I'm diabetic and I wonder how that will affect my cooking?

Last week I found out that I was diabetic. Needless to say, I railed against my fate. I have type 2 which apparently means that though I have enough insulin my body fails to recognize it. How will this affect what we eat.

I actually don't have a lot of sugar in my diet and so I don't think that I will miss it all that much. I won't meet with the dietitian until Tuesday but I have started to look at what I eat and what processed foods are lurking in my cupboards. I really enjoy instant soups when I'm at school. No more! Sugar in a soup! Yuk! I sometimes buy kidney beans already in a sauce. Again, they have sugar in them so I'll be buying beans in water from now on. And that's it. The tomatoes are sugar-free, as is the tuna (of course!). I don't really buy much more in the way of canned and processed food. I like jam on my toast but rarely have it in. I'm much more of a marmite person. Ah well, no sense second guessing. I'll just have to wait and see.

I realize that this doesn't have much to do with 'More for Less' but I'm sure that it will. How about 'more flavour with less sugar'. Perhaps this isn't only going to be about sugar. Perhaps there is more to it.

I sing of old cookbooks!

Yes, and I have sung before but I have more to say. This time it's about Basic French Cooking by Len Deighton (writer of spy novels like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy). I read an article in the Guardian about the joys of cookbooks from days gone by (someone after my own heart!) and Deighton's book was mentioned. I had no idea that he had gone to art college and at one point had also written a cookery column in the Observer. The column was illustrated with cartoons, demonstrating various cooking techniques. Apparently, he put himself through art college working in restaurants and he would pin these strips up to keep his cookbooks clean. The book is now out of print but I managed to find a copy on Amazon.com for a reasonable price. In the UK the book was anywhere from £27 up. I got a deal at $9.
It really is wonderful and I can't help but wonder why it hasn't been reprinted! Good, sensible recipes, illustrated by the aforementioned cartoon strips. How I hate a cookbook littered with expensive, glossy photographs. I am slowly working my way through and am on the section about applying heat to food. I have learned a lot and will share some of it at a later date. My dinner is awaiting and so I leave you here.