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Not sure of the quality of current Ikea beds, but I've been sleeping on one for about 10 years, during which I've moved about 5 times.

It is starting to go so I've started looking around for another bed, but considering it cost about $300 for a queen, I'm pretty satisfied.

Your friend needs to ask her OB for a referral to a dietician or nutritionist. Just because she is at risk for GD doesn't mean that she can't eat the veggies and fruits that she loves. She just needs to eat certain things in moderation with the right balance of proteins and/or fats.

I had GD and the dietician explained how to plan my meals -- # of carb servings per meal, max length of time in between a meal or snack, etc. She also provided useful information so that I could determine the # of carb servings in a given item, e.g. a small apple is a carb serving, as is 1/2 a banana or 1/3 cup of blueberries. Oh, and for me, I could eat as many veggies as I wanted. Since I enjoy cooking, I was able to make enjoyable, "GD-safe" meals with simple guidelines.

I should also mention that each person's tolerance for carbs is different so your friend really needs to see a dietician and test her blood glucose level after meals to understand what's right for her.

I cut them up into chunks and freeze them on a cookie sheet (don't let the pieces touch) and then stick them in a ziploc.

They don't turn brown as they're frozen, but they do turn brown pretty quickly if you defrost them in the fridge. I defrost them by throwing a couple of chunks into a ramekin and letting the ramekin sit in a bowl of boiling water, as you would a bain-marie, and mushing the avocado as it defrosts.

I only do a few cubes at a time (for baby food), but it softens up pretty quickly and in a couple of minutes you have tasty avocado mush.

When I was pregnant with my son I had gestational diabetes and had to watch my carb intake. My husband ended up figuring out a soy waffle recipe that was low carb/high protein. Each waffle had about 22g of sugar, but also 13g of protein so that balance was enough to keep my blood glucose well within range.

He'd make a big batch on Sunday morning and I would reheat whenever I was in the mood for one.

Wrote a post about it on my food blog here:
http://perfectlyedible.com/2010/09/soy-waffles-with-raspberries/

Miso marinated tri-tip. Delicious.
http://perfectlyedible.com/2009/12/miso-marinated-tri-tip/

For glass shower doors, all I need is baking soda (I use the box from the fridge when it's time to switch out to a new one) and a damp sponge -- one of those blue scotch brite ones.

Wet the shower door, sprinkle baking soda on your sponge and wipe. Adjust amount of baking soda to the level of grossness on the door, but it doesn't really require any elbow grease and it's non-toxic to boot!

I'm too lazy to squeegee.

A friend of mine made an awesome blueberry buttermilk tart last weekend and posted the recipe on our blog:
http://perfectlyedible.com/2010/07/blueberry-buttermilk-tart/

It had an almond shortbready type of crust that was addictive. And the sweet blueberries and tart buttermilk was a great combo.

@Sara

I wrote a post a while back on my blog about how to cook rice in a rice cooker: http://perfectlyedible.com/2009/11/brown-v-white/

Short story is that I use the "first knuckle" method of measuring water and let the rice cooker do its thing. It does take significantly longer than cooking white rice, though, so you need to take that in to account.