Category: Eat to beat diabetes
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Lockdown fish pie
This recipe was originally published in my book Whats4teaMum? as Lowestoft Fish Pie but in these days of ‘catch what you can’ in the supermarkets you can make it with any frozen fish you might have in the freezer. It’s comforting and homely and just what we need in these days of COVID-lockdown. I am…
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Eat to beat diabetes | Reading and understanding food labels
Once you understand that, if you are pre-diabetic (or trying to lose weight), overloading your body with glucose by regularly eating large amounts of carbohydrate is to be avoided, learning to read food labels in a purposeful manner becomes second nature. I created a simple spreadsheet of all the food products I buy regularly so…
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Beef cheek ragout
The last time I went home to see my parents, I bought a beautiful pair of beef cheeks from the local butcher and they’ve been sitting in my freezer waiting for the day that some magic would happen. Today was that day. Beef cheek needs long slow cooking to make it tender but the flavour…
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Pigeon Cottage Kitchen 