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Light Blue Cheese Dressing
A great addition to our wonderful, summer-friendly Grilled Steak Salad instead of commercial bleu cheese dressing.
Diabetes-friendly Recipes for Your Air Fryer
The air fryer has revolutionized home-cooked comfort foods! This innovative kitchen appliance allows you to make your favorite fried foods with a fraction of the fat and calories. Learn more about the air fryer and find diabetes friendly recipes below.
Spaghetti Squash Primavera
Using spaghetti squash instead of pasta makes for a lighter, lower carb version of a classic pasta primavera.
Bangers and Mash
Bangers and Mash is a traditional Irish Pub food that is usually very high in fat and carbs. This healthier version uses home made turkey sausage and mashed sweet potatoes to make it more diabetes-friendly and heart healthy.
Roasted Beet and Chicken Salad with Goat Cheese
To save time, you can use the chicken breast meat from a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store to make this recipe.
Caldo Verde (Green Soup)
This classic Portuguese Soup is satisfying in every way. Traditionally, the soup is done with water, but chicken stock adds greater depth of flavor in this recipe. Chicken sausage instead of the traditional chorizo makes for a more diabetes-friendly dish. The kale adds a vibrant green color that gives Caldo Verde it's name. Feel free to play with different types of greens like collard greens or spinach. *Look for fully cooked chicken sausage (your choice of flavor) with <500 mg sodium per 3 oz link.
6 Tasty Ways to Stay Hydrated
Dehydration isn’t good for anyone, but if you have diabetes, it can become dangerous. High blood glucose (blood sugar) levels can lead to increased dehydration as your kidneys work harder to filter the glucose. It’s important to stay hydrated during the day, especially if it’s particularly hot or you’ve been losing fluids during exercise.
3 Ways to Revive Your Holiday Leftovers
You plan for the meals. You plan for the guests. Maybe you even plan for the feeling of equal parts relief and exhaustion once the holidays are actually over. But what about all the leftovers?
Carb-Conscious Meal Makeovers
Getting a diagnosis of diabetes or prediabetes does not mean that you have to remove all carbohydrate foods from your diet! Depending on your current eating habits, reducing your carb intake, or making some smart swaps, may help manage your blood glucose without cutting out your favorite foods.
Roasted Veggie Strata
This egg-based entrée is great any time of the day and the leftovers can be an easy grab-and-go lunch for the next day.