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rye flour recipes
Tiered carob fudge cake with banana icing
September 7th, 2009
If, like my mum you are allergic to chocolate, you will know the pain of watching others eat chocolate fudge cake! When mum turned forty, I made a giant carob black forest cake for the party. This year, a smaller, apple based cake very similar to our pear fudge chocolate cake. Melted carob drops, and [...]
Pear chocolate fudge cake
August 5th, 2009
You’ll really thank yourself for making this one! This is my favourite low GI recipe so far. Do NOT tell your guests it is healthy, or you will find like I did that they hover around it, turn up their noses, feel slightly uncertain, and eventually try it, and then won’t believe you anyway! You’ll [...]
Red adzuki bean, pear & almond slice
August 3rd, 2009
Inspired to try new beans, and after eating a delicious red bean and pork meal prepared by a friend Sandra, I decided to buy some red adzuki beans and experiment. Here is the first result! I browsed online for recipes for red bean cakes, and found this delightful blog called sugarlens, with a recipe for [...]
Chicken, tomato and asparagus quiche
July 20th, 2009
The pastry in this tasty pie is made from a combination of multigrain sourdough bread crumbs, rye flour and cooked white beans, mashed. You will be surprised by how delicious a pastry can be without added oil or butter. A meal in itself, or serve with a simple green salad.
Crispy skin salmon with steamed greens and boiled new potatoes
July 20th, 2009
Simple, tasty, and easy to prepare. Salmon, being one of the oily fishes is a good source of Omega 3. Boiled potatoes have a lower GI than baked, and are also quicker and easier to cook. According to the GI website list, unpeeled boiled new potatoes have a GI of 78 (medium GI). Nicola variety [...]
Apple cake with banana, coconut and ricotta topping
July 12th, 2009
One of the most disappointing things about being on a diabetic diet is missing out on things. Saying no to rich desserts is fine most of the time-particularly if the blood sugar spike makes you feel unwell. There are some occasions though, like birthdays, when it is nice to be able to have a piece [...]
Cauliflower potato bake
July 12th, 2009
Cauliflower is one of those amazing foods that has almost no impact on blood sugar (GI approximates 0) – its essentially free food, so eat it till you grow “cauliflower ears”!! It is very nutrient dense, high in folate, vitamin C and also a great source of fibre. One of my favourite recipes to bake [...]
Banana pancakes
June 26th, 2009
Cafe pancakes are a real no-no for low GI and diabetic diets for a number of reasons: processed white flour, high sugar and usually fried in generous amounts of butter and served with syrups. Delicious, but the huge spike in blood sugars may leave you feeling irritable and rotten afterwards if you are diabetic. This [...]
