Barb in Louisiana

Google diabetic eating plans. From my experience, the key for diabetics is low carb and less food. Salads and lean meat, broiled or baked instead of fried. The old Weight Watchers eating plan from the 80s and 90's is perfect. 15 grams of carbs counts as 1 carb. All vegetables with low calories are good. Research the high fiber foods like Sweet potatoes and brown rice. Eggs are a good source of protein.

Cheese, even though high fat, is a good protein and has very few carbs. My husband is a type 2 diabetic. He has to have his treats and he loves ice cream. There are several, like a stick-in-the-mud (vanilla ice cream surrounded by chocolate) and dreamscicles (Vanilla ice cream surrounded by orange sherbert) that are only 1 carb. We buy only the no sugar added or artificial sweetener. Hubby tries to stay at about 6~8 carbs a day. This allows him a sandwich for lunch (2 slices of bread = 2 carbs). He does eat a healthy serving of Cheerios each morning with about a cup of milk. This counts as a protein, a milk serving and a couple of carbs. I do buy cookies, but I make sure a serving, which is usually 4 cookies is less than 2 carbs and we eat only two. It's just a lifestyle change for many of us.

A recipe that is so good for the summer is the fruit salad with a small Cool whip, small box of No sugar vanilla jello and 3 different types of canned drained fruits. Drain the fruit and Use the fruit juices to beat with the Jello and then stir in the cool whip. For fruits I use Mandarin oranges, diced peaches and diced pineapple. You can add fresh grapes cut in half, diced cherries and sliced bananas if you want. Stir the fruits into the Cool whip jello mix, put in the fridge to cool down and enjoy.

The key is moderation in all the food we eat. We split all our meals when we go out to eat and even a lunch portion is more than enough for the two of us and we usually have some to take home.