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Jay-me, Thanks so much!!! I really hope you like it.

No - and I have absolutely no intention of trying it. If my mother, who is a wonderful cook, can't get me to like spinach then nobody can. I find it has a nasty metallic taste that nothing can get rid of.

: "Give me another week or so here and I'll bake all day for you if you can send me salad."

Gingerlily, Nothing ventured nothing gained!

D.d. wrote: "Gingerlily, Nothing ventured nothing gained!"

True indeed. Spinach is a bit of a sore point with me though.

O.k. Gingerlily we'll let it drop. A change of subject I'm watching 'my stepmothers an alien'.

Haven't seen that one - sounds like my kind of thing though. Keep on meaning to watch 'So I married an Axe Murderer'. Have you seen that?

Oiy. Take it to the film thread, ladies.

Gingerlily, is that the one with Mike Myers?

No I haven't. 'My step mothers an alien' has Kim Bassinger (is that even how you spell her name?) in it.

Patti, Don't be hating...please?

Hating????

Lol Golly you're new here!

I am, Patti, new today!

D.d. - Trust me. Everyone here is so friendly!

Yep, I know! And it's lovely how well you've joined in too.

Thank goodness for that, I've had some harsh words thrown at me.

Its easy to take things up as harsh when they aren't intended that way - but really we are all about friendly teasing rather than harsh words here.

Oohhh...I didn't mean you! I know we're only joking around.

Which is exactly as it was meant of course.

Guess I'll leave the oiys to Simon in future. He does it so well.

Hahaha Patti you're worse than us!

And yes it is the one with Mike Myers playing himself and his Dad at the same time.

(Patti ... :-P)

Is it just me, or does anyone else get hungry when they're watching a film?

Vanessa wrote: "Hahaha Patti you're worse than us!"

I know! That's why it was meant to be funny!

Gingerlily, I've seen it a couple of times...I think it's a good film.

I get hungry trying to keep up with all these posts!! my goodness 89 posts in this one but i finally got there and i havent even been on holiday yet.

Time to catch up:
mushrooms - yum
tomatoes - yuck
diets - rubbish
movies - yay!

I just paid £3.50 for a kilo of manky tomatoes.

Argh!!!!

Veg order £20 this week and I got virtually nothing.

Tomato
Eggplant
6 apples
Bit of coriander
A marrow

Oh, it's nice to complain, thanks, you lot!

I've had lettuce butties for my lunch & am planning pasta with mushrooms,cheese & tomato sauce.....that should allow a few of you to have my meat portion for the day.

Ok - I'll have meat, meat and meat for dinner.. Although I am feeling quite drained at the moment from this cough, so i might just have chicken soup instead.

THE GREAT BRITISH ONION BHAJI

I just thought I'd post my really simple, but really effective Bhaji recipe. It's cheap and fun and very easy.

200 g gram flour
1 Tablespoon Tandoori Paste
1 clove garlic, chopped
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
One large Spanish onion (chopped)
chopped coriander
cumin and red chille
lemon juice
cup of peas
salt
vegetable oil for deep frying
water


Put gram flour in a bowl
Add turmeric, lemon juice, coriander, garlic, cumin, chille, salt and tandoori paste. Mix together thoroughly.

Add onion and peas. Add to bowl and mix.

Then add as much cold water as is necessary to make a creamy (but not too watery) blend.

Then make into small balls/ bhajis and deep fry until crispy.

NB. Take out after a few minutes. Cut a small hole in the middle and continue frying for a few minutes so it's cooked inside.


Serve with homemade raita

That's it!

Carl
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Thanks, Carl!

Thanks Carl...I'm going to have a go at making them.

You can get white vinigar here in Scotland Patti,fine for pickling.

If anyone spoke of diets in front of my Mum she used to say "There is a lot of folk in the graveyard would be glad of my appetite"!

This is an appeal for recipes. My husband has just been diagnosed with diabetes. He's got a really sweet tooth so I wondered if any of you had any nice recipes suitable for diabetics please. Particularly crumbles as I've been making a lot lately. If I substitute sweetener instead of sugar - any idea what proportions I should use? I'm hoping that it's less sweetener than sugar because when I looked at the price of artificial sweetener it was quite expensive for a small amount - also, if I used the same amount of sweetener as I do sugar then I would be using up the whole tub!

I've been reading the info that we've been given already and we are already eating a lot of the right things like wholemeal bread, pasta and brown rice etc. I make the crumble mixture with half oats and wholemeal (often non-wheat) flour. So I'm just wondering how to reduce the sugar - would the crumble mix taste ok with no sugar at all if I just put it in with the fruit? Advice from experienced cooks would be appreciated!

Thanks
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'Silver Spoon Light' is supposed to be a good substitute for sugar (: (it's recommended by doctors a lot). When my grandma cooks for us on a Sunday (my uncle is diabetic) she just increases the apple and decreases the amount of crumble. I don't know if that helps..

I know this is off topic but...I'm eating a bringal and cheese cracker and it's yummy!

Also Karen, if you increase the starchy carbohydrates he eats (pasta, etc) and include more fruit/veg, he can still have some of his sweet things ;)

What my uncle does is have a 'treat' on a Friday night where he can have 1 item made with a normal recipe (just a smaller portion)

Also, have you tried using dried fruit in crumbles? They usually don't need sugar with them if you used dried fruit (except maybe a light sprinkling on the top)

Thanks Katy - some really good advice there!

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Weight watchers used to recommend stewing rhubarb in low cal (sugar free) lemonade for crumble & pies, so no sugar there.

Glad to help, Karen (:

Sponge cake is one of the recipes that comes to mind where you can half the sugar and it still works fine!

Foods with sweetener instead of sugar don't keep as long, just so you know (:

You've probably already seen this, but we like this website (:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-d...

No I hadn't found that website - so thanks for bringing it to my attention!

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Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Katy, I love mushrooms so I will eat your mushrooms and you can have my tomatoes."

Simon, I thought I was the only person who didn't like tomatoes!

Anyone want mine?

It explains all about altering meals, what to look out for, and things like that (: as well as having a handy 'recipe' feature that you can sort into categories such as "deserts" or "snacks" (: it gives the calories too

Katy wrote: "It explains all about altering meals, what to look out for, and things like that (: as well as having a handy 'recipe' feature that you can sort into categories such as "deserts" or "snacks" (: it ..."

It's brilliant! Really useful.

We've only just found out about Bill having diabetes so we're still learning what we need to do. He's had a couple of tests and we'll be talking the results over with a doctor on Monday and will find out if he needs medication and if so, what. Or whether we can manage it with his diet. We already eat quite healthily so we might just have to tweak things a bit..

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Glad it helps (:

Diabetes isn't as scary as it sounds, don't worry (: You'll be surprised how easily you fit into a routine with all the help that's out there

I hope Bill just needs to manage it with his diet! You eat pretty healthily anyway, so I'm pretty sure it will just be controlled with his diet (: Fingers crossed for Monday!

Thanks Katy. :0)

Lovely link. I have bookmarked it too. Many thanks.

A pleasure Patti and Vanessa :)

D.d. wrote: "I know this is off topic but...I'm eating a bringal and cheese cracker and it's yummy!"

I love Patak's Bringal pickle. In fact I love aubergine. Hence my favourite dish being Aubergine Bake (see above).

Off topic, on this forum? Never!!

I've made a few "Diabetic recipes" I found a webiste (might have been the one above) that said just cut down on the sugar and add some fruit instead. I have never added extra fruit to anything but have cut down the sugar (sometimes by nearly a third) in some of my recipes and they taste just the same. Much healthier for everyone involved. You just cant do it if your using yeast.