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Baked Stuffed Peppers Recipe from Walden Farms

Linda B. from Pennsylvania won our Walden Farms Prize package at last week’s Divabetic Baking Party with the Diabetic Pastry Chef.
Linda received several flavors of Walden Farms Calorie-free Salad Dressing, USA Today Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes cozy mystery, and Peak 10 Save My Soles Foot Rescue Cream. Made with culinary-inspired blends of herbs and spices, the finest kinds of vinegar, and a wide variety of natural flavors, Walden Farms Salad Dressings add the perfect flavor to your salad faves – without adding calories, carbs and fat. Try some today!
Enjoy this lighter twist to a tasty classic recipe:

Baked Stuffed Peppers Recipe from Walden Farms 

Ingredients

2 medium yellow bell peppers
2 tsp olive oil
1 shallot, minced
1 1/2 cups priced cauliflower
6 slices of turkey bacon, cooked and chopped
1/4 cup Walden Farms Raspberry Vinaigrette
2 tbsp raisins
1 tbsp mint, minced
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut the top off each pepper and scoop out the seeds and the white membrane.
Heat a small skillet, add oil, and shallot, and cook for a few minutes. Add cauliflower, raisins, salt, and pepper. Cook 3 to 4 minutes longer. Remove from the heat and add bacon, mint, and vinaigrette. Toss to combine and stuff the peppers. Transfer stuffed peppers, uncovered, along with the tops, into a small, sprayed baking dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. When done, cover peppers with the tops and serve.
Prep time: 15 minutes 
Cooking time: 30 minutes 
Servings: 2
Walden Farms kitchens develop the world’s only comprehensive assortment of calorie-free products with zero calories, fat, net carbs, gluten, or sugars of any kind! Since 1972, Walden Farms has created delicious tasting zero calorie and zero fat Salad Dressings for healthy eaters. Today, their offerings also include syrups, coffee creamers, condiments, spreads, dips, sauces, and a full line of specialty condiments and food enhancers.

Looking for a fun way to socialize without putting your diabetes wellness at risk? Do you need a little help staying on track with your diabetes self-care?

Back by popular demand! The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic, hosts this free, fun Virtual Baking Party with our special guest, Stacey Harris, aka The Diabetic Pastry Chef on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST on Zoom.

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Divabetic Baking Party Hightlights

Looking for a fun way to socialize without putting your diabetes wellness at risk?

Do you need a little help staying on track with your diabetes self-care?

The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic, hosted a free, fun Mother’s Day-themed Baking Party with special guest, Stacey Harris, known professionally as The Diabetic Pastry Chef on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, on Zoom.

The Diabetic Pastry Chef prepared her Sugar-Free Yellow Sunflower Cake recipe, shared her favorite kitchen tool, and answered our baking questions about substituting sugar substitutes and alternative flours in recipes.

Several participants won gifts courtesy of  Arthel Neville Design, Dr.’s Remedy Enriched Nail Care, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes‘, and Peak 10 Skin’s Save My Sole Foot Rescue Cream and Splenda. 

The Holidays are full of surprises— especially after Mr. Divabetic gets a new job as the pastry chef at the St. Nicholas Nursing Home nestled in a cozy Christmas Village. But adjusting to life in a Christmas Village is not all sugarplums and candy canes. Especially when a cantankerous resident, a real-life Ebenezer Scrooge,  named Mr. Pincher almost dies——shortly after eating one of Max’s peanut butter swirl brownies. Despite all of the ingredients for danger, Mr. Divabetic along with our team of amateur sleuths and his overly protective mother — set out to find the real culprit in the hopes that his name isn’t on a lethal naughty list.

Our story was inspired by Kevin Houdeshell’s tragic true-life story. Thanks to the Houdeshell family for their advocacy efforts on behalf of the Emergency Insulin Act of 2019 and the emergency prescription refill legislation. Known as Kevin’s or Howdy’s Law, it allows pharmacists to dispense an emergency supply of a chronic maintenance medication if the doctor cannot be reached – a common-sense act that could save a life.

Starring Max ‘Mr. Divabetic’ Szadek, USA Best Selling Author Tonya Kappes, Mama Rose Marie, Patricia Addie Gentle, Terri Seidman, MaryAnn Nicolay, Trisha Artman, Catherine Schuller, Chef Robert Lewis, Seveda Williams, and Wendy Radford. Special thanks to the Houdeshell family, and Pharmacist Mandy Reece. Original music by Ivan Hampden Jr., Celine Dion’s vocals courtesy of SONY Music. Produced by Leisa Chester Weir.

