Can anyone recommend a decent diabetic cook book?

[terrywogan]

I have recently been diagnosed as having diabetes and I'm having a problem finding a decent cook book. I bought an AWT diabetic cook book but had to send it back - the ingredients for most of his recipes would cost my week's pension for one meal and nearly all his recipes are for 4 to 6 people: I live by myself!

[EvianBaby]

Have you tried searching for recipes on line? I just did a quick google search and there seem to be plenty of sites offering recipes.

[Buenchico]

A possibility (with secondhand copies available for under a fiver, including p&p):
http://www.amazon.co....pes-One/dp/0945448848
(That's an American title, so you might have to convert some measurements, but it could still be useful).

However, as is frequently said, there's no such thing as 'diabetic food' or 'diabetic meals'; there's only a 'diabetic diet'. It might be better to work from 'normal' cookbooks, while learning how fit 'normal' meals into your daily diet.
There's advice (as well as over 250 recipes) on the website of Diabetes UK:
http://www.diabetes.o...tes/Food_and_recipes/

Chris

[johnny37]

I was just about to give a similar answer. One of the first things I was told. It does irritate me when I get 'diabetic chocolates' for Christmas. Eat a normal healthy all round diet which everyone should eating whether diabetic or not, and keeping in shape. Which means watch the carbs and calories and get a moderate amount of exercise. If you are T1 there is a good carb counting course on bdce-e-learning.com. For T2 it is mainly watching the calories and not being overweight. I will not go into detail but there are many diabetes websites. One that I use is diabetes.co.uk and another is an american site called diabetes daily. Both have forums where you can get advice on diet and recipes.

[terrywogan]

Many thanks to you all for your answers and, yes - I agree that it is a matter of eating healthily and keeping one's weight down. However, I was looking for a general idea of what one person can cook with the allowances given by the diabetic website. For instance, I'm given free green and leafy veg and two-three ounces of lean meat or four-five ounces of fish........ there's only so much I can do with this! I have not actually seen a dietician (and it doesn't look like I will this side of Christmas) so I wanted to get started myself.

[cathfromsaron]

great advice! shocked you haven't been advised by dietician! can you chase that up? x

[johnny37]

If your only problem is keeping weight down all green veg, salads, and fish and grilled lean meat are virtually carb and fat free (no batter, breadcrumbs or sauce). You dont need a dietician to tell you that. You need some carbs to use as energy. Check food labels. Steer clear of breakfast cereals which are very high in carbs. Sugar is 100% carb but my wife cooks delicious crumble using ganulated Splenda. Get a copy of Collins Gem Calorie Counter. It lists the calories, carbs, protein, fat, fibre of virtually every food you are likely to need to know.