Thursday, 6 October 2016

Healthy Carb Free Snacks

Spring Time 

Is usually when I take healthy eating more seriously, I do eat healthy don't get me wrong but I find snacking to be a problem for me. So in the warmer months I aim for carb free snacks or a snack that has very little carbohydrates in it. I have been having a lot of trouble with my blood glucose levels recently and I feel now is definitely the time to reign in my eating habits and rediscover my carb free snacks.

Spring is a great time for a fresh start and the timing is right for me to have a fresh start beginning with food. I measure 99% of my food and when it comes to crumbed meat at dinner time I usually estimate what the meat would be worth. I really love my carb free snacks in the warmer months so I like to have;

  • Cherry Tomatoes
  • Salads 
  • Carrot Sticks 
  • Cucumber Sticks

I feel carb free snacks are great because it is like a small break from carb counting, we are always counting carbohydrates so to have food that has no carbs or very little carbs in it I think it is a nice break. There is never a break or a holiday from Diabetes so I think it is nice to be able to have some fun with our food.

The snacks with very little carbohydrates in them that I really enjoy include;

  • Cheese and biscuits, I have 10 small rice biscuits and they are equal to one exchange.
  • Mixed herb ricotta on a square piece of pastry topped with a cherry tomato, baked in the oven until golden. This is a very basic snack but also has very little carbohydrates in it.
  •  Carrot, cucumber sticks with a dip, again a simple snack with very little carbohydrates     in it.
I am sure there is plenty of other snacks out there but these ones are my personal favourite and please feel free to be inspired by these simple snack ideas if you are after some fresh ideas for snacks.

I realise this is a bit of a short post but I did want to share my healthy carb free snacks, if you would like me to share the recipe for the mixed herb ricotta on a square piece of pastry please leave me a comment on this post or on the Facebook page Type One Diabetes & Life.

I hope you enjoy this post and have a wonderful weekend.

Until next time

Jenna


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