In the spirit of Scrooge’s awakening at the end of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, we encourage you to honor Christmas in your heart by living in the Past, The Present, and the Future. Try to embrace the Spirits of all Three and the lessons that they teach.

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Diabetic Vs. Person With Diabetes: Language Matters

Language has the power to help or hinder our ability to manage diabetes. For example, choosing words that put people first instead of the stigma associated with diabetes.

“I was reluctant to say that “I was diabetic,” says Lorraine Brooks on Divabetic’s March podcast. “I wasn’t really sure I wanted anybody to particularly know. I don’t think I was embarrassed or ashamed. I just kind of felt like it was something that didn’t really concern anyone.”

Lorraine admits that switching terms made a difference. “I realized I can say, “I’m was somebody living with diabetes” instead of “being diabetic.” And just that little change of “I’m somebody with diabetes” just like “I’m somebody with brown eyes” it’s just a part of myself. It’s just another thing about me. It doesn’t have to have any judgment attached to it whatsoever to me or anyone else.”

Another word in diabetes self-care also under scrutiny is ‘control.’ Instead, the word ‘manage’ is being used more often when referring to blood sugars.

“Yes, it was liberating to use the term, manage instead of control,'” says Lorraine. “I manage my diabetes on a day-to-day basis. And sometimes, even though I’m managing it, it’s still out of control.” Lorraine adds, “So I think managing is what you’re doing if you live with this disease. It doesn’t mean you’re always going to be perfect. It just means your dealing with it to the best of your abilities.”

Hear more of Lorraine’s interview on Divabetic’s March podcast. Guests include Poet Lorraine Brooks, and Susan Weiner MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES. Throughout the podcast, we will be featuring music from Prince & The New Power Generation’s Love Symbol album courtesy of SONY Music.

Looking for a fun way to socialize without putting your diabetes wellness at risk? Do you need a little help staying on track with your diabetes self-care? Join us for Divabetic’s next virtual outreach program.

Join the happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic, hosts this free, fun Virtual Mother’s Day-themed Baking Party with special guests, Stacey Harris, aka The Diabetic Pastry Chef and Divabetic Image & Style Advisor Catherine Schuller, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST on Zoom.

Win gifts courtesy of Arthel Neville Design FABULOUS East/West Tote, Dr.’s Remedy Enriched Nail Care gift set, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes‘s Camper Cozy Mystery, Walden Farms Zero Calories, Zero Net Carbs Salad Dressings, and Peak 10 Skin’s Save My Sole Foot Rescue Cream during Mr. Divabetic’s random drawings. You must be present at our Baking Party to enter our gift drawings to win.

Over 150 people registered for our last Divabetic Baking Party on Zoom, so don’t miss out!

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Meet Divabetic Prize Winner: Sandra Living With Type 1 Diabetes

Our recent Divabetic Baking Party’s Peak 10 Skin giveaway winner, Sandra is a tech-savvy diva who relies on several diabetes self-care tools to live her best life!

“I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2006”, says Sandra. “After 6 years of injections, I was put on an insulin pump and then later got a Continuous Glucose Monitor.”

Many people with type 1 diabetes use insulin pumps. Insulin pumps work by delivering a basal, or set, rate of insulin through a tube called a cannula.

The insulin pump is attached to a thin plastic tube (an infusion set) with a cannula (like a needle but soft) at the end of which insulin passes. This cannula is inserted under the skin, usually on the abdomen. The cannula is changed every two days. Your doctor works with you to determine the amount of insulin needed each day. Insulin pumps can also deliver an insulin bolus.

A Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) is a wearable sensor that automatically measures glucose levels 24 hours a day. A thin, disposable needle called a sensor stays under your skin. The sensor is removed and changed every few days. Glucose readings are provided at specific intervals, every five minutes or so. It also shows how your glucose levels are trending in the form of a trend arrow. You can tell if your glucose level is rising or dropping and treat yourself accordingly. 

“My current pump communicates with the CGM and automatically adjusts my insulin when my glucose readings are out of range, she adds.  

“Thank goodness for technology! It has made my diabetes easier to manage, and I can be more discreet. (no more finger sticks or insulin syringes!).”

Since Sandra participated in our Baking Party, we asked her about her sweet tooth. 

” I still watch what I eat (I read the nutrition label for everything I eat) and take the dog for walks twice a day (4 miles total), but I do NOT deprive myself of dessert.”

We love her attitude!

Looking for a fun way to socialize without putting your diabetes wellness at risk? Do you need a little help staying on track with your diabetes self-care?

