Best potato to buy for jackets

[bargainqueen]

My husband has recently diagnosed with Diabetes, have been trying to work out what he can have to eat at lunchtimes.
When I pick him up from golf club we used to go to McDonalds and he would have a burger, don't want to do this every day so have hit on the bright idea of a jacket potato and baked beans.
Never bought vegtables other than salad before and wondered if there was a particular brand to go for.

Unusual question but if he doesn't like the first one then he won't want to try it again.

I think there's a subway nearby so might also try the lite subs they do there.

[DaveL]

I find that the potatoes that our local supermarket have marked as 'coming from Idaho' have a very good taste and texture may be ours have their own preference.

Regards Dave

[florida4sun]

The light subs are low in fat but may not be low in carbs. With diabetes you can still eat all the regular normal foods. Just watch out for very high carb foods, dressings, deserts, orange juice etc etc. If he is a meat eater then steak is fine, just watch out for the big nob of garlic butter. Be very careful with anything advertised as fat free, quite often they have lots of sugar in them.


<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by bargainqueen
My husband has recently diagnosed with Diabetes, have been trying to work out what he can have to eat at lunchtimes.
When I pick him up from golf club we used to go to McDonalds and he would have a burger, don't want to do this every day so have hit on the bright idea of a jacket potato and baked beans.
Never bought vegtables other than salad before and wondered if there was a particular brand to go for.

Unusual question but if he doesn't like the first one then he won't want to try it again.

I think there's a subway nearby so might also try the lite subs they do there.
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[Jo]

Subway do very nice salads too.[msnsmile]

[solanasunshine]

We buy our baking potatoes from Tesco and they are in their own little section for baking potatoes. We also like to bake desiree potatoes (red skins.) [msnsmile]

[blott]

Does he like sweet potatoes. According to my diabetic dietitian, these are better than 'ordinary' jacket potatoes. You can also get them in many restaurants in Florida as well as in supermarkets to cook yourself.

Martin's right though, he can eat a 'normal' healthy diet as long as he goes slow on the sugar, salt and fat and has about a good one third carbohydrates on his plate. He should have a portion of bread or potatoes or rice or pasta with each meal.

[florida4sun]

but there is no tesco or desiree in the usa[msnwink][msnwink]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by solanasunshine
We buy our baking potatoes from Tesco and they are in their own little section for baking potatoes. We also like to bake desiree potatoes (red skins.) [msnsmile]
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[bargainqueen]

Afraid my husbands not into salads, he loves steak but normally with chips or saute pots, tomato and onion salad. If he has fish then it's on a bed of rocket leaves.

My food shopping takes twice as long now as I have to read all the labels to try and find products he can eat. I'm sticking to low GI foods which appear to be ok for him as well. Problem at the moment is getting him to eat more vegtables and he is getting rather tired of jacket pots. Recently found out he can eat oven chips in moderation so he has these once a week.

His mum told me that diabetics couldn't eat Weight Watchers food as it contained a lot of sugar.

Will try him with the sweet potato to see if he prefers them for a change.

[florida4sun]

All you have tom do is look at then carb count on the label, all foods have this now. My daughter is type 1 and eats almost everyting in moderation. Her diet has not really changed much except for the obcvious high carb foods.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by bargainqueen
Afraid my husbands not into salads, he loves steak but normally with chips or saute pots, tomato and onion salad. If he has fish then it's on a bed of rocket leaves.

My food shopping takes twice as long now as I have to read all the labels to try and find products he can eat. I'm sticking to low GI foods which appear to be ok for him as well. Problem at the moment is getting him to eat more vegtables and he is getting rather tired of jacket pots. Recently found out he can eat oven chips in moderation so he has these once a week.

His mum told me that diabetics couldn't eat Weight Watchers food as it contained a lot of sugar.

Will try him with the sweet potato to see if he prefers them for a change.

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[Susan J]

What type of diabetes - if type 2, kept under control by diet - its a different kettle of fish - for instance -baked beans have too much sugar [get the low sugar ones] - you need to keep the total sugar under 10g per day, and a varied diet high in fibre is needed with fruit and especially bananas for levelling blood sugar.
If having a beer, make sure he has some crisps[chips] with it.
You will find icecream with no sugar and many desserts in publix freezers - my Dad had a field day in Kissimme, as there was a lot more choice.
Porridge in the morning is good also.