Old-school cheese flan! I used to love this really basic cheese flan for school dinner when I was a kid. It was a massive plain cheese quiche made in a huge tray and served with baked beans or salad and chips. I detest baked beans with a passion, so that’s a no-go for me, and adding beans to a slice of this flan would probably push blood sugars a bit too far and most definitely alongside chips. So hold the chips and beans and go for a big green salad and some creamy coleslaw on the side for a well-paired, delicious midweek dinner. These cheese flans also make great snacks, as they can be eate ..read more

Gestational Diabetes UK Recipe Subscription To access this content, take out a GD UK Recipe Subscription today! If you have already subscribed, please login I created Gestational Diabetes UK® as a GD Mum, for other Mums. I’m dedicated to providing information on gestational diabetes, from diagnosis through to birth and beyond. I do not show any ads on my website, or have any annoying pop-ups. There are no affiliate links and no financial gain for any products that are mentioned within the content. All links shown are purely for information purposes and for your benefit so that you can l ..read more

Gestational Diabetes UK Recipe Subscription To access this content, take out a GD UK Recipe Subscription today! If you have already subscribed, please login I created Gestational Diabetes UK® as a GD Mum, for other Mums. I’m dedicated to providing information on gestational diabetes, from diagnosis through to birth and beyond. I do not show any ads on my website, or have any annoying pop-ups. There are no affiliate links and no financial gain for any products that are mentioned within the content. All links shown are purely for information purposes and for your benefit so that you can le ..read more

Protein helps maintain good blood glucose levels and is a very important part of a good gestational diabetes diet, therefore many women look for products high in protein to add into the diet to increase the amount of protein being consumed. Protein positively affects the growth of fetal tissue, including the brain. It also helps your breast and uterine tissue to grow during pregnancy, and it plays a role in your increasing blood supply. Pregnancy Nutrition: Food Groups, American Pregnancy Association The delayed spike in blood sugar levels from protein While a higher protein diet he ..read more

Happy Chinese New Year! Kung Hei Fat Choi! Lunar New Year, also called Spring Festival, is the most important holiday in China. Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In Chinese and other East Asian cultures, the festival is commonly referred to as the Spring Festival (Chinese: 春節 / 春节, Chūn jié) as the spring season in the lunisolar calendar traditionally starts with  ..read more

Herb-buttered new potatoes. Delicious new potatoes coated in fresh chopped herbs and butter or oil to your liking. New potatoes are a great starchy carb to add to your plate to ensure you’re still eating carbs, but pairing them more than eating plain potatoes on their own. By eating the potatoes in their skins, we are eating more fibre, meaning they take longer to digest, which is beneficial to blood sugar levels, and by adding butter or oil to the potatoes, we are increasing the amount of fat, helping to pair the carbs and reducing the spike in blood glucose levels. These herb-buttered new po ..read more

If you have coeliac disease or gluten intolerance, you may be wondering if you can follow a gluten-free gestational diabetes diet without added complications. The great news is that following a gluten-free gestational diabetes diet is no more difficult than following a gestational diabetes diet that will help blood glucose levels, especially if you opt for natural sources of gluten-free foods. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and other grains. These grains are predominantly found in high-carbohydrate foods such as bread, pasta, cereals, cakes and biscuits. Carbohydrates raise ..read more

Silky smooth, creamy, buttery mashed potato. The perfect pairing for sausages, stews, casseroles and for topping pies. Potatoes are high in carbohydrates, making them a vegetable that raises blood glucose levels rapidly. Mashed potatoes can be even harder to tolerate as the potatoes have been peeled, removing additional fibre from the flesh and cooked. Then, mashing them means they can be digested more easily than potatoes in their whole form, such as a new potato eaten in the skin. In order to make mashed potatoes more tolerable and to reduce the impact on blood glucose levels, we can add ad ..read more

A delicious warming pork casserole, slow-cooked in cider with leeks, mushrooms, garlic, butter, sage, parsley and cream. This recipe was a huge hit with my whole family, so definitely a new one to add to the family menu. This recipe uses pork shoulder for the perfect cut of pork suitable for slow cooking. Print Pork Casserole Pork Casserole | Gestational Diabetes UK Course Main Meals Cuisine British Diet Diabetic, Gluten Free Keyword casserole, pork, slow cooked, slow cooker, stew Free or Subscription Recipe Free Recipe Free from coconut, eggs, gluten, nuts Servings 6 servings Calories 3 ..read more

Pumpkin spice peanut butter cookies are my Autumnal take on my original peanut butter cookies for a warm spiced Halloween special! Quick and easy to make and perfect for making with little ones for Halloween. Drizzled with dark chocolate and finished with another sprinkle of pumpkin spice, these cookies are delicious to enjoy with a cuppa, or my pumpkin spice latte! Print Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter Cookies An Autumnal take on my peanut butter cookies | Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter Cookies | Gestational Diabetes UK Course Snacks Cuisine American Diet Diabetic, Gluten Free, Vegetarian Keywo ..read more