Back by popular demand! The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic, hosts this free, fun Virtual Mother’s Day-themed Baking Party with special guests, Stacey Harris, aka The Diabetic Pastry Chef and Divabetic Image & Style Advisor Catherine Schuller, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST on Zoom.

Win gifts courtesy of Arthel Neville Design FABULOUS East/West Tote, Dr. Remedy’s Enriched Nail Care gift set, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes‘s Camper Cozy Mystery, Walden Farms Zero Calories, Zero Net Carbs Salad Dressings, and Peak 10 Skin’s Save My Sole Foot Rescue Cream during Mr. Divabetic’s random drawings. You must be present at our Baking Party to enter our gift drawings to win.

Over 150 people registered for our last Divabetic Baking Party on Zoom, so don’t miss out!

REGISTER NOW – FREE REGISTRATION

 

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Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps Recipe by Walden Farms Salad Dressings

Our lucky winner, Anita from Buffalo, won two bottles of Walden Farms Salad Dressings at Divabetic’s recent Baking Party on Zoom.

With Zero calories, net carbs, fat, sugars, dairy, or gluten of any kind*, Walden Farms Salad Dressings add the most delicious flavor to everything from salads and sandwiches to tasty appetizers and main courses without packing on unnecessary calories.

Here’s a delicious Walden Farms Salad Dressings recipe to save calories and help you live a healthier life. This Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps Recipe is gluten-free and keto-friendly.

Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps Recipe by Walden Farms Dressings

Ingredients

1 lb. ground turkey

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

1/4 cup of Walden Farms Original BBQ Sauce

4 slices light Cheddar cheese, halved and folded

8 large Boston lettuce leaves

4 slices of bacon, cooked

1 cup  diced tomatoes

1/2 cup diced onions

1/2 cup Walden Farms Thousand Island Dressing

Directions 

Preheat broiler. Season turkey with salt and pepper; divide into 8 portions. Shape each portion into a 1/2 inch thick patty.

Heat oil in a large skillet set over medium heat; cook patties for 4 to 6 minutes per side or until cooked through. Transfer burgers to a foil-lined baking sheet.

Brush each burger with 1 tbsp BBQ sauce and top with a piece of cheese. Broil for 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese melts. Serve burgers in lettuce leaves with 1/2 slice of bacon, tomatoes, and onions. Drizzle with dressing.

Divabetic’s Carb Kitty videos make carbohydrate counting fun! Carbohydrate counting or “carb counting” can help you manage your blood glucose levels.

Looking for a fun way to socialize without putting your diabetes wellness at risk? Do you need a little help staying on track with your diabetes self-care?

Back by popular demand! The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic, hosts this free, fun Virtual Mother’s Day-themed Baking Party with special guests, Stacey Harris, aka The Diabetic Pastry Chef and Divabetic Image & Style Advisor Catherine Schuller, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST on Zoom.

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Sugar-Free Cake Truffles Recipe by The Diabetic Pastry Chef 

On Zoom, the Diabetic Pastry Chef demonstrated her Sugar-Free Cake Truffles recipe on Divabetic’s Valentine’s Day-theme Baking Party. 

Our participants enjoy her recipe so much, along with Catherine Schuller’s Style presentation, we wanted to share it with you:

Sugar-Free Cake Truffles Recipe by The Diabetic Pastry Chef 

Cake Ingredients:

1-16-oz. box Pillsbury Sugar-Free Cake Mix prepared and cooled as per box directions

1-15-oz. tub Pillsbury Sugar-Free 

Frosting Ingredients: 

Melted chocolate or white chocolate from bars or baking chips

Shortening (about a teaspoon per cup of melted chocolate)

Decorations of your choice: confectioner’s sugar, shredded coconut, sprinkles, cinnamon red hots, crushed nuts, etc.

Directions:

Crumble the cake into the bowl of an electric mixer; mix for several minutes on medium speed until the crumbs are finely crumbled. 

Add as much of the frosting as you prefer and mix for about 3 minutes at medium speed. (Many recipes instruct you to add the entire tub of frosting. However, I find this makes the truffles too moist. I prefer to add half of the tub.)

Remove the mixture, squeeze, and roll into small balls using a small cookie scoop. When all the balls have been rolled, cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Before removing it from the refrigerator, melt the chocolate in the microwave, stopping at 30-minute intervals to stir and being careful not to burn. 

Alternatively, you can melt your desired chocolate or white chocolate on the stove in a double-boiler. Add a bit of shortening to the melted chocolate to help add a sheen to the finished truffles.

