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CKD Pre-Built Dialysis Meal Plan
Day 1 Breakfast Recipes Whether looking for a savory breakfast or easy weeknight dinner, this herb inspired dish is sure to please. Choose a few of your favorite fresh herbs (basil, parsley, chives or whatever combination you crave) to fold into fluffy scrambled eggs and then place the mixture on top of toasted whole grain bread. Pair with ½ cup low potassium fruit like sliced apples, berries or pineapple or sweet and crunchy Ricotta and Blackberry Jam Crostini. Lunch Recipes This veggie rich and high protein soup is sure to hit the spot! Add a slice of toasted whole wheat bread to balance out
Dark Chocolate Almond Nice Cream
Who doesn’t love a delicious scoop of ice cream—or should we say, “nice cream”? Instead of dairy milk, the base of this decadent dessert is frozen bananas. Almond butter is included to pump up the creaminess and protein. Top with sliced almonds for extra protein and a crunch! And unlike regular ice cream, this one has no added sugars—it’s sweetened with zero calorie Splenda Granulated Sweetener!
Peanut Butter Swirl Nice Cream with Chocolate Drizzle
I scream, you scream, we all scream for nice cream! Yes, that’s right—“nice cream.” Instead of dairy milk, the base of this peanut butter swirl nice cream is frozen banana chunks, which makes for a lower-calorie, lower-fat frozen dessert. And instead of sugar, it’s sweetened with zero-calorie Splenda® Stevia Sweetener, which means you can indulge without the excess added sugars.
16 Sweet and Savory Apple Recipes for Fall
Entrees 1. Pecan-Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Apple and Onions Sweet apples, savory onions, and crunchy pecans create a tasty entrée that is sure to please! And, everything comes together quickly making this a perfect weeknight meal. 2. Creamy Chicken Apple Salad Diced apples add sweetness and crunch to this lighter chicken salad. The trick to keeping chicken salad light is to replace half or more of the mayonnaise with plain yogurt! 3. Spiced Turkey Breast with Apple Chutney A dry rub of citrus and warm spices gives this roasted turkey irresistible fall flavors, perfect for your Thanksgiving
Homemade Fruit-Sweetened Granola
Despite its "health-halo," store-bought granola is often loaded with fat and added sugars. This super simple recipe gets its sweetness from applesauce and has no added fat. Perfect for topping yogurt, coating baked chicken, or adding a crumb topping to a fruit-based dessert. Make a big batch for meal prepping and store in a sealed jar for up to one week. Find this recipe and more in The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook by Jackie Newgent, RDN, CDN
Pineapple Peach Sorbet
Fruit sorbet is a satisfying dessert that gets it's sweetness from natural sugars in fruit, plus all the nutrients and fiber found in fresh fruit. When fresh produce is in season, cut up and freeze the fruit yourself. Otherwise, you can find an abundance of frozen fruit in the grocer’s freezer. Play around with other fruit combinations like mango-strawberry, peach-raspberry or pineapple-banana. You could pour the mixture into popsicle molds, too, for a perfectly portioned treat.
Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
You can’t go wrong with a healthy snack that tastes like a dessert, which perfectly describes this chocolate chia seed pudding. And it’s so simple to make! Just mix the pudding ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate! Then top with raspberries, coconut flakes, and cocoa nibs. The chia seeds provide fiber, healthy fats, and high-quality protein. This pudding is sweetened with Splenda ® Monk Fruit Sweetener, which gives it great flavor with no added sugars!
Can You Eat Chocolate with Diabetes?
The Different Types of Chocolate Dark chocolate, often referred to as semi-sweet or bittersweet, contains 50 to 90 percent of cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. High-quality dark chocolate has at least 70 percent chocolate. It has little to no milk solids. Milk chocolate, on the other hand, contains 10 to 50 percent of cocoa solids, cocoa butter, milk of some form, and sugar—much more than dark chocolate. Then there’s white chocolate. It’s even less healthy, having no cocoa solids, just cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids, and often vanilla. Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate Because of that
Dark Chocolate Zucchini Bread Snack Squares
If you’ve got a chocolate craving, try these naturally sweetened dark chocolate zucchini bread snack squares! Moist and rich, these brownie-like treats are a great dessert for people with diabetes. Plus, you can easily customize this recipe to your favorite flavors! Want to add a little crunch? Stir in chopped pistachios, chopped walnuts, or cacao nibs along with the zucchini. Note: Optional ingredients are not included in the nutritional analysis.
How to Add Probiotics to Your Diabetes Eating Plan
Probiotics are live organisms that provide health benefits when consumed or applied topically. What Do Probiotics Do? The primary reason people consume probiotics, whether as a supplement or in probiotic-rich foods, is to improve gut health. Research is ongoing, however, the potential benefits of probiotics including treating gum disease, inflammation, and even high blood pressure. Probiotics work by filling the gut with “good” bacteria and helping maintain a healthy balance of microorganisms in what is called the gut microbiome or microflora. This microbiome is made up of trillions of