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Discover a delicious diabetes-friendly plum salad recipe featuring the perfect blend of sweet plums, creamy goat cheese, and crunchy walnuts. This balanced and nutritious salad is a delightful choice for managing your health while savoring bold flavors. Try our easy recipe today!

These savory egg-soaked crumpets are a fun twist on breakfast, topped with melted cheddar and served with creamy avocado and juicy tomatoes. A crumpet is a British-style griddle bread—soft, spongy, and full of little holes on top that are perfect for soaking up flavor. Made with whole wheat crumpets, egg whites, and reduced-fat cheese, this dish is a diabetes-friendly option that balances protein, fiber, and healthy fats for sustained energy. This recipe is vegetarian.

These strawberry vanilla overnight oats are creamy, protein-packed, and naturally sweetened with fresh fruit. Cottage cheese adds extra protein and a rich texture, while oats and chia seeds bring fiber to help support steady blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. It’s a vegetarian, make-ahead breakfast that fits perfectly into a diabetes-friendly routine.

This super simple dip can be stirred together to maintain the cottage cheese texture, or blended for a smooth and creamy dip. It's perfect for making ahead of time—the flavors meld and get stronger during storage, so you can prepare it ahead of time and store in the fridge for up to 5 days. Serve with fresh raw veggies or whole wheat crackers as an appetizer or snack.

This classic spinach salad with goat cheese and beets is colorful, flavorful, and full of nutrients. Spinach is the star of the show, a vitamin-packed vegetable that is a great addition to any diabetes-friendly diet. The honey and Dijon mustard dressing adds a touch of sweetness and takes these flavors to the next level. Wanting to add more spinach to your diet? Try out these recipes! • Easy Spinach Ricotta Enchiladas • Spinach Artichoke Stuffed Portobellos

A tangy, cool salad topped with blue cheese dressing balances the heat of buffalo drumsticks. You can add more or less cayenne pepper, depending on how hot you like. Try making your own dressing with this Light Blue Cheese Dressing recipe. Double Up: Double the buffalo chicken in this recipe and use the leftover chicken in this Panzanella Salad. Find this recipe and weekly meal plans in our book, The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook by Linda Gassenheimer. To order directly from the American Diabetes Association, click here.

To make this recipe a little quicker, use a jalapeno salsa or hot sauce instead of roasting the peppers. Use about 1/4 cup or adjust to the spiciness that you prefer.

This vegetarian pita sandwich recipe is easy to make for a crowd. It’s also easy to pack and take to work so you don’t have to eat out at lunch time.