Dip the truffles in the melted chocolate and let cool and harden on a sheet of parchment paper. You may dip the entire truffle into the melted chocolate or just the top of the truffle. Add your desired decorations before the chocolate cools and hardens. Package in a heart-shaped box or gift box.

Stacey Harris aka The Diabetic Pastry Chef collects vintage heart-shaped Valentine’s boxes.  A quick google search reveals that pretty vintage heart candy boxes are a great thrift store find. Many collectors don’t limit their use to the Valentine’s Day holiday, but rather display them as a symbol of love all year long.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Note: Any sugar-free or keto cake mix and frosting brand can be used in this recipe. Of course, you can also make your own sugar-free cake and frosting from scratch, which is what I generally do. You can also use any leftover cake to make your cake truffles.

Congratulations to all of our Baking Party winners!! The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic, hosted a Cake Pop Quiz testing people’s Baking IQs throughout the night. Our Peak 10 Skin Save My Soles Foot Rescue Cream winners included Sandra T. from Las Vegas, NV, Geneva P. from Brooklyn, NY, Elizabeth R from Guelph, Canada, Nancy S. from Marlboro, NJ, and Chandra S. from Blacklick, OH. Our Grand Prize winner, Anita from Buffalo, won gifts from Splenda, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes, Peak 10 Skin, Harlem’s Heaven, and Walden Farms.

Stay tuned for details on our upcoming Mother’s Day-themed Baking Party on Zoom with gift prizes courtesy of Arthel Neville Designs and Dr. Remedy’s Nail Care.

We’re talking about 50 years of living well with type 1 diabetes, alcohol’s effects on blood sugars, sexual wellness, and the Spare A Rose, Save A Child campaign with musical inspiration from Dean Martin.

Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti and was later nicknamed “The King of Cool.” His big break while performing as a duo with comedian Jerry Lewis, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes later in life at the age of 71.

After the two entertainers split in 1956, Dean Martin pursued a solo career. He established himself as a singer, movie, and television star.  Along with the other members of the infamous “Rat Pack”, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and Sammy Davis, Jr., he became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas.

Guests: Fran Carpentier, Mama Rose Marie, Lynne Steger, and Sex Therapist Dr. Janis Roszler PhD, CDCES. Hosted by Mr. Divabetic. Throughout this podcast, we will be featuring music from The Essential Dean Martin album courtesy of SONY Music.

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Sugarfree Cake Truffles, Go Red & Big Prize Giveaways at Divabetic’s Baking Party

We hope you had a fabulous time at Divabetic’s Baking Party on Zoom. If you couldn’t join us, here’s what you missed:

During the program, Stacey Harris, The Diabetic Pastry Chef, demonstrated how to make Sugarfree Cake Truffles (recipe coming soon). Stacey also shared her favorite sugar substitutes for pies, cakes, and cookies. Surprisingly, Stacey prefers to use different sugar substitutes for pies, cakes, and cookies. For example, Splenda is her ‘go-to’ sweetener for fruit pies.

Diabetic Image & Style Advisor Catherine Schuller shared “50 Shades of Red, Okay 5 Shades of Red” for Valentine’s Day. Since there seems to be a new shade of red coming out every day, Catherine created these tips for you to find the perfect shade of red for your skin tone:

 If you have fair skin with cool undertones, mid-tone reds like cherry, ruby, scarlet, and apple would add some warmth and won’t appear harsh against your skin. 

If you’re fair skin with naturally red hair, cool, brighter colors like candy red will showcase your beautiful red hair in the best way!  

A deeper, luscious, darker hue is perfect for warmer skin tones if you have a medium-light skin tone. Think the shade of blood. That rich hue will compliment your skin tone the best.

If you have a golden skin tone, you can really rock various shades from a deep, vivid red such as ruby to a vampy red like a jam.

Suppose you’re a woman with medium skin and have yellow undertones and tan skin with warm undertones. In that case, the orange-ish reds like candy red or other hues with a tiny bit of tangerine will look dynamic on you. If you’re a brunette, don’t be afraid to wear this shade of red. Some women think that brown and orange don’t look good together, but this color pairs amazingly well with brown hair. 

If you have dark skin with warm undertones, then reds like ruby cherry and lipstick will provide a gorgeous contrast to your darker skin.

If you have dark skin with cool undertones, you can pretty much wear any color. Still, a berry would look incredibly flattering against the skin.

