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Is time one of your biggest challenges? Set yourself up for success with strategies and stress-free meal ideas to get dinner on the table quickly with these three tips.

One of the most popular berries in the world, strawberries are known for their heart shape and red color. Strawberries are usually available year-round but are most flavorful when they’re in season in February through May. While delicious by themselves, strawberries can be used in a wide variety of dishes—both sweet and savory. Nutritional Benefits of Strawberries One and one-quarter cups of whole strawberries contain 15 grams of carbohydrate and over three grams of gut-healthy fiber. They’re a good source of potassium, manganese, and vitamin C, which is great for the immune system and tissue

Stumped on what to cook for Thanksgiving? We've got you covered! This all-in-one handbook has everything you need to prepare a diabetes-friendly Thanksgiving feast on a budget, including recipes, a grocery list, a game-plan, tips for building a healthier Thanksgiving plate, and ideas for leftovers. Our healthier Thanksgiving has one-third the calories, carbs, and fat of a traditional Thanksgiving meal, and at less than $10 a serving, it's easy on your budget, too.

Considered a superstar food, spinach is one of the healthiest and most versatile vegetables. It’s so dense in nutrients and antioxidants, that spinach can help reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. If that’s not enough to convince you to add a Popeye-sized serving of spinach to your diabetes-friendly diet, keep reading to learn more about the benefits of this leafy green veggie.

Everybody likes getting more for less! How about getting more meals from less recipes? With some strategic meal planning and prepping, you can create several days’ worth of meals with just a few recipes and one trip to the grocery store. You can even prepare all of the recipes at once and store meals in single serve containers in the fridge for grab-and-go meals all week.

The winter squash. Is there a vegetable that is more representative of cool weather comfort food? There are dozens upon dozens of richly colored, oddly shaped varieties to choose from, depending on where you live and where you shop. And, speaking of shopping, one of the benefits of buying winter squash is how hearty they are. You can enjoy them the day you bring them home or they can hang around for weeks, protected by their skin from going bad.

In this live cooking class, Chef Jenny guided participants through the process of creating a nutritious Parmesan-Crusted Chicken and Avocado Alfredo with Zucchini Noodles. These meals were designed to be low in carbs and high in flavor.

Parsley is one of the most common herbs and is used in a wide variety of cuisines. It has a clean and peppery taste, with a slight earthiness. Parsley is used to brighten flavors and add a pop of color in dishes such as soups, salads, and pastas. In addition to its multitude of culinary uses, parsley is also very nutritious and contains many important vitamins and minerals and boasts many health benefits.

You may often focus on carbohydrates (carbs) when you’re managing diabetes, but you should also keep tabs on the types of fat you include in your eating plan. Why? Having a diet high in unhealthy fats puts you at higher risk for heart disease—and people with diabetes are already two to four times as likely to develop it as someone who doesn’t have diabetes. Fat also has twice the number of calories compared to carbohydrates, which can contribute to weight gain. Let’s take a look at the different kinds of fat, which ones you should be eating, and how much of each kind you should have. Types of