What are your go-to meals? Everyone has them, the ones you eat at least once a week or more. We choose them for their mix of taste and convenience.
When you throw diabetes into the mix, the go-to meals are usually the ones where you know the exact carb count, how much insulin you need to take with them and they’re probably quick and easy.
I go through phases too—eating one dish for weeks and weeks before getting thoroughly bored of it. I add the odd newbie into the mix occasionally, usually picking something I find online. I like simple dishes—a generous helping of protein, two of vegetables and fat in the form of mayo, cheese or nuts thrown in.
My ‘go-to’s’ are:
- Chopped cooking chorizo fried with mushrooms on top of salad generously dressed with balsamic vinegar and a bit of chopped avocado.
- Prawns in home-made cocktail sauce with salad leaves and broccoli
- Low-fat cauliflower cheese with salad leaves and two eggs to give extra protein
- Any home-made soup with boiled eggs
- Roasted chicken legs with broccoli or cauliflower and…you guessed it, salad leaves.
For all that we post recipes giving you lots of choices for your low-carb diet, I wonder how many of you are like me? Do you too return to the same meals time after time and are they as simple (boring!) as mine?
Diabetes Diet 