I’m honored and excited to be guest posting on Suite D, OmniPod’s Diabetes Blog; a blog about living well with diabetes!
Read my first post about how living paleo has changed my life with diabetes, here: Living the Paleo Lifestyle with Type 1 Diabetes. I talk about finding your own paleo, how I started on the paleo journey, the different effects I see, and how it has transformed my life with diabetes.
I guess times are a changing?
The last 24 hours have been full of restful sleep, stability, less finger pokes, and thankfulness for my Dexcom G4 Continuous Glucose Monitor.
All of a sudden, I’ve noticed I’ve been checking my blood sugar far fewer times per day than I used to. This past Sunday, I had another diabetes first: I checked my blood sugar twice. TWICE! I racked my brain trying to think when it was that I last did that-and I don’t think I ever have done that! Maybe 4, but 2? This coming from the OCD super anal blood sugar tester (read average 12 times per day, since…forever).
The little tiny dried up bloody holes in my fingers are disappearing, it burns less when I cut citrus; my fingers are rejoicing.
I love the idea of Diabetes Art Day, read more about it here: Diabetes Art Day. Last year was my first time participating; it was rushed, and came at a time when I was just pissed at diabetes. This year, my head was a little more clear.
I created a functional piece of diabetes art, inspired by the endless supplies that accompany the disease. I call this my Supply Garden, complete with varying degrees of flowers (considering the amount of supplies, maybe it should be called a forest??). I’d never paid much attention before, but realized that diabetes is a very “blue” disease-a large majority of all the supplies are blue. Coincidence?
Represented here are: glucose test strips, 2 different gauges of disposable insulin pen needles, insulin vial, vial cap, a couple used reservoirs with a few units of insulin left in them, reservoir plunger, lancets, infusion site tubing, test strip control solution, a Medtronic CGM sensor (because nobody wants to wear those things, so they became pretty purple art), glucagon injection, glucagon powder, 3 reservoir syringes, all atop a quickset infusion site box 🙂
This barely touches on the things needed to manage this disease.
I decided to call it bisque instead of soup, it has that thick, velvety texture of a good bisque. This was inspired by the purchase of my new kitchen appliance, my immersion blender. A simple, nutrient packed, flavorful recipe. Dairy, sugar and nightshade free. The pears really added a nice sweetness to it, that took the place of maple syrup or honey.
Ginger Carrot Bisque
I started by boiling 8 cups of hot water in a stock pot. Once it came to a rolling boil, I added the carrots and red onion. I let these two boil until they were soft, about the same time the water had completely evaporated. It doesn’t matter how soft/mushy they get, because they’ll be puréed anyway. I added the remaining 2 cups of water, pears and coconut oil, and used my new immersion blender to purée, all the while, keeping it on very low heat. Once everything was puréed, I added the remaining ingredients, all spices (without measurements) were to taste, so experiment with how garlicky/clove-y you want it. I let it simmer for about 30 minutes, and done!
So filling, hearty, and comes to work with me for lunch, very easily 🙂
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