Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.

I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
have lower carb meals.

Anon

"Anon" > wrote in
:

> Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone.
> I usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so
> I have been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to
> the meal. I especially like the label that tells me how many carbs
> are in the meal.
>
> I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because
> they have lower carb meals.
>
> Anon



WOAH! Are you T1 or T2? TV dinners are so high in carbs - even the
lower carb ones are too high in carbs for me!

It's not that hard to cook up a chicken breast and some frozen veggies
and have a quick meal that way. If you have a cookbook that has
recipes for two, then you will have *two* meals for the work of one
<rbg>

Sherry

In article 42>,
Sherry > wrote:

> "Anon" > wrote in
> :
>
> > Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone.
> > I usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so
> > I have been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to
> > the meal. I especially like the label that tells me how many carbs
> > are in the meal.
> >
> > I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because
> > they have lower carb meals.
> >
> > Anon
> WOAH! Are you T1 or T2? TV dinners are so high in carbs - even the
> lower carb ones are too high in carbs for me!
>
> It's not that hard to cook up a chicken breast and some frozen veggies
> and have a quick meal that way. If you have a cookbook that has
> recipes for two, then you will have *two* meals for the work of one
> <rbg>

I love my George Foreman grill to cook a boneless chicken breast to have
with a big pile of cooked frozen vegies. I often sprinkle the chicken
with seasoning (most recently, curry powder) before grilling it. From
the time I put on the kettle to boil water for the frozen vegies to when
I take my plate into the other room to eat it is about 20 minutes, with
most of that time spent listening to the radio while I wait for things
to finish.

The grill also works fabulously for boneless chops, etc.

Priscilla

"Sherry" > wrote in message
. 97.142...

>
> WOAH! Are you T1 or T2? TV dinners are so high in carbs - even the
> lower carb ones are too high in carbs for me!
>
> It's not that hard to cook up a chicken breast and some frozen veggies
> and have a quick meal that way. If you have a cookbook that has
> recipes for two, then you will have *two* meals for the work of one
> <rbg>

I no longer eat frozen meals because of my food allergies. But when I
didn't know about the allergies there were a few (granted very few) that I
could eat. Sometimes my daughter and I split one.

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:45:46 -0800, "Anon" >
wrote:

>Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
>usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
>been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
>especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
>
>I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
>have lower carb meals.
>
>Anon
>

I agree with the others on TV dinners.

Just a suggestion. Try cooking up meals in bulk - soups,
casseroles, stews and similar. Then freeze single serves in
individual packs. It only takes a few minutes to zap one in
the microwave and you can do all your cooking in one
afternoon every week or so.

I spent yesterday doing a little cooking. Over four hours
(most of it spent reading or watching TV, interrupted by the
timer occasionally to check things) I cooked up 8 serves of
curry,
http://tinyurl.com/26gsj9
six of beef burgundy
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/20...-burgundy.html
and 11 serves of soup
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/20...able-soup.html

Overnight in the fridge to cool in bulk, into plastic
containers this morning.

That doesn't mean you have to eat soup for every lunch and
stew every night - but it does let you zap it quick and easy
when you don't feel like cooking something else.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
latest: Epidaurus

"Anon" > wrote in message
...
> Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
> usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
> been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
> especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
>
> I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
> have lower carb meals.
>
> Anon

Just choose well. The Healthy Choice Tukey Dinner has 22 grams of carb, 200
calories and 0 sugar, good choice. Unfortunately the pepperoni French bread
pizza is 49 carb grams, 5 grams sugar and weighs in at 350 calories. The
trick to any of this is to plan ahead about what you are buting, research
and READ the ingredients. You can still have your TV dinners and eat them
too

A good rule of thumb is to not use the dinners with a bread or rice base or
sweet sauces. I suppose for the zero carbers this won't work but as for me I
am a well controlled diabetic for 15 years (no damage) and use approcimatly
60-75 grams of carb per day. I do eat fruit, whole grain bread, Dreamfield's
pasta (all in moderation!) and I eat cake on my birthday.

You can check out the ingredients and nutrition on
http://www.healthychoice.com/product...s/simple_s.jsp for Healthy Choice
Meals.

"Scruples" > wrote in message
...
> "Anon" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
>> usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
>> been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
>> especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
>>
>> I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
>> have lower carb meals.
>>
>> Anon
>
> Just choose well. The Healthy Choice Tukey Dinner has 22 grams of carb,
> 200 calories and 0 sugar, good choice. Unfortunately the pepperoni French
> bread pizza is 49 carb grams, 5 grams sugar and weighs in at 350 calories.
> The trick to any of this is to plan ahead about what you are buting,
> research and READ the ingredients. You can still have your TV dinners and
> eat them too
>
> A good rule of thumb is to not use the dinners with a bread or rice base
> or sweet sauces. I suppose for the zero carbers this won't work but as for
> me I am a well controlled diabetic for 15 years (no damage) and use
> approcimatly 60-75 grams of carb per day. I do eat fruit, whole grain
> bread, Dreamfield's pasta (all in moderation!) and I eat cake on my
> birthday.
>
> You can check out the ingredients and nutrition on
> http://www.healthychoice.com/product...s/simple_s.jsp for Healthy
> Choice Meals.

