Sweet treats for diabetics

Whenever we see a food product that declares it has "No Added Sugar" we always look closer; my husband is diabetic and it's nice to find occasional sweet treats for him that won't send his blood sugar levels sky high.  One of the most delicious is also the one without any artificial sweetener either: St Dalfour fruit spreads.

They come in a wide range of tempting flavours and contain 100% "all natural ingredients" so are also good for anyone (like me) who prefers to limit their intake of refined sugar.  Of course, at 56g of (naturally occurring) sugar per 100g, a diabetic couldn't eat a lot of them, but 100g is well over a third of the jar ... and really you only need a couple of teaspoons to enjoy the full, sweet and fruity flavour.  I haven't yet found one I don't like!!

My husband, Warren, doesn't indulge in a lot of sweet treats (although he does enjoy a few Thornton's sugar-free chocolates and sweets at Christmas!) but there are a couple of exceptions: he often has one or two Tesco sugar-free shortbread biscuits with a coffee when he gets home from work, and sometimes he indulges in a bowl of Frank's Diabetic Ice Cream which now comes in Strawberry flavour as well as Vanilla.

I do like to make him a dessert occasionally and might even self-publish a resource book of all my puddings, one day, with photos and vague recipes (I'm not great at measuring and weighing ingredients, as you may have noticed!!).  So you see, even for diabetics, life CAN be sweet!