One of the things we used to eat before I was diagnosed was bread and cheese for dinner about once a week. Very simple: slices of bread with melted cheese on top. My wife adds barbecue sauce, but I’m not that keen on it.
First, breakfast, which is often eggs and coffee.
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At lunch time, we had a huge cucumber, courgette, tomato, avocado, cheese, and fried onion salad to avoid getting hungry during the day. The bowls are deceiving: they’re massive. But nothing in there is bad for diabetics.
![](https://diabeti.st/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cucumber-salad.jpg)
Then for dinner, we first had a small salad to mitigate the bread. It’s not technically necessary since the bread isn’t wheat-based, but it’s always good to eat your greens first.
![](https://diabeti.st/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pre-bread-salad.jpg)
Then slices of “bread” with melted cheese on top.
![](https://diabeti.st/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bread-and-cheese.jpg)
Finally for desert, we had homemade diabetic-friendly chocolate cake (beetroot-based) and a homemade diabetic-friendly Frappuccino (coffee, 0 sugar chocolate, ice, almond milk).
![](https://diabeti.st/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/chocolate-cake.jpg)
As a result of that day, my numbers were well controlled (even though I’ve been under a lot of stress lately, which made my average go up a bit).
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