So I am a picky eater (about the only things I like are meat pasta and junk food) and I have gestational diabetes. The Dr told me that all I have to worry about is counting my carbs and checking my blood so I thought I would put down my favorite snack/meal for anyone who's having a hard time finding something good to eat.
pan fried rope sausage with rice and soy sauce
I buy the lite sausage to make myself feel slightly better and when I buy the rice I look at all the boxes and find the one with the least carbs per highest serving (I believe the lowest one I found was Roundys instant rice with about 30 some carbs per 1/2 cup uncooked) and the soy sauce I use is only 1 carb per tablespoon.
So anyway, yes cut the sausage and pan fry it with oil (I like mine a little burnt) and while you do that cook the rice (mine only takes five mins on the stove) add the sausage to the rice and then add your soy sauce and your done! I get 45g of carbs for snacks and lunch (60g for dinner) so I can have this for a snack or lunch because if you add a little more then a 1/2 cup it roughly adds up to 45 (I only use 2 tablespoons soy sauce)
toast pizza or taco pizza
I have discovered that Sarah Lee's bread has the least amount of carbs per serving at 19g for 2 slices, also cheese is extremely low in carbs too and the pizza sauce I use is about 2g for a 1/4 cup which is way more than I need. I also found out (when we were low on groceries) that soft shell tacos (or in my case soft shell fajitas) work really well for pizza too.
If you do the toast pizza just put the toast in the toaster, put some sauce and cheese on it and then microwave it for however long it takes (microwaves vary) and you're done!
If you do the soft shell pizza preheat the oven to 400 put some sauce and cheese on your shell and put it in for around five mins and that's it! Both are very good but I suppose the taco version tastes more like an actual pizza
Popcorn
If you buy the kernals so you have to pop them yourself you can make about a 1/4 cup (which makes a big bowlful) and still be good and you can melt some of your own butter to pour on it and add salt to your taste (but this should probably be a once in a while snack due to health reasons)
Put some oil in a pan and let it heat a min then pour the kernals in and cover. Shake the pan often so the ones at the bottom don't burn and wait til most of the popping has stopped. Add butter and salt and enjoy!
Anything else I like is basically meat, because I don't have to worry about carbs in them unless I add a marinade or something. So steak, and then count the carbs in the ketchup (or whatever it is you eat steak with) and then find yourself something else to have with it like a potato or something.
That's all I can think of right now, I hope someone found this helpful!
Just got batteries for our camera and decided to take some belly pictures since it has probably been quite a few months since we last took a picture. I couldn't decide which one was better because I liked the lighting in the one but thought you could see me better in the other so I just decided to put them both up since my page is somewhat lacking in pictures at the moment. I wish I had more to say but the only news is that I will be going through (my big huge) pile of books and deciding which ones I don't want to see if I can get some store credit or cash at a bookstore. Still reading horrible chick lit, which reminds me I must go to the library and pick up the books I have on hold before they get sent back. Also watched the first two episodes of Trueblood season two (I don't actually know how many are out now) and it was great! Will now watch Spinaltapp before going to bed (sorry I know I'm boring so I'll just stop here while I'm behind).
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