Shortly after Little Brother was diagnosed with diabetes, I received a message from my friend Katharine Grubb (she’s also an author! You should read her books!)
She was urging me to begin a new project. As if I need more new projects. She wanted me to use the information I was gathering about cooking for my Type 1 Diabetic child and share it with others who could use it.
I knew she was right, but I had to let some things settle in first. Finally, yesterday, I took the plunge and pressed the “publish” button on my new cooking blog.
Cook and Count has the carb-per-serving count for each recipe I feature. I also plan to include Little Brother’s story as well as other things we learn about dealing with diabetes as a family.
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I taught FIRST grade the other day when they needed a substitute at school! I used to teach first-grade Spanish, but I had a new batch of kiddos every 35 minutes. All day long is another story entirely, but we had a great day. Best line of the day, after I wrote my name on the blackboard: “I can’t say your name! It has too many words!”
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I’m taking advantage of the better weather (and lack of early-morning ice)–I got to Mass twice this week and the gym once. I’m hoping to do better on both counts, but it’s a start.
Stop over to CatholicMom.com and read about everyone’s Small Success! Share your own in the comments or link to your own blog!
What?! A new blog! Congrats!!! I can’t imagine how many families you are going to help navigate these sometimes restrictive waters!!!
Congrats on the new blog!! That sounds like an awesome idea that will bless many!
Very Nice!!! Congrats!!! 🙂
New blog looks wonderful! I am pre-diabetic so I will definitely be adding it to my Feed Reader!
Good luck with the new blog! Sounds like it will be a great resource for many families.
A new blog sounds awesome! I didn’t know you create recipes for Type 1 Diabetes, but I am interested in checking it out!
Jeannie, it’s not so much that I’m “creating recipes for diabetics” but instead I’m making the recipes we already love work for a diabetic–calculating the carb count, etc. They taught us in the hospital that we should keep eating the way we already do, if we’re eating fairly healthy already. But it’s a pain to add up all the ingredients every single time I cook; this way I’m keeping it all in one place, and whether you’re diabetic or not, these are family-friendly and simple recipes.
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