Gráinne Flynn, a patient advocate and a diabetes blogger with Type 1, explains more about carb counting One of the tools we use to help us manage our type 1 …
Warm Steak & beetroot sandwich with honey & mustard dressing
Try this from Lovebeetroot.com Serves: 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 12-15 minutes You’ll need: For the honey mustard dressing: 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 …
Salad Nicoise with beans and peas
Serves 4 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes You’ll need 200g new potatoes cut in half 4 medium free-range eggs 200g fresh green beans, trimmed 100g fresh peas, …
Breakfast boost
Most of us know that skipping breakfast is considered bad form – breaking your ‘fast’ (not eating for the hours that you sleep) is frowned up on my doctors and …
Beans
Fitting into the legume category, beans are considered to be a food group of their own in Brazil. Recent research has linked bean intake to lower risk of type 2 …
Pepper (spice)
Get cracking! Dried ground pepper has been used since antiquity for both its flavour and as medicine and is the world’s most traded spice. It is one of the most …