RECIPE: Lentil Bake

This was a great addition to our Sunday lunch and the kids loved it too!

Click here for the recipe: http://www.recipesforvegans.co.uk/lentilbake.html

Blood Sugar is lower when I'm on my own

I had a morning on my own today, the kids were with their dad and my boyfriend isn't coming down till later. Although I woke up realtively early (half seven) I sat on the laptop in bed for a while and delayed breakfast till nearly 10. What a mistake, my blood sugar has taken a real slump. A walk just now has got me moving and I've had more food and I know I will be ok, but it has just made me realise that I look after myself a lot more if I have to be around other people.

Filling Breakfasts

I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions of nice filling breakfasts I can give to my kids in the morning to stop them getting grumpy through the morning.
I usually give them porridge with fruit and sometimes toast as well, but this doesn't always seem to give them all the energy they need. Any suggestions?

GI Index

I wondered if anyone else has used the GI index of foods to work out if they are good for blood sugar? Most things are obvious to me but it does surprise me that white spagetti has low GI when wholemeal spagetti fills me up so much. Also parsnips are worse GI than mashed potato, that was also a surprise. I wonder if it has been a good guide for anyone else with low blood sugar?

Benign Goitre

I had an appointment yesterday and found out that my enlarged thyroid is benign, which I worked out basically means they don't know why. All my other tests were fine so it looks like none of they symptoms I'm experiencing are due to that. So it must be low blood sugar. I guess not surprising since I've had it since I was a child.

Snacks really help

I really notice the difference in my kids if they have a snack in between meals. Even if it is only fruit it keeps their blood sugar much higher and they don't get moody when the next meal is due.
I find they like seeds, nuts, a couple of crackers, oakcakes or ricecakes. I sometimes give them crisps but they don't seem to work as well.

Thyroid

I'm going for another appointment about my thyroid on Monday. It might be that the symptoms that I have previously attributed to low blood sugar might be due to this. Although the blood tests didn't bring up anything I do have an enlarged thyroid so it will be interesting to see what they say.