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Flourless Chocolate Brownies

These gluten-free chocolate brownies will go down a treat with everyone. Great for dessert, with a coffee or as a treat anytime. They are delicious eaten on the day they are...

Fresh Fruit Flan

This is an easy, fat-free, low carbohydrate dessert. You can vary the fruit, depending on what is in season, but remember the calorie and carbohydrate content will change. Berries have...

Raspberry Cheese Cake

Cooking Time: 3hrs

This cheese cake is a much better option as a dessert or a treat than other stodgy desserts. Artisan Note: The cheese cake will keep in the fridge for 24...

Fat Free Sponge base with various fillings

Cooking Time: 65

This fat-free easy sponge base is an ideal base for many desserts and is also suitable as a birthday cake. I believe that a small amount of regular sugar in baking...

Banana Pecan Cupcakes

Cooking Time: 60

About

Thank you for visiting “the artisan diabetic”. This is my website about living with type 1 diabetes, which I have for over 50 years. I would like to share some of my recipes and tips with you.

I have learned a lot about diabetes in those years. While information is more readily available today, the changes in food processing and lifestyles has introduced challenges. I hope my site will help you with these.

I am a fan of home cooking but love eating out with family and friends too. I will share some recipes that are good for diabetics but also for people wishing to reduce their or their children’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes. These are recipes for good wholesome food and treats that everyone will enjoy.

Carbohydrates are the currency of insulin (for everyone), so you will see a lot of references to carbohydrates on this site. I’m not an advocate of ‘no/very low carb’ diets, but I believe high carb and processed foods are not good, especially for anyone with diabetes.

I have a lot of practical experience of how different carbohydrates behave once they are digested and am currently studying nutrition. I carb count my recipes using the ingredients and brands that I normally use. Even vegetables vary in their carb content, never mind different brands of ingredients, so the nutritional value in the recipes are a guide and will vary depending on the the brands used, the ripeness and variety of fruit and vegetables.

anne@theartisandiabetic.ie