Before I had diabetes I was a full-time snacker.  Snacking with diabetes, however, is complicated.  It requires planning to keep blood glucose levels in check.  I’m rarely that organized. Instead, I cut back on snacks by trying to make sure that I don’t snack for no reason.  One way to do that is to make hunger a prerequisite...

What’s hiding at the Passover seder?   If you answered “afikoman,” you’re right. (The afikomen is a piece of matzo traditionally hidden during the Passover seders.  Children search for the afikomen and the child who finds it gets a prize.) But something is else is hiding at the seder too. Carbohydrates! Be aware....

I first learned about National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week (February 26 -March 3, 2012) on Gena Hamshaw’s fantastic blog, Choosing Raw.  The mission of NEDA Awareness Week “is to ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access...

We rarely eat anything sweet, and we don’t usually publish recipes with sweeteners of any sort.  But sometimes you have to make exceptions.  Valentine’s Day is one of those times. If you’re going to celebrate Valentine’s Day with chocolate, there are ways to do it that shouldn’t make your blood sugar soar. ...

Even if you didn’t have diabetes you wouldn’t eat ice cream for breakfast, right?  But when it comes to carbs, many of America’s common, quick breakfast foods – the ones we’ve been taught are healthy – are bigger carb offenders than ice cream.  A serving of Ben and Jerry’s vanilla ice cream...

If you told me to pick one thing to eat every day, three meals a day, forever, I would probably choose a bagel with cream cheese (assuming I didn’t have to factor in diabetes).  Before diabetes, bagels were one of my staples.  And while I don’t have a hard time avoiding carbs in general, if there are bagels in the room,...

Are you looking for an Easter activity that doesn’t involve eating candy?  Here’s a great way to use the leftover hard boiled eggs you don’t end up decorating, and get your kids to eat something healthy, too. What you need: hard boiled eggs – peeled fennel seeds or black sesame seeds, 2 per egg for the “eyes” thin...

Many of your supermarket brand name peanut butters are not as good for you as they could be.  While peanut butter is an excellent low-carb food, if you choose the wrong kind, you’ll find yourself consuming a lot of added sugar and hydrogenated oil.  Look around your local supermarket for a moment and you should notice, often on...

I know it’s important to include raw vegetables in my diet, but as the winter wears on I find myself eating fewer and fewer green salads.  When I’m feeling cold, I prefer cooked vegetables and one of our favorite ways to prepare winter vegetables is in the oven.  Almost every night we eat baked cauliflower, which is as filling...

If you’re buying and eating packaged snack foods, there’s a good chance you’re consuming a highly processed food product with a lot of added sugar or salt.  It’s true that packaged snack foods are extremely convenient, especially if you’re on the go with kids, but there are healthy and easy alternatives. ...