I don't know. I never thought about trying to control my sugars. Is that even a thing? I just eat as wide a variety of stuff that's not meat or dairy and things seem to work just fine. Lots of different fresh fruit and veg with cereals and nuts, beans and pulses, and plenty of tea.
I'm vegan and I toast my own granola! Happy to shoot through a recipe if you're interested.
I also find dark chocolate, like 70%+ cocoa, gives you a sugar hit without the need to eat any more of it. Can't explain it but you just don't get that need to binge like with regular chocolate
Mix oats and nuts/seeds in a large mixing bowl and set aside
Put oil, sugar and maple syrup in a saucepan and cook on a medium heat, stirring CONSTANTLY (it will burn otherwise). After a few minutes, large bubbles start to form. Turn off heat and add to oats/nuts. Stir through until all coated
Put everything in a large oven tray. I use baking paper to reduce clean up.
Add a healthy sprinkle of cinnamon and nutmeg and stir. You can also add shredded coconut if wanted. Adds a nice flavour. Use sparingly though, not super nutritious.
Should have said, preheat oven to 150 °C at start!
On the blood sugar side of things, non starchy vegetable are also good snacking for me, tomatoes cucumbers onions diced with oil and vinegar, easy to add seeds and nuts to it if you want crunch
Beans, especially slow cooker/pressure cooker charro are really nice. A friend of mine started eating more barley to control her blood sugar and it cooks the same as brown rice on a rice cooker. Ton of fiber and great texture too.
Mostly dates, dark chocolate, nuts. I also (when I'm functional enough) try and prep a muesli with vegan yoghurt, oats, maple syrup and fresh fruit for breakfast, that's so tasty and filling, it keeps the cravings at bay all day.
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I also find dark chocolate, like 70%+ cocoa, gives you a sugar hit without the need to eat any more of it. Can't explain it but you just don't get that need to binge like with regular chocolate
80 grams maple syrup
140 grams oil (whatever, just nothing very flavoured like olive)
You can tinker with amounts here, but make sure oil = sugar+maple syrup
900 grams rolled oats
Nuts/seeds of choice. I like high protein pepitas, sunflower seeds and linseed
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Put oil, sugar and maple syrup in a saucepan and cook on a medium heat, stirring CONSTANTLY (it will burn otherwise). After a few minutes, large bubbles start to form. Turn off heat and add to oats/nuts. Stir through until all coated
Add a healthy sprinkle of cinnamon and nutmeg and stir. You can also add shredded coconut if wanted. Adds a nice flavour. Use sparingly though, not super nutritious.
Should have said, preheat oven to 150 °C at start!
Let it cool and put it away in a large container.
Serve however you like! I add some chia and soy milk, but you could do yoghurt, fruit, whatever
(Lapsed vege but that was the go-to).
Red bean paste.
Green tea (decaf)