Sun 6 Apr 2008
If you have visited my blog site more than once you know I have not been a diabetic that long. I can remember at the beginning lost as I wondered what is a diabetic allowed to eat. I had vision of a boring life of very tasteless, unappealing meals that only added to the stigma that diabetes was a living death.
I could not have been more misinformed. I found that I before I had developed diabetes that I actually was living a boring tasteless life with the meals that were not very creative and were not very healthy.
I found if I eat better meals moderately and snack in-between meals wisely enjoy a wonderful life of near gourmet healthy meals and a mental outlook of a long healthy life as a type II diabetic. If I were suddenly no longer diabetic I would continue with my improved diet because it would be the smartest life style I could live.
Breakfast - egg or not
Egg Omelet
2 eggs or 1/2 cup of egg beaters, three sliced mushrooms, chopped yellow onion, chopped green pepper. Sauteed green pepper and onion first, then add mushrooms; add eggs. Use two table spoons of olive oil.
Toasted Bagel
1 good sized water bagel (5 to 6 inches) cut in half and toasted to taste, spread peanut butter.
Lunch
Wendy’s - Mandarin chicken Salad
Fast food restaurants can be OK. Control how much oriental sesame dressing you use
Two-Cheese Sausage Pizza
1 lb. sweet Italian turkey sausage, 1 table spoon olive oil, 1 small red onion thinly sliced, 2 cups sliced mushrooms, 1 small green bell pepper cut into thin strips, 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/2 cup pizza sauce, 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, 1 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese, 8 pitted ripe olives
Preheat oven to 400 F, Remove sausage from casings. Pat into greased 9-inch glass pie plate. Bake 10 minutes or until sausage is firm. Remove from oven and pour off fat. Set aside
Heat oil in large skillet. Add onion, mushrooms, bell peppers, oregano, salt and black pepper. Cook and sir medium-high heat 10 minutes or until vegetables are very tender and no long give off liquid.
Combine pizza sauce and tomato paste in small bowl, stir until well blended. Spread over over sausage crust. Spoon half of vegetables over tomato sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan and mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining vegetable, sprinkle with olives. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese melts.
Dinner
Salmon Broccoli Waldorf Salad - 4 servings
16 ounces cut broccoli, 1 large Red Delicious apple (chopped), 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions, 1/2 cup ranch dressing (dressing to your liking), 1 can or 14 ounces of salmon drained and flaked. Cook broccoli until still firm; drain and rinse in cold water. Toss together broccoli, apple, onions, and dressing first then gently stir in salmon. Add pepper to taste.
I did not try to provide meals for more than one day, now. I will add more meals as time goes by. My goal was to show variety that a diabetic can enjoy.
