Just tested the blood sugar before dinner and it was 145, which is his lowest reading since he was diagnosed. Showed him how to make an easy dinner that he could make in 15 mins. Steamed some broccoli, and instead of putting cheddar cheese and loading it up, I just put a dusting of asiago …
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Blood Sugar Update
I was planning to make the fish tonight, but forgot to go buy red peppers, and we spent so much time talking about Bratwurst and Brötchen and the pommes frites and mayo at the rad shack (translation- rad is what we called locals behind their backs, short for Comrade, and the rad shack was the …
Today In Diabetic Cooking
Since my buddy is a newly diagnosed diabetic (his blood sugar was like 500 when he was diagnosed six weeks ago), and muscular and athletic and skinny, there isn’t much medicine or exercise can do beyond a point (or so I think. I’ve spent the last couple of days since I knew he was coming …
Dietary Questions
I mentioned the other night that my buddy from the Army is showing up and staying for a few days, and it turns out he is diabetic, so I need some menu options. We talked tonight, and I was going to make meatloaf and mashed potatoes, but now I am thinking meatloaf and mashed cauliflower …
Nom-Nom-Nom
Living in Florida has its downsides, like giant snakes, mammoth cockroaches and mandatory gun ownership for squirrely girlfriend-abusing-senseless-murder acquittees. But there are good things about it too, like a high of 72 F today and the ubiquity of cheap Caribbean takeout joints, like the one that made my lunch (and snack, and dinner) pictured below: …
Thursday Evening Open Thread: Branding
@anne_boyer @PhillipsPasha Power of brand. Kale = upscale granola crunchers. Collards = gap toothed hillbillies. — billmon (@billmon1) January 1, 2014 Going out to remove the first six inches, of a projected ten to fifteen, from the front steps & walkway. Yes, I know I’m lucky in comparison to many of you Midwesterners… Along with …
BugWars: Good News, Bad News
Good news, as far as it goes, per the NYTimes: The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday put in place a major new policy to phase out the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in cows, pigs and chickens raised for meat, a practice that experts say has endangered human health by fueling the growing epidemic of …