Mushroom Soup ( Good Food For Diabetes)

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Who can refuse a cup of creamy Mushroom Soup! And if you were told that it is a healthy version, you would enjoy it all the more. Mushrooms have a low carbohydrate level, and hence a low glycemic index too, which makes it a helpful ingredient for diabetics. Being rich in potassium, mushrooms also keep blood pressure under control, making it doubly beneficial. Further, by using whole wheat flour as a thickening agent along with low-fat milk as the base, we have also taken the guilt off the creaminess!

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Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

3 cups thickly sliced mushrooms (khumbh)
1 tsp oil
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 tsp whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
1 cup low-fat milk , 99.7% fat-free
salt and to taste

Method

1. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
2. Add the whole wheat flour, mushrooms and 1 cup of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
3. Remove from the flame and allow the mixture to cool completely.
4. Once cooled, combine the mushroom mixture and milk and blend in a mixer till smooth.
5. Transfer the mixture into the same deep non-stick pan, add the salt, pepper and 1 cup of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
6. Serve immediately.

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Oats and Vegetable Broth

A toothsome broth of sautéed vegetables and oats cooked simply with water, and seasoned with salt and pepper. Comforting and sumptuous, this Oats and Vegetable Broth is very nutritious too. The vegetables provide an abundant supply of vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant that reduces free-radical damage, slowing the onset of heart diseases, cancer and other age-related degenerative diseases. By using fibre-rich oats, we do away with traditional refined flour thickeners, making this broth all the more healthier.

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Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 7 mins
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup quick cooking rolled oats
2 tbsp finely chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp finely chopped capsicum
2 tbsp finely chopped cauliflower
2 tbsp finely chopped carrots
2 tbsp finely chopped cabbage
2 tsp oil
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
2 tsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
salt and freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch) to taste
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
2 tsp lemon juice

Method

1. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, add the onions, garlic and green chillies and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
2. Add all the vegetables and sauté on a medium flame for another 2 minutes.
3. Add the oats and sauté on a medium flame for 1 more minute.
4. Add 3 cups of hot water, salt and pepper, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
5. Add the coriander and parsley, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute, while stirring occasionally.
6. Add the lemon juice and mix well.
7. Serve immediately.

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South Africa - Discover Cape Malay cuisine.

 

South Africa is an ideal destination for travelers seeking an exotic destination foodie experience. In this small group tour MasterChef travel, spend quality time with Whitney Miller, winner of MasterChef Season 1, southern cuisine with a modern twist is as colorful and exciting as the famous Cape Malay cuisine in South Africa. Expand your culinary horizons with convenient classes and wine tasting gourmet cuisine at the world famous Winelands region hosted by Whitney. Your tour will also take him to Cape Town for the most delicious adventures!

 

Northern Spain - Taste your way through the heart of Spain.

 

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Vietnam - a variety of styles of traditional and modern cuisine.

 

Traveling with a small group this culinary journey Cox & Kings in Vietnam, where you have the opportunity of a lifetime to interact with award-winning MasterChef Christine Ha. Travel from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City through Da Nang and Hue and learn about the amazing Vietnamese dishes influenced Christine while cooking courses and upscale food shopping street is staying.

 

Northern Italy - Truly a merger in Europe with local influences.

 

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Embark on a journey of Hawaii MasterChef culinary journey and explore the natural wonders of the natural Maui. On the way, he meets MasterChef star native, Felix Fang to enjoy culinary activities specially organized in the comfort of a small group of nannies as travelers. Your tour includes a visit to a local organic farm, plus the chance to try their luck in mastering the art of "Hawaiian Sling" Fishing with Felix. Also diving in their world of cooking in a special cooking workshop is an inspiring experience not to be missed!

Raw Chocolate Pudding (Vegan + No Added Sugar)

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Creative writing was always my favourite thing in school, next to gym class. My mom often digs up stories I wrote as a child and sends them to me. My writing was so free and filled with zany, creative tales. I never worried if I was saying the “right” thing or if others would like it. I owned that shit. In highschool, I eagerly signed up for a creative writing class with my awesome English teacher, Mr. Pierce. We each made our own creative writing journal. Mine was a huge coiled notebook (I think I splurged on the “fancy” Five Star notebook!) filled with random scraps of inspirational words pasted onto the pages and stories confessing the things I had been struggling with or triumphing over. I wrote about love and heartbreak, a cross country move with my mom, missing my best friend, and starting my last year of highschool in a new school. I wrote about my anxiety and struggles with body image. I wrote and wrote and wrote my little heart out; the words came easily because I knew that my teacher would be the only one reading. It was like therapy. Each week, his encouraging comments scribbled below each entry lifted me up. Sometimes he would ask us to share a bit of what we wrote with our classmates and I would freeze up, rarely ever volunteering, even though I could see him glancing my way out of the corner of my eye. Writing freely for yourself is one thing, but being vulnerable and sharing it with others takes guts. Heck, even writing honestly for your own eyes takes guts.