I always read the label before buying. If it is very high carb, I don't get
it. Since I alternately use premeal insulin or Starlix, I can handle the
carbs.

My granddaughter will be back Friday, I haven't been doing so well since she
left.

Anon
T2

In article >,
"Scruples" > wrote:

> "Anon" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
> > usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
> > been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
> > especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
> >
> > I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
> > have lower carb meals.
> >
> > Anon
>
> Just choose well. The Healthy Choice Tukey Dinner has 22 grams of carb, 200
> calories and 0 sugar, good choice. Unfortunately the pepperoni French bread
> pizza is 49 carb grams, 5 grams sugar and weighs in at 350 calories. The
> trick to any of this is to plan ahead about what you are buting, research
> and READ the ingredients. You can still have your TV dinners and eat them
> too
>
> A good rule of thumb is to not use the dinners with a bread or rice base or
> sweet sauces. I suppose for the zero carbers this won't work

There's only one zero carber I've seen post, and he was mentally
unstable as well as dishonest -- he actually was consuming carbs in the
vegetables he ate. He just ignored them.

To what zero carbers are you referring?


> but as for me I
> am a well controlled diabetic for 15 years (no damage) and use approcimatly
> 60-75 grams of carb per day. I do eat fruit, whole grain bread, Dreamfield's
> pasta (all in moderation!) and I eat cake on my birthday.
>
> You can check out the ingredients and nutrition on
> http://www.healthychoice.com/product...s/simple_s.jsp for Healthy Choice
> Meals.

Priscilla, T2

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:36:26 -0500, "Scruples"
> wrote:

>"Anon" > wrote in message
m...
>> Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
>> usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
>> been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
>> especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
>>
>> I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
>> have lower carb meals.
>>
>> Anon
>
>Just choose well. The Healthy Choice Tukey Dinner has 22 grams of carb, 200
>calories and 0 sugar, good choice. Unfortunately the pepperoni French bread
>pizza is 49 carb grams, 5 grams sugar and weighs in at 350 calories. The
>trick to any of this is to plan ahead about what you are buting, research
>and READ the ingredients. You can still have your TV dinners and eat them
>too
>
>A good rule of thumb is to not use the dinners with a bread or rice base or
>sweet sauces. I suppose for the zero carbers this won't work but as for me I
>am a well controlled diabetic for 15 years (no damage) and use approcimatly
>60-75 grams of carb per day. I do eat fruit, whole grain bread, Dreamfield's
>pasta (all in moderation!) and I eat cake on my birthday.
>
>You can check out the ingredients and nutrition on
>http://www.healthychoice.com/product...s/simple_s.jsp for Healthy Choice
>Meals.
>
I've found the hard way that labels are only a guide - and
often a very rough guide. Test an hour after a dinner the
first time you have it to see whether you should buy it
again.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
latest: Epidaurus

"Alan S" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:36:26 -0500, "Scruples"
> > wrote:
>
>>"Anon" > wrote in message
om...
>>> Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
>>> usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I
>>> have
>>> been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
>>> especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
>>>
>>> I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
>>> have lower carb meals.
>>>
>>> Anon
>>
>>Just choose well. The Healthy Choice Tukey Dinner has 22 grams of carb,
>>200
>>calories and 0 sugar, good choice. Unfortunately the pepperoni French
>>bread
>>pizza is 49 carb grams, 5 grams sugar and weighs in at 350 calories. The
>>trick to any of this is to plan ahead about what you are buting, research
>>and READ the ingredients. You can still have your TV dinners and eat them
>>too
>>
>>A good rule of thumb is to not use the dinners with a bread or rice base
>>or
>>sweet sauces. I suppose for the zero carbers this won't work but as for me
>>I
>>am a well controlled diabetic for 15 years (no damage) and use
>>approcimatly
>>60-75 grams of carb per day. I do eat fruit, whole grain bread,
>>Dreamfield's
>>pasta (all in moderation!) and I eat cake on my birthday.
>>
>>You can check out the ingredients and nutrition on
>>http://www.healthychoice.com/product...s/simple_s.jsp for Healthy
>>Choice
>>Meals.
>>
> I've found the hard way that labels are only a guide - and
> often a very rough guide. Test an hour after a dinner the
> first time you have it to see whether you should buy it
> again.
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
> d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg
> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
> --
> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
> latest: Epidaurus

I've found that the labels on TV dinners are quite accurate. I can tell
because if I inject premeal insulin according to the net carb count, it
comes out about right every time.

Anon

Be sure and watch the sodium in them some are quite high.
"Anon" > wrote in message
...
> Since my granddaughter went to visit her sister, I have been alone. I
> usually don't have the ambition to cook a real meal just for me so I have
> been eating a lot of TV dinners. Sometimes I add a salad to the meal. I
> especially like the label that tells me how many carbs are in the meal.
>
> I like the Stouffer's, Healthy Choice and Smart Ones brands because they
> have lower carb meals.
>
> Anon
>