is to easy, cheap and delicious.. you'd wonder how there's so many obese people in the world with diabetes..



I just used my soup maker for this one... set it for 35 minutes and 100* ... could have maybe gone to 40 minutes  if you like all of your vegies soft... but for me 35 mins was spot on..

but, you can also use a pot on the stove... doesn't matter..

3 medium potatoes
3 carrots
2 celery sticks
1 onion
1 Garlic
4 Button mushrooms
1 can chopped tomatoes
handful of corn
handful of cabbage
1 tsp Mixed Herbes
1 bay leaf
5 to 600ml vegetable stock
salt to your liking - I used French Rivera sea salt
you could also use something like Janes Krazy Mixed salt..

just slice and dice it all up and chuck it in... stir occasionally or if you use a soup maker - stir it up once its done...

once finished, as usual, take out bay leaf..

you're done... the only thing that I peal is the onion

AiA wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2015 at 3:27am:


and yet people "refuse" to change their ways...

they are fat and lazy...

its the western way...

they want someone to invent an icecream that just melts off their fat... the more icecream they eat the more weight they lose... the more macca's they eat the more weight they lose...

wake up people... !! you are living in lala land... only YOU can help you...

just look at the sneaky views on this thread.. have a look and sneak away again...

time after time I hear people on this forum wanting to lose weight... I give them the information and the easy way to a better healthier life... but they just "view" and go sneak away hiding behind their computer screens eating some sugar loaded garbage food that came wrapped in a packet full of preservatives, artificial colours and flavours that is literally killing them...

im not saying you can't have some goodies now and again... like xmas... but once again... you should be making all of those goodies yourself... nice and fresh with no preservatives and artificial flavours...

its the best way.. its the only way

Black Orchid wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2015 at 8:35am:


I don't mind a bit of KFC or Macca's ... once a week on a Saturday night we get takeaway which is usually KFC... I have one box of chips and one chicken Rib piece (the least fattiest and nicest, just ask for it)

mind you, I could eat a TON of KFC if I just went nutz.. 

but there's no ifs or buts... if you are going to get takeaway that once a week then its only in moderation.. and I tell you what.. you enjoy it immensely.. if you stuff yourself stupid, you only end up feeling full, bloated and as guilty as hell... 

my mum and her sister have type 2 diabetes and all they do is talk about it non stop... 
then you'll have lunch with them and after that... out comes the icecreams.... every time!!!

they have all day and nothing to do... complain that they have nothing to do.. but then they wont cook healthy meals... I don't like cooking... like wth 

you can cook healthy and smart like I have shown in other threads.. cook for the week.. its cheap and healthy... use the "one cup" rule...

I gave mum a bit of a touchup about this obsession with diabetes last time she was here as im sick to death of hearing about it when she's doing NOTHING about it...

then at xmas time - all my family were sitting around and the subject of diabetes came up... 

then mum yells out from the back of the marquee - "IM NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT DIABETES WHILE ANDREW'S AROUND!!"

for someone who is deaf and can't hear anything suddenly found her hearing... still a sore point about the talking to I gave her like 6 weeks ago.. 

Black Orchid wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2015 at 9:37am:


omg... 

Speaking of diabetics, I have a friend who is diabetic and when she was first diagnosed she went to some diabetic cooking classes run by the dietitian at the local hospital.

She gave me a swathe of recipes that I tweak and sometimes use.  One of the nicest is a chocolate mousse made with honey buzz Yoplait.  It is delicious.

Another trick she learned was to use white beans in mashed potato.  Half and half.  It whips up to be very fluffy, creamy and tasty and you honestly can't tell that it isn't all potato.

I quite like mashed cauliflower if I can get past the smell cauli tends to have.

The kids would mutiny if I put it on a shepherds pie though.  As it is I have to cover the mashed spuds in cheese for their liking.

I hope I never get like my mother too.  It's sad but it is also VERY frustrating.

I used to mix the cheese with fresh breadcrumbs but the 'critics' in my house just want cheese on their shepherds pie  ... and more cheese and more cheese.   

I do a crunchy cheese/breadcrumb mix on top of a crustless chicken pie and a few other things though.

I have done cheese 'chips' in the oven using parmesan chese and they are delicious.   You can make nice little patterns.

I haven't tried it with ordinary cheese but I might just give it a go.