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Use Your Loaf..... ( how to use left over and almost stale bread!)

There is nothing quite like the smell of freshly baked bread , even non bread eaters find the smell of a bakery hard to resist; also there nothing quite as sad as the amount of bread that gets wasted, left to rot or thrown away when bread can be turned into so many things. We all know this but from time to time have to be reminded all the ways to use up bread, here are just a few of my family favorites. Today while visiting the Midreshet * (  senior school for young women to undertake  religious study) , next door to me, I spied a box on the floor filled with challah rolls  *  (a sweetened white Jewish bread)   that someone had donated, the rolls were hard but not spoiled,  "What are you going to do with these?" I inquired, " Leave them in the box till they go bad and them chuck them out " was the reply. I checked them over, and scooped them into a bag and told them "I'll deal with them"  Deal with them, for me meant turning the bread into

Sugar Sugar (Dealing with Diabetes )

Many of my friends have diabetes , and my father was a diabetic, so having been asked advice on this subject I have put pen to paper. It is very important that a diabetic seeks medical advice and sees a dietitian when first diagnosed, this is just a guide line to help you along. People with diabetes can eat the same foods the rest of their family    but reduced portion size of carbohydrates. Choices from each food group provide the highest quality nutrients you can find. In other words, pick foods rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber.  A Diabetic eating plan includes eating a wide variety of foods including: Vegetables,  Salad vegetables, but restrict parsnips, beets, potatoes sweet potatoes because of the sugar content. Switch to whole grains – brown rice and pasta to increase your fiber. You can eat fruits but restrict you intake    check with your doctor as they contain natural sugar Lean meat, Poultry, Fish Dairy products. Limit due to the high fat co