Our Low Carb Journey

We have a couple of days off school this week for the extreme cold weather, so I have some time to post a few recipes. Here is the first one, the link is at the bottom of this post of where I found this recipe. Low Carb Zucchini Waffles Ingredients: 1 1/2 c shredded zucchini 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 c almond flour 1/2 c flax seed meal 1/4 c Sweetener 1 Tbsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ginger 2 eggs 2 egg whites 1/4 c oil 1/4 c water 1/2 tsp vanilla Directions: Shred the zucchini, sprinkle with salt. Let drain for 1 hour, then press to excess moisture out. Preheat waffle iron. I grease between every waffle since these tend to stick a lot (at least in my waffle iron). Mix together dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Mix well. Spoon the batter onto your waffle iron and cook according to your waffle iron). I usually get about 8 waffle squares from this. One waffle square is pretty filling and thick. I often make scramble...

Welcome to my new blog. After researching and mulling it over this past summer, we have decided to try eating low carb. This past spring I was having some health issues, mainly to do with my thyroid. In my own research, I read that cutting out gluten may help, so I decided to do that. It was hard, but it did seem to help some (but it could have been time that helped as well). Our oldest son has type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed 4 years ago when he was seven. He has done great with checking his blood sugar and doing his own shots. He knows when he is low. We can tell when he is high by his mood changes. We were growing tired of his ups and downs (mostly his highs). Over the summer, I came across something about eating low carb and how it helps with type 1 diabetes. I researched and read (parts) of a book by Dr. Bernstein, a doctor who has had type 1 since he was a child as well. When he was an adult, he found that eating low carb helped in keeping his blood sugar stable and helped wit...