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Peanut Butter Blondies with Cacao Nibs
If you love peanut butter cups, you’ll love these diabetes-friendly peanut butter blondies with cacao nibs! These cakey bars use natural sweeteners to pump up the flavor and nutrients for this dessert. The blondie bars are rich with peanut butter flavor and are great for when you are craving a sweet treat that won’t disrupt your diabetes management plan.
Grilled Strawberries on “Crème” with Balsamic Glaze
This diabetes-friendly recipe for grilled strawberries on crème with balsamic glaze is sure to impress! Utilizing natural sweeteners like maple syrup or honey includes extra nutrients. The Greek yogurt adds some extra protein to help keep you feeling satisfied after eating this delicious dessert. This is also a great choice if you are looking for gluten-free or vegetarian sweet treat.
Apple, Cranberry, and California Dates Oatmeal Bake
This Apple, Cranberry, and Date Oat Bake is a hearty recipe perfect for any time of year. Made with old-fashioned oats, apples, and the natural sweetness of California Dates, this bake delivers a nutrient-rich dish that has no added sugar. This can be breakfast, a side dish, snack, or dessert. Plus, this oat bake is packed with fiber to keep you full and energized.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Seed Pudding
This pudding is decadent enough to be a fancy dessert for two, or light enough for breakfast or a midday snack. Chia seeds are a diabetes superfood. They are high in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids—great for blood glucose (blood sugar) management and heart health. When combined with liquid, they form a gel creating a pudding-like texture. To make this vegan, use a non-dairy milk like almond or soy.
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.
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.
Strawberry Mascarpone Parfaits
Mascarpone is a soft Italian cream cheese. It is so creamy and smooth that only a small bit of it is needed to add depth and character to an otherwise ordinary recipe. These parfaits are healthy enough to be served with breakfast, or decadent enough for dessert, and they can be made in only a few minutes. Save this recipe for spring and summer, when strawberries are at their peak.
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.
Top Diabetes-Friendly Pumpkin Recipes
The leaves are changing, cool weather is arriving, and pumpkins are back on the menu! If fall has you craving all things pumpkin, then don’t miss our top pumpkin recipes that are healthy, diabetes-friendly options. Pumpkin is a versatile ingredient. It can be used in sweet or savory recipes. In fact, you could have pumpkin-powered recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We even have a few healthy snack options too, for when you need a pumpkin pick-me-up in the afternoon. Pumpkin is also a great option for people with diabetes due to its high fiber and low carbohydrate count per serving. Plus
Learning to Have a Healthy Relationship with Food
Living with prediabetes or diabetes means following an eating plan and making food choices based on your blood glucose (blood sugar), medication, physical activity, and daily habits. This can help you stay healthy, but it can also make food choices feel stressful. For some people, that stress can grow into less than healthy choices in foods you choose. Research shows that stress from living with diabetes, body image concerns, judgement of others and pressure around food can all affect your relationship with food. A caring, non‑judgmental approach to food can help you take care of both your