15 September 2020

Week One - Day One - Lunch

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Hi everyone, Amelia Robinson from Diabetes Management and Support here, how's it going?  Hope you're all good and keeping safe.

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So me and my sis Mo have had another go at making a recipe from our Stamp Out Diabetes in your Life - 30 day Menu and this one is your basic tomato and avocado on toast. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Before my diabetic diagnosis, I ate mainly 'white'

bread as I found 'brown' or wholemeal bread, too

dry.  I ate very little wholegrain breads because the

grains kept getting stuck in my teeth.  Also, you

couldn't break open a freshly-baked loaf of brown

bread in quite the same way as you could white -

if only to scoop out the middle and devour, whilst

still warm, its soft fluffy sponge-like texture - a

delight from the past (our poor aunt, who upon her

return home after a hard days work at the orchard

where we lived, finds half her bread missing).

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Upon research though, I found that white bread is NOT a heathy option as it consists mainly of carbohydrates and starch.  That's because the wheat plant has been stripped of its fibre and nutrition during its refinement process, and this process is tragic because our bodies need fibre and nutrition to function properly.  As a result of this research, I found that rye sourdough, although not the most ideal bread to eat (sprouted grain sourdough is), it is still slow to release sugar into the bloodstream, and each slice is packed with fibre, protein and healthy fats.  That's so much better than the white carbohydrate and starch laden bread that was my staple diet for years.

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Philadelphia extra light cream cheese is another ingredient used in the video above, which has only 7 calories per teaspoon, compared with Woolworth's homebrand margarine (21 calories per teaspoon) and Flora pro-activ (18 calories per teaspoon).  As well as having fewer calories, this brand of cream cheese has less fats and sodium, but more protein, making it an ideal spread for us diabetics.

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Add to this healthy combination, organic tomato, avocado and basil, and you have the perfect lunch for a diabetic to eat.  This is a light lunch that compliments our green smoothie breakfast, and both recipes can be found in my eBook 'Stamp Out Diabetes in your Life - 30-day Menu'.  Click here for more information.

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Let's stamp out diabetes in your life, together 😉

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Cheers

Amelia Robinson