-free Pringles are the best way to satisfy my potato chip craving. I don't know their GI, so I tend to only have a single portion at a time and combine them with low GI carbs.
Milky Mix hot chocolate
Milky Mix is low carb (no added sugar) and low fat, unlike regular hot chocolate. It contains 6.6 grams of carbs per mug, and 2 grams of fat. But that's if you're using 2% low fat milk, and I use skim to cut down further on the fat content. Milky Mix is available at Pick 'n Pay stores, right next to the regular hot chocolate. It's a great way to get that chocolatey taste without messing up your eating plan!
Hi George
I'm glad to meet a fellow South African here!
I'm not an expert at this, but I took a look at the rusk recipes in my Eating for Sustained Energy books. Being South African, they have great diabetic recipes for things like rusks and even melktert and bobotie! These are the things they use in their rusk recipes:
2 grated apples (with skin)
Low fat or fat-free yoghurt
Low fat buttermilk
grated lemon rind
My own suggestions would be to use apricots (they are low GI), oranges, pears, mashed bananas or grated carrot.
Their recipes are diabetes-friendly, and they do use a bit of sugar. It looks as though they have reduced the quantity though. I guess you could always use Hulett's Sugalite instead of sugar for baking, if you don't want to use any sugar.
As a Type 1 diabetic, you should not only be worried about the sugar - you should also worry about the cake flour (which gets turned to glucose). They've cut down on the amount of flour they've used, by using the following:
Jungle oat bran
Whole-wheat Pro-nutro (original or apple-bake flavour)
Digestive bran
If you leave me your email address, I could mail you with some recipe suggestions that I've found.
Hi Meg
Thanks for the note.
Informative.
I will try it out and let you know.
I am not fond of baking or cooking and neither is my wife so I will give the recipes a skip at this stage.
My e-mail address is endeavour@absamail.co.za
Enjoy your (cold ?) weekend.
Best regards
George
Ok, well then I'd suggest trying Ouma Nutri Rusks. They're intermediate GI, so you can have them occasionally.
A good friend of mine, Kobus is a newly diagnosed diabetic -He -as a enthusiatic cook is finding the new status a little devastating- smile ruefully -
If any of you have a high fibre rusk recipe - please send it on to him.
What could Kobus take with to his office to fill the gap between breakfast and dinner?
k.booyens@telkomsa.com
Hi! Meg
My name is nomsa. I'm not the one who is diabetic but my husband is, so im looking for nice south african diabetic recipes for him. I feel if as his wife start cooking healthly for him we will loose him.
Please if you can share the recipes that you have, it could be of good help to me especially for my husband.
My email address is nomsank@gmail.com.
I will really appreciate your help in this regard.
Thank you
Nomsa