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Remember this is for a diabetic, and I don't like long complicated recipes so it needs to be very simple, but I also want it to taste as good or as close to canned as possible, as I find canned tasty.,

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Remember this is for a diabetic, and I don't like long complicated recipes so it needs to be very simple, but I also want it to taste as good or as close to canned as possible, as I find canned tasty.,

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Canned is "tasty" because is it full of MSG.

Do you have a slow cooker/crockpot? I usually make my broth the night before in the slow cooker and then it is ready the following day for whatever I need (as soup, or to freeze in an ice cube tray for cooking with).




Tomato puree I just buy canned. It's about $1/can for a 32 oz. can when it is on sale and I stock up then (I use it for marinara as well as chili recipes).

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hey TFB
Your freezer setting may be too high causing "freezer burn"  I get that too and had to verrrrry slightly adjust the freezer setting.  You can also try bagging it in it's original bag...in a freezer ziplock.  the air between the bags may give you a little bit of insulation to prevent the frost buildup.

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Yup, we do. I know tomato puree is cheap, but I am sure it's far healthier made from scratch. And the whole point of cooking for myself was to be healthier than canned or premade.

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TFB, since you are still hungry after eating dinner, eat more vegetables.  Tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots, cucumbers, broccolli, cauliflower, celery whatever you want.  Eat them raw and you can even put a tablespoon of salad dressing on them.  You would be surprised at how far a tablespoon of dressing goes on a cup or two of vegetables.  Don't dip, pour the dressing on and stir it around, it coats everything better.  Essentially, with the fresh veggies, you can eat as much of them as you want, just watch it on the dressing, don't use too much.  A little vingarette has less calories than ranch, and still adds that extra "zest" to the veggies.

Also you can make your own ice tea from herbal tea and seriously cut down on the sugar/splenda that it needs.  Slowly cutting down the sweetener you put in tea or coffee will help you lose weight without even trying.

I will make herbal ice tea using a mixture of chamomile (sometimes the one that is honey and chamomile), Bigalow's Constant Comfort (an orange spice that reminds me of autumn), lemon zinger, mint, and apple cinnamon.  Use whatever herbal teas you like.  I don't like the berry teas, but they will be sweet on their own.  Also, if you use the apple, don't use more than one or two unless you really like apple cinnamon tea, as that flavor will overpower everything else.  But the berry and apple teas make the tea sweet without sugar.

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The most important thing for a diabetic is to stop drinking sweetened drinks.

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I was just thinking I should ask about how to make fresh peach tea, I like crystal light well enough but I think fresh tea would be better.

I only use sweet and low when we go out to eat, cause I don't usually drink ice tea at home, so I don't need to worry about weening it down cause it's not a huge occurrance. But Crystal light gets expensive at 4 bucks for two packs and even if you dole it out and don't drink it a lot, if you can get the tea flavors the way you like, why not switch. unless it remains cheaper to drink the powder lol.


I made mint ice tea once and didn't like it and unfortunately it went to waste, but I like lemon flavor as long as it's not that sickly kinda flavor you get from the canned shit, and I like peach, and I like regular ice tea with just the sugar taste in it.


I tried green tea from lipton and found it distasteful.

I find a good way to try tea's are when they have sampler packs and you can get a few samples to drink for free, like at hotel morning brunches, or other places that do complimentary hot tea drinks, they always put a pack of assorted tea's out. I enjoy that because you can try what ever flavor interests you and not buy a big box and have it be a potential flop, which happens most times for me when I try new tea's. The aroma smells so enticing and so does the name like Chi vanilla and you taste it and it's bleccccccch.

I don't muck up bell peppers with dressing lol I prefer to eat them raw, and think they're better that way, same with good fresh crisp carrots,but I do understand the appeal of dressing for so many veggies.

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What's on sale in your local market?
What about tacos for dinner?

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ore of a peach flavor, and I am not a peach person.)

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A note on diets and calorie counting.  You said you were told anything less than 2000 calories is considered a starvation diet.  This is not true.  It all depends on the person.  If you simply cut your calorie intake, you are making a positive change.  For instance if you are commonly consumiing 5000 calories a day right now, cutting that in half to 2500 WILL result in weight loss.

Likewise, if your blood sugar has been a steady 210 prior to being diagnosed, when your blood sugar hits 140, you may feel symptoms of low blood sugar.  Why?  Because your body has been operating on a much higher count, so even though 140 is not low blood sugar to most people, and in fact would be considered a high fasting count, for YOU as the individual, you will react as though you have low blood sugar because for your body it IS low, until your BS level comes down and you adjust.

Diabetes, like most diseases does not have a one size fits all treatment protocol.  Certainly there are some things that go across the board for everyone, but most things need to be adjusted for each individual.

As for giving up your Crystal Light, sweet tea or lite lemonade drinks, it all comes down to how many of them you are consuming each day.  Do you go through 1/2 a gallon of Crystal Light a day?  Cut back.  Do you drink just a couple of glasses each day?  Don't worry about it.

Also, there are a lot of generic drink mixes out there similar to Crystal Light (sugar free, artificially sweetened).  They will be less expensive and are worth trying.  You can also stretch them by using more water than in the instructions.  For me, most of those drinks are still far too sweet and if they are watered down (say only pouring half a glass of the drink, filling the rest with plain water), you might find them just as enjoyable, but you are getting half the artificial sweetener, AND you are saving money.  Did you know that Mt. Dew has 45 grams of sugar, but the individual packs of grape Kool Aid (for the 16 oz. water bottles) has only 8 grams?  Quite a differenc, huh?

Have you ever tried to make your own lemonade?  You can usually buy like 6 lemons for a couple of bucks.  Juice them, add water and sweeten to taste.  You can also do it with lemon juice concentrate and individual bottles of water.  For me, I just squirt some lemon juice into the bottle, and don't add sugar.

The key, TFB is to figuring out where you can make small changes that will have great impact, but be barely noticeable.  Choose foods, like raw veggies, that you can eat with almost complete abandon having as many as you want without adding significant additional calories.  Put one less packet of sweet and low (or half a packet) into your ice tea.  Add the sweet and low a little at a time, and stop as soon as you find it sweet enough to your tastes.

Hope that helps.