[Staceyy]

Other desserts besides pastries I like to eat are:

Sugarfree jello with whipped cream

Sugarfree puddings with whipped cream

Sugarfree ice cream with chocolate sauce

Here is my recipe for chocolate sauce:

Chocolate Sauce

1 c Hershey's cocoa (unsweetened)
2 c Splenda
1 1/4 c hot water
dash of salt
2 tsps vanilla

In saucepan combine first 4 ingredients. Bring to boil and boil for 3 minutes until thickened. Add vanilla and stir. Serve warm over ice cream. Store in refrigerator.

I like to serve the chocolate sauce warm over ice cream topped with nuts and whipped cream.





I'd like to share this cute anecdote with you:

Last night I was pretty frustrated with the recent events in my life. My dh is a truck driver, and while on the road a couple of weeks ago, he became very ill and had to be rushed to the emergency room, where he was diagnosed with diabetes and given a shot of insulin along with a prescription for Metformin.
I had been given my own diabetes diagnosis almost 2 years ago.

Shortly after my husband's diagnosis, he lost his eyesight due to the diabetes which means he cannot drive again until his sight has been restored. Truck drivers also are not allowed to drive while taking insulin. So needless to say, I have been stressed (to say the least). So in my frustration while on the computer, I dashed off a quick email venting my feelings. I addressed the email to GOD and I hit Send. Don't ask me why I did this, but a couple of seconds later I received the following return message:

GOD - This member's mailbox is full.

Your mail has not been sent. Please correct the problems listed and try again.

I could not stop laughing, it lightened my mood a bit. I guess I'm not the only one who thought of emailing him.

[chef07]

Stacyy, I believe the book you mentioned is called Fruit Sweet and Sugar Free. It is a great book, but as you stated it may not be in print at this time. One of the tips I use in my baking is using raisin water, this is simply obtained by heating water and placing raisins in it until they are plump, drain off the water and you have a great liquid fruit sweetner for your recipe, it works expecially well in the recipe you are using the raisins.

Another alternative sweetner that I have had alot of success with is Agave Nectar, for every cup of sugar a recipe calls for you use 1/3 cup of agave nectar, this is alot easier for the system to absorb.

I am not a diabetic, however my mother was and I converted all the recipes she had taught me over the years to diabetic friendly so that she could still enjoy her favorites during family celebrations.

Thanks for this thread, it is very nice of you to share your tips with everyone.

[Chris Graham]

Hey Stacy!
I finally made your banana bread...it was so good! I forgot the oats so I used the whole wheat flour in its place. I really liked the whole wheat flour and I am looking forward to using it in other things.

Thanks for inspiring me to try something new!

[shockme]

stacyy-i'm sorry about you hubby now being"one of us".how is he?that email to god-vry funny!trish

[Staceyy]

Chef07 great tips, I'll have to try them. Chris, I'm so glad you liked the banana bread. Its great you used the whole wheat flour in place of the oats, this is exactly what you're supposed to do, manipulate the recipes to conform to your tastes and blood sugar requirements. And Shockme, thanks for asking about my husband, his eyesight is improving but not well enough for him to return to work yet.

[DonnaB]

Thanks Stacy for these recipes. I've just copied them off and am giong to give the muffins a try. I'm newly diagnosed also and a major foodie...even to the point that I used to do restaurant reviews. This has certainly been an adjustment for me. I haven't tried any baking since diagnosis, but really am looking for good cookie recipes. I've been considering trying the Splenda in chocolate chips with whole wheat. They should taste better than the sugar free cookies at the grocery store which have an awful after taste. Anybody have a good cookie recipe out there?

[Staceyy]

Cinnamon

Try adding cinnamon to your waffles, muffins, pancakes, quick breads, baked fruit pies and other baked goods. One half teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to lower blood glucose levels by up to 20% in some individuals.

[DonnaB]

Dear Staceyy: I just made your banana bread this morning and it was positively delicious. I have not been thrilled with some of the other recipes I've tried from other sources, but this banana bread is suprisingly as good as my old recipe, which had lots of sugar,white flour etc. I followed yours to the tee and it came out just perfect. I'd love to know what the carb and sugars count is for a slice but I'm sure you don't know that. Any more tested recipes and I'm be trying them for sure. I'd like to find some really good cookie recipes too. Thanks so much for posting your recipes.

[princesslinda]

Donna, check out the previous thread on Paula Deane's flourless peanut butter cookie...it's been posted here a couple of times and is easy and very good.

[Staceyy]

I received permission to paste this recipe and the results from a forum member who pm'd me:

The cookies turned out GREAT!. But I did not go exactly with the recipe.
I found another recipe at Grandma's Oatmeal Raisin Cookies - Allrecipes Where you told me to go. That recipe would of made too many cookies so I looked on that Allrecipes site and found a recipe called Chocolate Raisin and Oatmeal Cookie Mix.


Chocolate Raisin and Oatmeal Cookie Mix Start to Finish: 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup rolled oats

3/4 cup all-purpose flour -1/2 whole wheat and all purpose to make the 3/4 C.

1/2 cup packed brown sugar -used all the splenda brown sugar.

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or -ground cinnamon

1 cup chocolate-covered raisins -I did not have. I sub. 1/4 C.no sugar choc. chips & added 1 C raisins.

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans -I added 1 cup.

I added 1 tbls. milk

Directions

1. In a clean 1-quart jar or covered container, layer oats, flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, spice, raisins, and nuts. Seal; store in a cool, dry place for up to 1 month. Makes enough mix for about 3 dozen cookies.

To make Chocolate Raisin Oatmeal Cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick foil. In a large mixing bowl, stir together contents of jar with 1/3 cup softened butter, 2 eggs, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until well combined (dough will be soft). Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are brown. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and let cool.

It is a mix to give as a gift, but I just made it....Threw it all together. Made a hole in the dry ingr. and mixed the eggs, milk and vanilla in the hole and beat the wet ingr. first and gradually mixed it all with beater. I hand stired and added the raisens, choc. chips and the nuts.

They are very very good. How they will be tomorrow I shall see....smile! I put them in a closed cookie jar.

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Betty

[sglove58]

WOW!

I was newly diagnosed just a little more than three months ago, and I do a lot of info-checking on the internet...I am so lucky to have run across this thread of amazing information!

I am glad to say I'm not the only one to join this forum because of this particular thread! Thank you so much Staceyy!
I am definately going to try that banana bread!

I joined another forum about two weeks ago, and it hasn't really picked up like this one seems to have done. I am interested to see what else is out there!

Please know how much I, like so many others I'm sure, appreciate places like this to come for info, support, delicious recipes and the such...

Thanks for the info - I hope to be able to contribute!

Sarah

[sweetjami]

I have actually spent the day trying to find an oatmeal muffin recipe that was hypoglycemic friendly...geez, should have come here first. Stacey, thank you for being willing to share your wonderful experience with us amateurs...Much much appreciated! I actually have a couple recipes I will dig out that work using substitutes or cutting down on carbs.

jami

[Staceyy]

Another good frosting recipe. Just substitute sugar free pudding. I use regular whipped topping, as it has very little sugar. Be sure to read the reviews:

Cool Whipped Frosting - Allrecipes

[Staceyy]

This thread has gotten so long, I decided to add future tips and recipes to my new blog The Diabetic Pastry Chef.