It would be hard to feed meals of 30 grams carbs each because amount is low; I would automatically bump that carb amount up to 40 because they have to have milk with each meal. And I would just tell the endo I want to give 50 grams for dinner and lunch and dose for it; you would be giving more insulin. But for dinner home made chicken cutlets or nuggets, with mashed potato (30 grams a cup). I would buy the low carb yogurts (there is a light and fit low carb yogurt 4 grams, I think; it does taste good), mix with cup of sliced strawberries, or strawberries and whipped cream or cool whip for desserts. 3/4 cup of rice, mixed with stir fried veggies, meat if she likes meat stir fried. Veggie platters with ranch or blue cheese dip. Meatballs with one cup of pasta (40 grams); I use Quinoa pasta in the turquoise box. This brand digests well and she actually gets one cup and a half of quinoa pasta, with sauce and meatballs and we only charge 40 grams for it. And still she may go low on it, no highs later on. Try that particular brand from quinoacorp.com and see if it works the same for you. She is getting 30 free grams… I know, it’s crazy! Never give this quinoa pasta without checking BS two hours after and covering remaining insulin in her system. I use it only if home. It allows her to eat a normal serving of pasta instead of just a small amount. And no highs later on like regular pasta. I would be making a lot of home made chicken soups and get low carb cookbooks if you have to stick to such low carb amounts. I know it can be done. There are lot of low carbers on this board and they have posted some phenomenal desserts on occasion. Blaine’s Low Carb Kitchen show on cable (he has a website listing recipes also; he is quite inventive). Low carb friends, living la vida low carb; these sites offer inventive, low carb recipes. But most are high in fat. So I would ask the endo to up the carb amount. A banana alone could be 20 grams. I think kids need more fruits and complex carbs than 30 grams will offer.
