Claire > wrote:
: I am trying to collect a few good diabetic menus and recipes that actually
: are good for diabetics. I have a few diabetic cookbooks and some of the
: recipes in them I am sure are not diabetic friendly.

: I am starting out with breakfast menus as that seems to be my most difficult
: meal of the day. What do you eat for breakfasts?
: Thank you for your help.
: Claire
: Type2 - 2003
: 250g Metformin

Well, I might as wel put my usual breakfast into the mix here. I don't
know why it works, but it does for me and tastes lovely. This is
accompanies only by 2 mugs of black decaf coffee.

1/4-1/4 C low fat cottage cheese topped by small quantities of 3-4
different fruits, topped by 1/3-1/2C low fat, plain yogurt. By small
qhantities of fruit I mea, 1/2 small peach,3-4 strawberries, a handful of
other berries in season like blue, rasp,blacketc, 1/2 a clenentine orange
(small one), a smile of canteloupe or honeydew melon, 1 apricot, 1/5 of a
mango, 1/5 or so of an apple or pear. I think you get the idea. This
meal really never spikes me, although even a small serving of , say,
oatmeal, does.

Alternte breakfast-egg beater omelette with some chopped vegetables or
baco-bits, ot grated cheese (or a combination) accompanies by upp to 3
Wata Bread or Ryevita crackers with a bit of low-fat no transfat margarine
and a little of my home made no sugar added fruit fam. this works well,
but not quite as well as the breakfast above.

With these or any others, you have to test to see if they work for you.
In addition, before my sciatica on walked about 3/4 of a mile three days
aweek to some classes I take, and that made a difference in what I could
eat for breakfast. On those days, I could, occasionally have a small
serving (1/2 C of old fshioned oatmeal (not instant) with a few
tablespoons of milk.

Wendy