Oh, yes, no need to say farewell to jams either! There are “no sugar added” jams on the shelves of grocery stores, as well as on the internet. Different stores have different brands with different flavors, prepared with different sweeteners (sucralose, xylitol). A word of caution: while it is true that there is no added…

A few days ago, my artist friend visited. We had spelt croissants, strawberries and whipped cream (with xylitol instead of sugar) and I was expounding on my new and old findings in the domain of diabetic nutrition. I had her taste one of my favorite new snack bars, Good Fats, previously marketed as Susie’s Good…

The Blue Fairy Cake got its inspiration from the Hungarian children’s musical “A Kék Csodatorta” by Bea Muszty and András Dobay. (Hungarian speakers can find more info and the music at the link http://www.musztydobay.hu/mese_placebo.html) I made this Blue Fairy Cake for my daughter’s birthday – who by the way is way past the age when…

What do you do when they tell you that you have to give up pasta? I mean the pasta made with wheat, the main ingredient of a good number of delicious Italian dishes. Here’s the alternative: pasta made out of beans, lentils, chickpeas, mung beans, etc.  They look the same as the wheat pasta and…

You’ve heard!… no more potatoes either! Or at least in vastly reduced quantities. So where did the mashed potatoes go? They have morphed. My version of mashed potatoes contains maximum 25% of potatoes and sometimes none at all. Ingredients I use instead: celeriac, turnips, sweet potatoes, Caribbean sweet potatoes, squash of different kinds, occasionally beets…

I used to shun beans! Mostly for their numogenic* quality. However, seeing how they are good for me – some say it’s the “diabetes super-food” on account of the resistant starches and low glycemic index –  I turned them into my Best Friends [Forever]. My favorite bean dishes are the salads. The main ingredients are…

Buckwheat is a pseudo-cereal, not related to wheat and, according to various sources, it has a low to medium glycemic index. When consumed, it may help with blood glucose level control. As I keep saying, don’t believe me, do your own research. Just a couple of the many sources I checked: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/buckwheat or https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325042.php I…

This short post is about the utter gorgeousness of owning and cooking with an electric griddle. This is a personal choice replacement for a grill/barbecue. One of the advantages of using a griddle plate is that you can grill chopped items that would normally fall through the grid of a barbecue. Another one is that…

I only started paying attention to almond flour when it became critical to cut  wheat flour from my menu. Since then, I keep finding recipes for very appetizing sweets made with almond flour. For one of these recipes, as well as some good advice check the website https://diatribe.org/how-make-low-carb-waffles-under-7-minutes In the stores where I regularly shop,…

Valor Stevia chocolates come in several flavors:  dark chocolate, milk, hazelnut, truffle and orange cream chocolate. They are carried by large grocery store chains like Metro and IGA. Valor Stevia chocolates are irresistibly delicious, but just like the Laura Secord chocolates presented in my previous post, they are partially sweetened with maltitol. Therefore my thoughts…