Cheating Type 1 diabetes with the Slow-Carb diet
I am a 23 year old post graduate with Type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was 14, and like many diabetics, I am fighting daily to keep my sugar levels in check.

The main reason for this blog is to share slow-carb recipes and how it affects my diabetes.
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March 12th
6:52 PM
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Chicken & Sausage “No Potato” Hash. This is such a super duper easy recipe. I found this wonderful recipe from aspicyperspective.com. I’ve altered it a little bit by exchanging the chorizo with sausage and adding smoked paprika to the sausages. Also I didn’t have left over chicken so what I used was just boiled chicken that I shredded afterwards. From the website, click here for the full recipe.

Chicken & Sausage “No Potato” Hash.

This is such a super duper easy recipe. I found this wonderful recipe from aspicyperspective.com. I’ve altered it a little bit by exchanging the chorizo with sausage and adding smoked paprika to the sausages.

Also I didn’t have left over chicken so what I used was just boiled chicken that I shredded afterwards.

From the website, click here for the full recipe.

#chicken chorizo hash      #sausage      #recipe      #four hour body      #4hb      #4 hour body      #tim ferriss      #recipe      #recipes      #diabetic     
March 2nd
3:34 PM
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Chicken Curry.

curry powder

Most food stuff usually have recipes that you could try with the product. I’ve never made curry before and this was my first time and I followed the instructions on the back of the Schwartz curry powder package.

Unfortunately no camera still, but I can tell you the outcome was definitely delicious and it was very easy to make.

From the top of my head this is how the recipe went:

Ingredients:

  • Finely Diced Onion (or how you like it - I had mine chunky)
  • 3 tablespoons of Oil
  • Diced chicken or chicken wings (or both)
  • 2-3 tablespoons Curry powder
  • 400 grams tin of chopped tomato
  • 1/4 pint of water
  1. Heat up the oil in a deep pan, on medium heat.
  2. Add the onions and cook till it softens
  3. Add in the curry powder and continue stirring till the curry aroma rises
  4. Add in the can of tomatoes, lower the heat and simmer till the oil rises from the mix (Basically when you see spots of oil on the surface)
  5. Add in the chicken and cook it for 2-3 minutes
  6. Add in the water and stir
  7. Bring the water to boil for a few minutes then set it to simmer. Depending on whether you’ve added boned chicken or not, usually I let it simmer for at least 10 - 15 minutes.

And serve!

You could garnish it with coriander to bring out more flavours or add a couple of teaspoons of cinnamon.

Have it on its own, or with an iceberg salad and kidney beans which is what I’ve done.

Enjoy!

#curry      #chicken      #recipe      #slow carb      #ideas      #tim ferriss      #4hb      #four hour body     
February 23rd
7:17 AM
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Hi everyone,

Sorry for the lack of updates. My camera phone isn’t working anymore so I haven’t been able to take pictures. Will try to figure out an alternative though.

So far the slow carb diet has been great for me. But now I’m adding more vegetables into my meals. I’ve always been the kind who would have some protein and lots of carbs before the SCD. Not that I don’t like vegetables, just that I didn’t eat them? If that makes sense. I’m sure some of you are in the same boat as me.

I’m taking small steps as I don’t want to end up wasting the vegetables I’ve prepared for myself. So little things I’ve done is have a salad prepared to go with most meals, and I have raw spinach with my breakfast now.

I’ve come to realize how spinach really is a super food. You hear about it all the time but you don’t really get it until you understand that you really do need it for long term reasons.

Thank you all for following.

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November 6th
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what an awesome idea! chubbylittleasiangirl: fitumblring: These are cute for Sunday Morning Breakfast!Here’s the recipe, enjoy!Very simple, just three steps: 1) Cut bell peppers into 1/2 inch rings2) Place in a non-stick lightly oiled skillet3) Crack an egg in the middle of each ring and cover and cook over low heat until done. If you like your yolks runny, just cook over low heat until whites are done. If you like your yolks firm, break the yolks and then cook over low heat until both whites and yolks are firm Great Idea :)

what an awesome idea!

chubbylittleasiangirl:

fitumblring:

These are cute for Sunday Morning Breakfast!
Here’s the recipe, enjoy!
Very simple, just three steps:

1) Cut bell peppers into 1/2 inch rings
2) Place in a non-stick lightly oiled skillet
3) Crack an egg in the middle of each ring and cover and cook over low heat until done. If you like your yolks runny, just cook over low heat until whites are done. If you like your yolks firm, break the yolks and then cook over low heat until both whites and yolks are firm

Great Idea :)

#four hour body      #4hb      #tim ferriss      #recipes      #slow carb diet      #eggs      #breakfast     
October 11th
6:32 PM
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Hey everyone,

Again sorry for the lack of updates. I’m trying to get back on the slow-carb train, but right now I’m yet to shop for groceries. But I try to do best with what I have! Hopefully I’ll have more recipes up soon.

The first picture is an omelette, you can go through my archive to find out how I make them! I’ve added these together to show how you can pre-prepare some ingredients to go into different meals.

The omelette basically has red pepper, green pepper and red onion and some cold cut meat.

The other picture, is pan fried mutton neck with the sauteed pepper mix and onion on the side (I usually cook that in olive oil and butter as well).

I basically use this recipe as a basic to fry any sort of red meat (not sure if it works with duck!). So have a go!

