*yawn*

Up late, but have had some breakfast and a cup of coffee with two level teaspoons of REAL sugar in (such a treat). Now on to The Eternals. I hope to get 20 pages done today, which will leave me in good shape for the Friday deadline.

For lunch, I think I'll try cooking up some pearl barley (44g of carbs per cup, and it has a low Glycemic Load rating). I've never tried it before, so it should be an adventure!

Barley and the joy of a sore throat

My blood sugars seem really out of whack today -- quite high, which might be a result of my fighting off an infection. I've had a sore throat since early this afternoon, and exercise only made it worse, adding a sense of pain and pressure in my ears that has not abated.

On the plus side, I cooked 1 cup of pearl barley in 3 cups of water with 1/2 cup of concentrated chicken stock added in. It plumped up nicely in about half an hour. I took out a cup of the barley, added a cup of mixed vegetables and a teaspoon of fresh butter... mmmmmmm, good! And only about 45 g of carbs total. Now we'll just have to see how it affects my blood sugar.

I need to write up a blurb for Beltane in the Park to go into the Winnipeg Free Press this coming weekend, and I'll have to get that out of the way tonight so the Circle of Artemis group can approve it before the due date of Wednesday at 4 pm.

Back to The Eternals. Yay.

ETA: The barley had an AMAZING effect on my blood sugar, resulting in a lower post-meal reading than pre-meal reading. And it turns out that barley can be easily cooked in the rice cooker chimera452 and her husband gave us for Christmas this year. Something to think about, anyway.