The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic, hosted a Cake Pop Quiz testing people’s Baking IQs throughout the night. Our Peak 10 Skin Save My Soles Rescue Cream winners included Sandra T. from Las Vegas, NV, Geneva P. from Brooklyn, NY, Elizabeth R from Guelph, Canada, Nancy S. from Marlboro, NJ, and Chandra S. from Blacklick, OH.  

Our Grand Prize winner, Anita from Buffalo, won gifts from Splenda, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes, Peak 10 Skin, Harlem’s Heaven, and Walden Farms. 

This year, the ‘V’ in Divabetic stands for ‘VIRTUAL’!! We’ve got more fabulous outreach programs and podcasts to help boost your ability to manage your self-care available than ever before! Also, stay tuned for details about our next Divabetic Baking Party to celebrate Mother’s Day. 

We’re talking about 50 years of living well with type 1 diabetes, alcohol’s effects on blood sugars, sexual wellness, and the Spare A Rose, Save A Child campaign with musical inspiration from Dean Martin.

Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti and was later nicknamed “The King of Cool.” His big break while performing as a duo with comedian Jerry Lewis, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes later in life at the age of 71.

Guests: Fran Carpentier, Mama Rose Marie, Lynne Steger, and Sex Therapist Janis Roszler PhD, CDCES. Throughout this podcast, we will be featuring music from The Essential Dean Martin album courtesy of SONY Music.

 

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Don’t Miss Divabetic’s Baking Party on Zoom for Valentine’s Day

Looking for a fun way to socialize without putting your diabetes wellness at risk? Do you need a little help staying on track with your diabetes self-care?

Back by popular demand! The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic hosts this free, fun Virtual Valentines-themed Baking Party with our special guest, Stacey Harris aka The Diabetic Pastry Chef and Divabetic Image & Style Advisor, Catherine Schuller on Wednesday, February 9, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST on Zoom.

During this virtual Baking Party on Zoom, The Diabetic Pastry Chef will prepare a Valentine’s Day Sugar-Free Dessert recipe and share expert baking tips for substituting sugar substitutes and flours in your favorite recipes.

Plus, one lucky participant will win a Divabetic Gift Basket featuring Splenda products, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes‘s Cozy Mystery, PEAK 10 Skin Save My Soles Rescue Cream, and an assortment of Walden Farms Salad Dressings. You must be present on Zoom to participate in our random drawing.

Enjoy the Diabetic Pastry Chef’s Sugar-Free Carrot Cake Recipe. Click HERE

The Diabetic Pastry Chef prepares a Valentines-themed Sugar-Free Dessert Recipe and shares Expert Baking Tips for using Sugar Substitutes & Free Gift Prize! Join us on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST

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Divabetic’s first podcast of the year featuring Rachel Zinman, Arthur Aston, and Patricia Addie Gentle RN, CDCES.  Rachel will be presenting a guided mediation you won’t want to miss! Throughout the podcast, we will be featuring music by Teddy Pendergrass courtesy of SONY Music.

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Don’t Miss Divabetic’s Upcoming Baking Party with The Diabetic Pastry Chef

Register now for Divabetic’s upcoming free Baking Party with The Diabetic Pastry Chef on Zoom on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 7-8:30 PM, EST. Click to REGISTER 

One lucky participant will win a Splenda Gift Gasket and additional Divabetic prizes (featuring Tonya Kappes’s Camper Cozy Mystery, Peak 10 Skin’s Save My Soles Rescue Cream, and Walden Farms Zero Calorie Salad Dressing) in our random drawing. You must be present at our Baking Party to win.

Since our program is still two weeks away, enjoy these free Divabetic resources to help you stay upbeat and on track with your diabetes wellness. And remember to treat yourself with kindness!

The Diabetic Pastry Chef

Enjoy the Diabetic Pastry Chef’s Sugar-Free Carrot Cake Recipe. Click HERE

Enjoy Splenda’s Sweet Potato Soup Recipe. Click HERE

Listen to Divabetic Podcast Inspired by Dolly Parton. Guests include Poet Lorraine Brooks, Dr.Beverly S. Adler PhD, CDCES, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDCES, Catherine Schuller,  Lisa R Young, PhD, RDN, and Type 2 Diabetes – What To Know Facebook Community member, Crystal. Click HERE

Watch Mr. Divabetic’s video filmed at the New York City Easter Parade. Click HERE

The Diabetic Pastry Chef prepares a Valentines-themed Sugar-Free Dessert Recipe and shares Expert Baking Tips for using Sugar Substitutes & Free Gift Prize! Join us on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST

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