4 Ingredient Cookies
Ever get a craving for fresh baked cookies? This quick and healthy recipe only uses four ingredients – which I bet you have on hand right now! Not a fan of chocolate? Simply substitute raisins, cherries, coconut or whatever mix-ins you like best. Ingredients 1 large, ripe banana 1/3 cup (85...
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How Parents with Diabetes Can Make Their Wellness a Family Priority
For many of us, diabetes is a family affair. Especially when a parent has diabetes, managing the disease with physical activity and healthy food choices can impact every member of the family. This World Diabetes Day, we’re thinking about this as an opportunity to explore the ways diabetes can actually help the entire family get healthy. What do you do when your kids want pizza but you know your blood sugar has been high today? Or when you need to burn some energy but you can’t get your kids to get off the couch and go to the park with you? As a parent managing diabetes, you have an opportunity to model...
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Chef Khaled Al Saadi
Chicken Machbous Recipe Ingredients: 3 cup of whole flour 3 cup milk 5 whole egg 150 gm butter 1 tablespoon of sugar ½ a tablespoon of salt 1 tablespoon of cardamom 5 grams of saffron 50 grams of honey Black and white sesame seeds How to prepare: In a bowl add and mix...
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Chef Bilal Saleh
Fattoush Cold Soup & Halloumi Ingredients: 1 fresh tomato 1 cucumber ½ a cup of mint leaves 1 glove of garlic ½ a cup of parsley leaves ½ green pepper 1 stem of spring onion 1 red radish 1 whole lemon 15 ml of olive oil Salt to taste 1...
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Low Carb Lasagna
Just like the classic but only a third of the carbs—what’s not to love! Ingredients Zucchini: 2 Medium-Large Kale: 1 bunch kale (I like to use Russian Hunger kale because it is a flat leaf) Marinara sauce: 1 Cup (250 ml) Mozzarella Cheese: 1 Cup (100 g), shredded, low moisture, part skim Ricotta...
Read More 4 Ingredient Cookies
Ever get a craving for fresh baked cookies? This quick and healthy recipe only uses four ingredients – which I bet you have on hand right now! Not a fan of chocolate? Simply substitute raisins, cherries, coconut or whatever mix-ins you like best. Ingredients 1 large, ripe banana 1/3 cup (85...
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Honey Mustard Baked Salmon with Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients (4 servings): - 2-3 small sweet potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced, about 400 g (2 cups) - 2 small onions, peeled and diced, about 200 g (1 cup) - 1-2 garlic cloves, minced - 10 ml olive or canola oil (2 tsp) - 20 ml honey (4 tsp) - 7.5 ml mustard powder (1 1/2 tsp) - 1 fresh rosemary sprig, leaves chopped...
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World Diabetes Day: What is diabetes?
“What is diabetes?” might have been the first question you had when you were diagnosed. It might be the first question a family member or friend asks. Essentially, diabetes is too much glucose (sugar) in the blood. Diabetes is characterized by the body’s total or partial deficiency in producing insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas). Insulin is created as part of the food digestion process. Insulin allows the blood sugar to enter the cells. Without insulin, glucose remains in the blood, increasing the level of glucose (hyperglycemia). At this stage, the body begins to show signs that something...
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World Diabetes Day: The way people with diabetes eat can improve their health
The boom of cooking programs aroused the interest of many people in the world. The hectic daily routine, however, restricted the time to venture out into the kitchen. The new Coronavirus pandemic, that took everyone by surprise, changed this scenario a little. With the need for social distancing, working from home has become the reality of many people. Staying at home for a long time now realizing how wonderful it is to try new things with food. This new habit is important for everyone. Healthy eating provides many benefits for people with diabetes. According to the 2019 Atlas of the International Diabetes...
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How Parents with Diabetes Can Make Their Wellness a Family Priority
For many of us, diabetes is a family affair. Especially when a parent has diabetes, managing the disease with physical activity and healthy food choices can impact every member of the family. This World Diabetes Day, we’re thinking about this as an opportunity to explore the ways diabetes can actually help the entire family get healthy. What do you do when your kids want pizza but you know your blood sugar has been high today? Or when you need to burn some energy but you can’t get your kids to get off the couch and go to the park with you? As a parent managing diabetes, you have an opportunity to model...
Read More Chef Khaled Al Saadi
Chicken Machbous Recipe Ingredients: 3 cup of whole flour 3 cup milk 5 whole egg 150 gm butter 1 tablespoon of sugar ½ a tablespoon of salt 1 tablespoon of cardamom 5 grams of saffron 50 grams of honey Black and white sesame seeds How to prepare: In a bowl add and mix...
Read More Chef Bilal Saleh
Fattoush Cold Soup & Halloumi Ingredients: 1 fresh tomato 1 cucumber ½ a cup of mint leaves 1 glove of garlic ½ a cup of parsley leaves ½ green pepper 1 stem of spring onion 1 red radish 1 whole lemon 15 ml of olive oil Salt to taste 1...
Read More Low Carb Lasagna
Just like the classic but only a third of the carbs—what’s not to love! Ingredients Zucchini: 2 Medium-Large Kale: 1 bunch kale (I like to use Russian Hunger kale because it is a flat leaf) Marinara sauce: 1 Cup (250 ml) Mozzarella Cheese: 1 Cup (100 g), shredded, low moisture, part skim Ricotta...
Read More 4 Ingredient Cookies
Ever get a craving for fresh baked cookies? This quick and healthy recipe only uses four ingredients – which I bet you have on hand right now! Not a fan of chocolate? Simply substitute raisins, cherries, coconut or whatever mix-ins you like best. Ingredients 1 large, ripe banana 1/3 cup (85...
Read More Honey Mustard Baked Salmon with Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients (4 servings): - 2-3 small sweet potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced, about 400 g (2 cups) - 2 small onions, peeled and diced, about 200 g (1 cup) - 1-2 garlic cloves, minced - 10 ml olive or canola oil (2 tsp) - 20 ml honey (4 tsp) - 7.5 ml mustard powder (1 1/2 tsp) - 1 fresh rosemary sprig, leaves chopped...
Read More World Diabetes Day: What is diabetes?
“What is diabetes?” might have been the first question you had when you were diagnosed. It might be the first question a family member or friend asks. Essentially, diabetes is too much glucose (sugar) in the blood. Diabetes is characterized by the body’s total or partial deficiency in producing insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas). Insulin is created as part of the food digestion process. Insulin allows the blood sugar to enter the cells. Without insulin, glucose remains in the blood, increasing the level of glucose (hyperglycemia). At this stage, the body begins to show signs that something...
Read More World Diabetes Day: The way people with diabetes eat can improve their health
The boom of cooking programs aroused the interest of many people in the world. The hectic daily routine, however, restricted the time to venture out into the kitchen. The new Coronavirus pandemic, that took everyone by surprise, changed this scenario a little. With the need for social distancing, working from home has become the reality of many people. Staying at home for a long time now realizing how wonderful it is to try new things with food. This new habit is important for everyone. Healthy eating provides many benefits for people with diabetes. According to the 2019 Atlas of the International Diabetes...
Read More