You’ll need:

  • Steak (Any sort of red meat steak)
  • Dried Rosemary
  • 2 Crushed garlic cloves
  • Butter (Optional)
  • Olive Oil
  1. Depending on your steak, you might want to use a meat beater just to tenderize it a little.
  2. Season the steak generously with salt and pepper on both sides. You want to make sure you season the whole thing. Use tongs to rub the salt and pepper into the meat if you don’t like using your hands.
  3. Heat the pan on a medium high heat. You can either use a grill pan on just a plain one will do. Give it a few minutes. You want to make sure the pan is nice and hot before you add anything to it.
  4. When the pan is ready add in just about a spoon of olive oil, then add in the dried rosemary and crushed garlic.
  5. When the smell of the rosemary and garlic starts to rise, add in your steak. Place the steak on top of the garlic.
  6. Depending on how you like your steak I usually follow this rule - The more you turn your steak the more well done it gets. So keep that in mind. Check the bottom of the steak has nicely browned. You want it to be a little bit caramelized. This takes a few minutes, once that’s done turn it over.
  7. When your steak is nearly done, add in a knob of butter for flavour.
  8. When its done, leave it to the side and then prepare the pepper mix!

And you’re done! Just be patient for the steak to come out well. One of the ways that I cheat to check if the steak’s well done is that i stab the middle with a knife and once I see the juices are clear I quickly put the steak aside.

Enjoy!

    #Slow Carb      #Recipe      #Omelette      #Meat      #Steak      #Lamb      #Mutton      #Food      #rosemary      #diabetes      #four hour body      #tim ferriss      #4hb     
    September 25th
    5:12 AM
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    Sorry for the lack of posts everybody.

    I was off the diet for the holidays because I had a hard time trying to cook for myself since I was working full day.

    Looks like I gotta plan better next time!

    I’m back at uni now to pursue my masters so I hope I’ll be posting up more stuff soon.

    Thanks again for all of your support.

    August 28th
    2:37 AM
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    Grapefruit and Insulin Resistance

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    July 14th
    2:27 AM
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    I had this for take-out. A malay style beef soto: a traditional soup mainly composed of broth, meat and vegetables. Typically served with yellow noodles.

    I had this for take-out.

    A malay style beef soto: a traditional soup mainly composed of broth, meat and vegetables. Typically served with yellow noodles.

    #Soto      #Malay      #Brunei      #Take-out      #soup      #meat      #nom     
    July 9th
    12:29 AM
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    Roasted chicken with broccoli and carrots at my super sexy best friend’s (she saw this post and insisted I write that down) house! Very delicious! The chicken’s natural juices coated the some of the veges and was so tender and juicy.  Will try to recreate this at home soon!

    Roasted chicken with broccoli and carrots at my super sexy best friend’s (she saw this post and insisted I write that down) house!

    Very delicious!

    The chicken’s natural juices coated the some of the veges and was so tender and juicy.

     Will try to recreate this at home soon!

    #Slow carb diet      #tim ferriss      #four hour body      #four hour      #4hb      #chicken      #roast      #delicious      #nom nom      #scd      #diabetes     
    June 27th
    1:00 PM
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    Sizzling prawn with garlic and dried chilies. Been meaning to post this up recently. This is definitely a favourite of mine. The prawns I’ve used here are Madagascan King Prawns. I ate 200 grams worth, which according to the packaging was 2 portions. The amount of protein added up to 18 grams altogether. Raw Shelled King Prawns (200 grams) Diced Garlic (2 cloves) 1 -2 pieces of dried chili, sliced and with the seeds removed (for flavour). Salt Vegetable Oil Devein the raw king prawns. I kept the shell intact, but you can try it without the shell. The important thing is to keep the prawn head as that is where most of the flavour will be coming from. Here’s a quick video on what it is to devein a prawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffaY8t1nBE Season the prawns generously with salt Heat up the oil in a frying pan on medium heat, then add the chili and garlic. I usually have 2 dried chilies, but if you’re not use to spicy food then try with 1 first.   When the garlic has browned, lower the heat and add in the prawns in a nice single layer. You will know that the prawn is done on one side when you see its outlines are cooked. Turn the prawns on its other side. Only do this once! You can use a kitchen tong for this. The other side of the prawn will take less time to cook. Once the prawns are done, use the kitchen tongs a serve the prawns on the plate. You do not need to add the leftover garlic and chili slices. Enjoy! =)

    Sizzling prawn with garlic and dried chilies.

    Been meaning to post this up recently. This is definitely a favourite of mine. The prawns I’ve used here are Madagascan King Prawns. I ate 200 grams worth, which according to the packaging was 2 portions. The amount of protein added up to 18 grams altogether.

    • Raw Shelled King Prawns (200 grams)
    • Diced Garlic (2 cloves)
    • 1 -2 pieces of dried chili, sliced and with the seeds removed (for flavour).
    • Salt
    • Vegetable Oil
    1. Devein the raw king prawns. I kept the shell intact, but you can try it without the shell. The important thing is to keep the prawn head as that is where most of the flavour will be coming from. Here’s a quick video on what it is to devein a prawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffaY8t1nBE
    2. Season the prawns generously with salt
    3. Heat up the oil in a frying pan on medium heat, then add the chili and garlic. I usually have 2 dried chilies, but if you’re not use to spicy food then try with 1 first.  
    4. When the garlic has browned, lower the heat and add in the prawns in a nice single layer. You will know that the prawn is done on one side when you see its outlines are cooked.
    5. Turn the prawns on its other side. Only do this once! You can use a kitchen tong for this. The other side of the prawn will take less time to cook.
    6. Once the prawns are done, use the kitchen tongs a serve the prawns on the plate. You do not need to add the leftover garlic and chili slices.

    Enjoy! =)

    #Prawns      #King Prawns      #Sizzling      #Garlic      #Recipe      #Slow carb      #diet      #4hb      #Tim Ferris      #four hour body      #dried chili      #food