Correction Shots

How I prep syringes for our friend/neighbor to be able to do corrections while Samuel is at their house.

I asked our pharmacy for a tall pill container. I fill the syringes with a few different doses and write the dose using a super-fine Sharpie on the end of the syringe plunger and on the cap itself. (Note: you can only put the cap back on over the plunger if your dose is about 2u or less.) Then just put the pre-filled syringes in the pill container. My friend keeps these in her fridge.

They text me his blood sugar and I tell her which dose to use. Easy peasy.

Note just for clarification...
we dilute to a 1:4 ratio, so "1" is actually a 0.2u correction, "1.5" is 0.3u, and "2" is 0.4u. The beauty of this is that my friend doesn't need to know any of this. She's just pulling out the number listed on the syringe that I tell her.

Ice Cream Soda

So easy and refreshing in the summer!

1) Loosely fill glass with low carb vanilla ice cream (2 different recipes on this blog).
2) Add 1-2 Tbsp sugar-free vanilla syrup (Jordan's, Torani, etc).
3) Fill half the glass with unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
4) Top with club soda or seltzer and stir.

Variations:
🔹Try different flavored ice cream. I love almond ice cream with Jordan's sugar-free almond syrup.
🔹You can also use diet root beer, cola or orange soda instead of club soda or seltzer.

Chicken & Egg Salad

5 oz chicken & egg salad, peas, raw broccoli and ranch dip. 30+g protein 7g net carbs.

Single Serve Strawberry Shortcake (aka: 90 second cake)

Melt 2 Tbsp unsalted butter in microwaveable bowl. 
Add:
3 Tbsp almond flour
2 - 3 tsp 0 carb sweetener
2 - 3 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
Mix well. 
Add:1 large egg
Mix well.

Grease a 10 - 12 oz ramekin. Add batter and microwave for 90 seconds. Set aside to cool.

Whip some heavy cream with 0 carb sweetener. Slice 1 strawberry.

Remove cake from ramekin and slice in half. Put a little whipped cream between the cake layers, top with more whipped cream and the strawberry.

4 net carbs.

Carrot "Apple" Salad

Years ago I used to make a simple, crunchy carrot & raisin salad. I've not considered it in years though because of the raisins. This new low carb version just popped in my head and it was really delicious. Both kids scarfed it down. And since it uses shredded carrots the portion looks a bit bigger than it really is.

1 10-oz bag shredded carrots
1/2 cup sugar-free mayo
2-3 tsp 0 carb sweetener
5 oz (1 cup) finely chopped fried "apples" (zucchini)
sprinkle of cinnamon.

Mix everything well and chill for at least an hour.  (I usually double the recipe!)

Search the blog for "apples" and you'll find the "apples" recipe.

This makes for a fast, refreshing, crunchy side dish.

Chicken & Egg Salad

Chicken & Egg salad, riced cinnamon cauliflower, peas, and a strawberry. My kids just eat all of this cold from the fridge.

Different Insulin Profiles

Visual of how different insulins work. Common/nickname listed too.

Cheeseburger on a 0 net carb SmartBun

Cheeseburger on a 0 net carb SmartBun, peas and coleslaw. 6 net carbs.

The "flour" used to make SmartBun's are actually fibers and the sweetener is erythritol, so it is 0 net carbs. After a few tests I've learned I don't need to bolus Samuel at all for any carbs. But the bun does have 10g of protein which I take into count when bolusing. 

 

https://smartbakingco.com/

A1c = 4.8%

Great Endo appt yesterday (saw a new Dietician too). No issues or push back about LC or him having ketones (being in nutritional ketosis).

She reviewed 2 weeks of BG readings and said "a non-diabetic kid's BG would be 60-100 mg/dL so I'm good with any of these 60's because I can see he's flat".

So thankful to have a great Endo who supports our choice to strive for non-diabetic BG levels.

Cherry Kool-Aid

I make up a batch of the cherry Kool-Aid and add 0 carb liquid sweetener to the glass instead of sweetening the whole bottle, so everyone can make it how they like it.

NOTE... All flavors (I've found) except cherry contain maltodextrin and/or cornstarch which would spike a T1. Cherry is the only flavor we've tried.