Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar free chocolate pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
- 3-4 small packets (1/2 tablespoon) of artificial sweetener
- 7 ice cubes
Directions
- Place all ingredients in blender that chops ice well.
- Blend until all is mixed well and the ice is chopped up. Mixture will be nice and thick. Add more pudding if you want it thicker.
Story Time with The Chronically ill Chef
When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, I thought that I had just received a death sentence that I deserved. That is one of the biggest problems with our society’s “war on diabetes” rhetoric, it makes us diabetics casualties of war. In addition, it makes the message, “If you eat well, then you won’t have to worry about diabetes.” So, if you do, it’s your own fault.
This message says that it doesn’t matter if your genetics put you in a predisposition, it doesn’t matter that the cheap food that is affordable contributes to diabetes, none of that matters, you caused it yourself because you “didn’t eat right,” and now you are going to die.
But after a bunch of research, I discovered that it’s not diabetes that can cause death or limb amputation, but poorly controlled diabetes. So, I decided to cut out all sugar and carbohydrates from my diet. Because if I could control it, then it wouldn’t be a death sentence.
So for the first month, I was starving every single day. There was no hope of ever being full again while also being sugar free. Until I discovered this recipe and the first time I made it, I could see hope in the world. I could be full. Even if my meal wasn’t filling enough, I could have this mock wendy’s frosty and be full.
You can add sugar if you want, but you don’t have to.
The Chronically Ill Chef 