Does anyone have any cheap, easy low GI recipes?

Three_Dancing_Dragons

You can go GI without needing all new recipes, just change some old favourites and add 1 low GI item each meal.

Consider traditional porridge oats or muesli for breakfast rather than packet cereals [nice aside: due to manufacturing processes Frosties have a medium GI compared with normal corn flakes which are high GI].

Replace normal white potatoes with sweet potatoes or have pasta instead or keep to the little baby new potatoes. (Baked potatoes may be a dieters favourite but they have a very high GI due to the way they are cooked). If you are eating rice, choose basmati rice rather than normal long or short grain.

weegie_2

I've actually just signed up for a GI diet trial through a local hospital - hoping I get picked. 4 week trial - 2 weeks on low gi and 2 weeks on normal gi. will let you know how I get on...

Flutterby - would love to try your chickpea recipe :-)

Sharra

I got my low GI recipe books from readit swapit. Might be worth checking out if you want some more recipe books.
I have made my diet generally more low GI just by making sure I use wholemeal pasta, flour and brown rice whenever I cook and avoiding eating sugar. Making sure you are getting enough protein helps as well - I think its sposed to be somewhere between 25 and 30% on your plate, with 30% complex carbs and 30% veg - something like that anyway, I never really got into the measuring things, I just try and follow the principles.

Boatie_Bird

Couscous is a good low GI option - and there's nothing as quick and simple to prepare.
I made up some last night for dinner to go with a mung bean dahl and made sure I made extra, so today's lunch is couscous with salad.

afield23

Three_Dancing_Dragons wrote: »

You can go GI without needing all new recipes, just change some old favourites and add 1 low GI item each meal.

Consider traditional porridge oats or muesli for breakfast rather than packet cereals [nice aside: due to manufacturing processes Frosties have a medium GI compared with normal corn flakes which are high GI].

Replace normal white potatoes with sweet potatoes or have pasta instead or keep to the little baby new potatoes. (Baked potatoes may be a dieters favourite but they have a very high GI due to the way they are cooked). If you are eating rice, choose basmati rice rather than normal long or short grain.

Thanks for that good advice, i love sweet potatoes i forgot about those! :T

rosieben

Dont have any recipes but I bought a Low GI loaf from Greggs last week - it was the nearest they had to granary. It was scrummy, highly recommended!