Rosemary, there are sugar substitutes available. you need to watch carbs very closely. DH is diabetic, and found Healthy Choice's fat-free, sugar-free, mint chocolate chip ice cream is very, very good. He's having trouble finding it, though. I think you can google for sugar-free recipes. Someone else may be better informed about that than I. Margaret L >Hi all: As a diabetic, with lots of diabetic family, Thanksgiving dinner can >be a challenge! Anyone out there with a sugar-free (or almost!) pumpkin pie >recipe? I'm always looking for sugar-free recipes for everything! > >Garden content: We've finally had a hard, HARD freeze. The perennials have >been shocked into submission. I'm hoping some (supposedly hardy) mums I >planted in the fall with make it through the winter. It's iffy here for >mums. I seemingly lost 2 pussywillows and 1 witch hazel during our long >summer drought. Wonder if they are dormant and will return? > >Rosemary - on top of a mountain in Eastern KY where it's cold and blustery