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Spicy Sicilian Style Ⓥ Wedding Soup

Posted on February 5, 2024 by jeffreylatty

When I worked for the Sicilians, it was a special time when owner//chef//Sicilian native, Sebastian, made the Italian Wedding Soup. I remember cutting up so much Celery.

This was a spontaneous idea with ingredients on hand. Yepppp – I have a surplus of Ancini di Pepe pasta on hand.

V MEATBALLS
CARROTS
CELERY
SPINACH//ARUGULA
PASTA
WATER
V BROTH SEASONING
CAYENNE
Jalapeño POWDER
SEASALT
WHITE PEPPER
GARLIC
Capers
PARSLEY//BASIL//OREGANO
NUTRITIONAL YEAST

A little spicier than expected, this Vegan soup hit the SPOT and brought back a few good memories:)

Ellie Cat – mid yawn 🤭 🤣

CHEERS.

Ⓥ MorningStar Farms Steakhouse Style Burger

Posted on January 28, 2024January 28, 2024 by jeffreylatty

The goals in mind, when created a meal, are both simple and complicated. Often puzzling, the brain is exercised to stay in//around simple guidelines. It’s not always easy.

Vegan//Vegetarian
Between 20-40 g Carbs – depending on my Blood Sugar prior to deciding meal based on inventory in kitchen
High Protein
Lower Fat
Medicine timing with meal prep//cook time

Counting Carbs is the most important thing other than always eating Vegan//Vegetarian. Serving sizes are often a struggle when I’m hungry and preparing a meal. I make extra. And I’m getting better at saving food rather than eating the extra food. A ballpark Carb count has been implicated in satisfying my hunger and my glucose levels. I don’t want to dive into my medical complexity in this posting, but I’ve been taken off of the Insulin sliding scale that I was originally prescribed. The sliding scale is now the Carb count in a sense. Salad and Veggies are given slack – rounding the Carbs down. The mindset is to always consume more Veggies. I’ll dive more into my Diabetic rollercoaster on my next blog – after my next doctors visit;)

EAT YO VEGGIES:)

I was excited to see the new MorningStar Farms Steakhouse Style Burger online and notice the nutrition facts, actual size of the patty and its Veganism. It’s a Hearty ingredient to build a wonderful meal with.

These ‘Burgers’ were cooked in the oven with deliciously Ⓥegan additions:) to create a Southwestern style Taco slider – paired with a side salad and panfried Carrots. Four sliders were made. Two sliders were saved for a different meal.

MorningStar Farms Steakhouse Style Burger = TWO THUMBS UP

CHEERS.

Photo Fun w/ The Sun

Posted on January 22, 2024 by jeffreylatty

BEST (JUST PHOTOS:) 2023

Posted on December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 by jeffreylatty

CCCF 6 – ⓋEGAN MEATLESS ROUNDS W/ MUSTARDY SAUERKRAUT

Posted on April 20, 2023 by jeffreylatty

CCCF = CARB CONSCIENCE COMFORT FOOD

Making delicious low carb meals are essential for and to me – being type one diabetic. It’s sometimes easy keeping my blood sugars down, but sometimes difficult. I had a strange morning with a massive peak in glucose levels.

CCCF VEG MUSTARDY MEATLESS BALLS & SAUERKRAUT

MEATBALLS
SAUERKRAUT
MUSTARDS
ONION
SEASONINGS: LS, PEPPER, LIGHT SEA SALT, ROSEMARY, JALAPENO POWDER
ARUGULA/SPINACH
RICED CAULIFLOWER
GARLIC

Ellie was intrigued:)

CHEERS.

CCCF 5 – Cauli Ⓥ’Brien

Posted on March 16, 2023 by jeffreylatty

CCCF = Carb Conscience Comfort Food

After being diagnosed Type ONE Diabetic in 2022, most comfort food was gone after blood sugar levels monitoring became an all day//everyday lifestyle.

Ingredients and food has been my constant lifestyle for a long time. I ADAPT & EVOLVE.

My goal is to not have to take a lot of insulin to compensate the high Carb intake. Being a self-diagnosed Carb Addict, portion control is not easy… Progress is being made:)

Cauli O’Brien w/ Just EGG

Peppers
Onion
Jalapeño
Riced cauliflower
Just egg

CHEERS.

Lower Carb Pizza Cheat

Posted on November 4, 2022 by jeffreylatty

Since being a young child I remember how special and comforting Pizza has been and my addiction to this wonderful food. The older I become, the less Pizza I can consume. Chicago style deep dish pizza is one of my favorite styles of Pizza to eat. That style has always been a occasional enjoyment because of its higher price. Regular deep dish or pan Pizza has been, in my eyes, the most economical for amount of Pizza density.

Since, checking my blood sugar 40-50 times a day with my Freestyle Libre 2 sensor, I’ve noticed how much Pizza and its large amounts of delicious Carbs bring havoc to my glucose levels. It’s unfortunate, but my Pizza addiction evolves, significantly, this year.

Store bought (frozen to be cooked) pizza is no longer good for me unless I want to inject extra insulin, being type ONE Diabetic. My goal is not to inject insulin, however, my body isn’t that simple.

Here’s my latest Pizza cheat. These low carb Tortillas aren’t very low carb, but the Fiber excuses the carbs – for the most part. The Egg White “wraps” along with the Mozzarella Cheese aren’t Vegan, but I do not see Veganism offering the delicious food in a low carb state as much as the Vegetarian food.

The Aldi low carb tortillas were 19 g carbs, 4 g protein and 15 g FIBER… Still jumping my blood sugar levels, just not as much as any other regular Pizza.

CHEERS.

My blogings are not to tell you how to do, but to try and inspire to find your own adventure. To choose a different path. Try something risky. And be smart about your well-being.