Since lock-down I have developed a platform for those people with diabetes or an interest in healthy eating which provides a simple, broad range of interesting and tasty recipes where taste has not been sacrificed.
A few years ago, my son at the age of 12 was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Although he was very active and eating very well, he had lost a significant amount of weight over a short period of time, so we took him to the doctors for a check-up. The next day, my oldest son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. His life changed, as well as our family’s and it became the beginning of a new chapter in our lives.
“Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone needed to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy. Different factors, including genetics and some viruses, may contribute to Type 1 diabetes. Although type 1 diabetes usually appears during childhood or adolescence, it can develop in adults.“ (Source: Mayo Clinic).
Type 1 One “positive” coming out of my son’s diagnosis is that it is a good opportunity for the whole family to eat a healthy diet. I found matching insulin with carbohydrate intake very challenging and particularly understanding and adjusting our life to carbohydrate counting. My platform has been specifically designed to provide recipes and help with carbohydrate calculation.
Why count them? To make it simple, carbohydrates are in everything you eat apart from fats and protein. Carbohydrates contain sugar. You need insulin to process sugar. With Type 1 diabetes, your body doesn’t make insulin, so you need to add the correct amount of insulin for the correct amount of carbohydrates.
Since my son is planning to go to university next year, I wanted to create some recipes for him that would be easy to follow, with an easy system to navigate the counting of carbohydrate in my recipes. Something that would help him in his new life away from us.
I soon realised that this idea could potentially help other people: delicious recipes for diabetes Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes with low glycemic index food and good carbohydrates. That’s how Sophie de Ville started!
My aim at Sophie de Ville is simple: to help you live a happy, versatile and less complicated life with diabetes. To share simple recipes that are nutritious, delicious and above all, that help you with the everyday complex navigation of healthy carbs and carb content.
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French pear and walnut tart
Whether you have diabetes or you want to eat a healthy diet, you might still have a sweet tooth! My goal is to make healthy recipes with good carbohydrates and low glycemic index food for people with diabetes.
You will only need three ingredients that you probably have in your pantry.
I am using puff pastry as it is the one pastry that has the least carbohydrates. Conference pears will bring the sugar you need and I am adding knobs of fresh butter.
Ingredients
450g Conference pears
Puff pastry
Butter
Steps
- Take the puff pastry out of the packet. Keep the parchment paper attached to the pastry. Set the pastry on a non-stick tart pan and pierce holes in the pastry with a fork. Set aside.
- Cut the pears, form top to bottom. Place them on the tart, add a few knobs of butter and sprinkle on a few chopped walnuts.
- Place in the pre-heated oven at 200C or 392F for 30 minutes. When ready, get rid of the parchment paper so that the tart doesn’t become soggy
- Enjoy your dessert!
Diabetes & Carb Content:
This pear and walnut tart contains 12,8R or 128g carbs
8,3R for the “Buitoni” pastry
4,5R for the pears
👉 As a general rule, 100g of fruits equals to 1R or 10g carbs
