Lets Get Cooking...Recipe Share!!

I enjoy cooking and I love trying new recipes.  So I'd like to start a recipe share site right here.....based on tried and true HEALTHY recipes from me and YOU!!!  
Feel free to post any healthy recipe.  I enjoy taking fattening recipes and cutting down the fat and calories, while keeping lots of flavor.  So, I'll start with one of my all time favorites:
    Cheese Noodle Casserole 
Ingredients 
    1 package no yolk broad noodles
    1/2 cup splenda/sugar blend for baking
    5 egg whites whipped till fluffy
    8 oz low fat cottage cheese or low fat ricotta cheese
    8 oz low fat sour cream or 8 oz low fat plain yogurt
    1 cup apple sauce
     2 tsp pure vanilla extract
     butter flavored cooking spray
Directions
     Cook noodles and drain.  Beat eggs with fork and mix with sugar/splenda; cottage cheese and sour cream.           Remix until creamy and add 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce. Combine with noodles and thoroughly mix together.  Spray a square casserole dish with cooking spray and pour in mixture. Bake at 350 deg. for 40 to 45 minutes until top is golden brown.  Enjoy!!!!

Please post your recipes under "comments." You will have to click on "comment as" and either click on Anonymous or Name ( and then choose a name.) Cant wait to read and try your recipes!!!
--Lissy
PS..Thanks for the great idea Cuz JS!
   

"Do you Have Some Kind of a Foot Fetish or Something?"

A few months ago, my husband and I took a lovely trip down to Florida.  Before dinner, we both went up to the room to shower and we used two of the 4 towels that the chambermaid had left us.  Of course that left us with two for our morning showers and that seemed just fine.  But the next morning, my husband shrieked when he discovered that there was only one clean towel left and the other one was drenched.  I  explained that I had used the wet towel to clean my feet the night before, prior getting into bed.  He gave me the oddest quizzical look....and then blurted out something on the order of ..." Whats with you?? Do you have some kind of foot fetish or something?"

When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, one of the things that my Podiatrist impressed upon me was to inspect and clean my feet every night prior to going to sleep.  With diabetes, we are more  prone to tongue twisting conditions like neuropathy...a complication due to poorly controlled diabetes over a long period of time.  With neuropathy, patients may experience numbness, tingling and/or  foot pain.  Although my diabetes has always been well controlled, I got into the habit of inspecting and cleaning my feet every night and just as I wouldnt consider going to sleep without brushing my teeth, I wouldnt consider going to sleep without cleaning and inspecting my feet.

I'd like to hear your comments.  Do you inspect your feet at night?  Do you suffer from neuropathy?  Feel free   to post your comments below.  After you write your comment, click on the down arrow next to Comment As  and either click on Name or Anonymous then click on Post Comment.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
--Lissy

"She Eats Sugar!!"

Dedicated to my daughter, MM who inspired me to write down the details of the following humorous experience.

I've been substitute teaching for the past few years for elementary aged students.  One day I was called in for a third grade class.  The day was going very smoothly and the students were very attentive to all my instructions.  This particular class had their lunch scheduled for late in the day.  About a half hour prior to lunch time, while the students were quietly working on a reading assignment, I felt myself getting jittery and decided to check my blood sugar.  Sure enough, it was 60 and needed to be addressed. I reached for my purse and took out two sugar packets, ripped them open and poured them into my mouth.  Within about 30 seconds I started to hear whispering around the classroom....."SHE EATS SUGAR.......THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER EATS SUGAR!!!!"  I decided to "take the high road" and just ignore the comments rather than try explaining diabetes and insulin reactions to third graders.  But I did notice that I've never been called back again to sub for that class.......
I've been using sugar packets to treat BS reactions for about 7 years.  I've found that they work best for me for several reasons.  They are easy to carry and don't go bad; sugar dissolves quickly and easily without having to be chewed and  they're very inexpensive. Each packet is about 15 calories and about 5 g of carbs.  So I usually start off with two packets and recheck my blood sugar 15 to 20 minutes later to see if I need more.
I'd love to hear what you use to treat insulin reactions.  To leave a comment, please click on "comments" below and follow the instructions.  Looking forward to hearing from you.
--Lissy