Sweet-Toothed, Diabetic Father-in-law coming for Christmas. Need recipes.?
My diabetic Father-in-law will be coming for Christmas + two weeks.
He has an awful sweet-tooth, and with all of the Christmas baking I do for my own family of 5, I need some ideas of desserts and other tempting appetizers that will help me keep him out of harm's way.
He has a habit of sneaking into the sweets when he thinks he isn't being watched. So I need some really deceptive dishes - dishes he thinks he shouldn't be eating.
That way I can have a secret stash of the "good stuff" for the rest of us.
Anyone have any wonderful, sugar-free recipes?
Thanks in advance!
Destiny Angel2007-12-17T03:44:16Z
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Not exactly recipes but I have used a couple of tricks with diabetics!
Baked bananas are DELICIOUS! It sounds like a bore but it's so easy. After you have baked or roasted something in the oven, just put a few bananas in there and turn it off. Leve the bananas for about 30 minutes until they are completely black. When you open them up, split them open and add some "cream" (natural yoghurt with equal or some other sugar substitute added).
It tastes as if there is alcohol in the bananas and that yoghurt tastes very much like cream. I fed it to my grandmother who loves to drink, hates yoghurt and is diabetic! She loved it.
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