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Raw Chocolate Pudding

Vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, no bake/raw, oil-free, refined sugar-free, soy-free

By Angela Liddon

This raw, completely natural, no-sugar-added banana cacao almond butter pudding will make your heart skip a beat! It won't give you a sugar crash either. I expect that kids will love this recipe too. If you don't have raw cacao powder you can try using unsweetened cocoa powder, although you will likely have to adjust the amount to taste. I recommend adding it 1 tablespoon at a time and taste testing as you go. Roasted almond butter would also work lovely. And because I will probably be asked - the banana flavour does come through quite a bit in this pudding. Recipe adapted from Green Kitchen Stories, which was adapted from the Kernesund Familie cookbook.

Yield
3 servings

Prep Time
10 Minutes

Cook time
0 Minutes

Total Time
10 Minutes

Ingredients:

For the pudding:

• 3 medium bananas, peeled (see note)
• 1/2 medium avocado, pitted (see note)
• 1/4 cup smooth raw almond butter
• 4-5 tablespoons raw cacao powder, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• pinch of pink Himalayan salt or fine sea salt

Optional toppings:

• Coconut Whipped Cream (recipe linked in notes below)
• 1/4 cup hazelnuts, toasted and chopped
• Raspberry chia seed jam (recipe linked in notes below)
• Pomegranate arils

Directions:

1. Add all pudding ingredients into a food processor and process until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. I like to let the machine run for a couple minutes to get it super smooth.
2. Portion the pudding into a container and chill in the fridge for an hour or so. Or you can serve it right away with the recommended toppings. Best enjoyed within 12-24 hours or so.

Tips: 1) You want to avoid using overly ripe, brown bananas in this recipe or the banana flavour will overwhelm. Yellow with a few spots is best. 2) If you want an "instant" cold pudding, refrigerate the bananas and avocado prior to making this pudding. 3) For the coconut whipped cream recipe, see here. 4) For toasted hazelnuts, roast the nuts at 300F for 10-14 minutes until the skins start to fall off the nuts. Place toasted nuts in an old tea towel and rub vigorously to remove the skins. 5) For my Raspberry Chia Seed Jam recipe, see here. 6) I don't recommend using an avocado that is bruised as it will be bitter. A soft, but still green, avocado is perfect for this recipe.

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Oats and Roasted Capsicum Soup

Bright red and flavourful, this soup is ideal for diabetics. Capsicum contains vitamin A and folic acid, an antioxidant that helps to fight the free radicals that otherwise attack healthy cells and lead to complications. Oats being high in fibre helps to lower blood glucose levels. A soup of the duo, flavoured with garlic, tomatoes and spices, is a brilliant start to a meal, and is sure to raise the diners’ expectations of what awaits them in the coming courses.

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Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 18 mins
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

5 tbsp roasted quick cooking rolled oats
2 medium red capsicum
2 cups roughly chopped tomatoes
2 bayleaves (tejpatta)
1 clove garlic (lehsun)
1 tsp dry red chilli flakes (paprika)
salt to taste

Method

1. Pierce each red capsicum with a fork and roast them over an open flame till they turn black.
2. Cool, wash them and remove the skin, stem and seeds and chop them. Keep aside.
3. Combine the tomatoes, bayleaves and garlic along with 2½ cups of water in a deep non-stick kadhai and cook on a medium flame for 10 minutes, while stirring occasionally or till the tomatoes turn soft. Discard the bayleaves.
4. Remove from the flame and allow it to cool completely. Once cooled, combine the capsicum and tomatoes and blend in a mixer till smooth.
5. Transfer the mixture into a deep non-stick pan, add the chilli flakes, salt and ½ cup of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
6. Add the roasted oats, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute, while stirring occasionally.
7. Serve immediately.

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