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Boy did I ever make a mistake today—— I am going to a friend’s house for a Mexican BBQ tonight and the hostess called and asked me to make my Mexican Espresso Flan for dessert, So I said sure. I hadn’t made it in a long time so I pulled out the recipe and I had everything I needed and then I did a double take on the nutrition. Each six ounce serving has about 600 + calories, mega fat and over 100 carbs. It is so gooood.. Too late for a plan B except to make the servings 4 ounces instead of six. And make a neon WARNING sign for our many diabetic friends. DANGER AHEAD!!
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1038 kcal
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Fat: 29.60g | Prot: 48.20g | Carbs: 157.84g.
Breakfast: Egg, NoSalt Nosalt, Sarabeth's Orange Apricot Marmalade, Dave's Killer Bread Thin-Sliced Good Seed Bread, Welch’s grape juice and Hibiscus drink, Maxwell House International Cafe Orange. Lunch: La Banderita Carb Counter Whole Wheat Wraps, California Girl Sardines in Tomato Sauce, Chobani Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt, Driscoll's Blueberries, Tru-Nut Powdered Peanut Butter, Ranch Granola. Snacks/Other: Mexican coffee flan. more...
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1679 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 1 hour, Cooking - 1 hour, Swimming (slow) - 2 hours, Resting - 12 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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😂 the best desserts are the most fattening!
02 May 19 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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No wonder I haven’t made it in sooo long. Now to work on seeing what I can do in the future to lighten it up. I had forgotten just how good it is.
02 May 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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Well, the flan turned out outrageously good. I ate one and made the sad decision to throw it all out. And I did. In all good conscious I could not take it to a party where a minimum of half of the people there are both overweight and diabetics. I know how hard most of you work to to overcome these issues and how, especially now, so many are struggling with that crazy binging. I can’t even wrap my head around it but I know it’s real. My hostess was bummed but got my dilemma. Just didn’t seem right to add to the problem.
02 May 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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Wait, you said you would so they expected you to bring the dessert and you threw it away?
03 May 19 by member: -Diablo
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Right. It’s hard to be a real friend and contribute to that extent to their downfall. Nobody NEEDED it anyway. We were FULL just eating the great dinner she made.
03 May 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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I’m making a low carb cheese cake for Mother’s Day! I’ll post it and see if that works for you too! Flan is amazing but soooo much sugarrrr.. :((
03 May 19 by member: Jomali303
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That must have hurt to throw it out but I’m sure your friend’s doctors thank you even if they don’t 🙃
03 May 19 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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A big fresh fruit salad with a dressing of 1/4 cup each of honey, Lime juice and fresh-grated ginger. It is always a hit at my house.
03 May 19 by member: shirfleur 1
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Hello Everyone I am new here, I am Laura... and hope everyone has a fun day!
03 May 19 by member: Lauraphox
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Hi @Lauraphox, welcome. Hope your day is fun, too.
03 May 19 by member: shirfleur 1
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Hi Dawnie— there were about 15 of us at the BBQ— all old friends. People I have cooked for and gone to my Ranch with many, many times over the years. People whose diabetic struggles I am way to familiar with both from the vantage point of a friend and as a nurse. I just told them what I did and why and they actually appreciated it. Most of them had eaten that flan at one time or another because it used to be a Ranch staple back in the day, but then we were all 15 mile a day hikers, climbers and river rafters. Most of them are no longer remotely in that category.
03 May 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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Part of the way I ended up on FS was because of some of my friends— trying to help a few of them find tools to encourage them to loose some weight. For whatever reason, my world is full of obese friends who have become type 2 diabetics.in 2018 five people died from weight and diabetes complications, and 2 people so far this year. I am so saddened but helpless to do anything about it. People are going to do what people are going to do.
03 May 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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Oh Kenna that is just so sad. I don’t know why so many of us have such a weakness/ dependency on food but I’m glad that I can see it and work on it. Hopefully I’ll die from plain old age and not heart disease
03 May 19 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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