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Create-Your-Plate: Simplify Meal Planning with the Diabetes Plate
The Diabetes Plate is the easiest way to create healthy meals that can help you manage your blood glucose (blood sugar). You can create meals with a healthy balance of vegetables, protein, and carbohydrates—without any counting, calculating, weighing, or measuring. All you need is a nine-inch plate! Read on for ideas and recipes for balanced meals.
15 "Non-Recipes" for Easy Meals at Home
Cooking at home doesn’t have to be complicated! Following a recipe, even a simple one, can feel like a chore, but you don’t always need a recipe. Sometimes all it takes is tossing together a few ingredients to make a satisfying meal. Here are 15 “non-recipes” for super simple snacks and meals to make “cooking” at home a breeze.
6 Best Fresh Summer Herbs to Use
Herbs can take a dish from being plain to having pizzazz. Whether from your garden, window box, farmer’s market, or grocery store, fresh herbs add freshness, flavor, fragrance, and eye appeal to meals.
Turkey Stroganoff
No need to eat a whole turkey on Thanksgiving Day! Save some leftovers to use in other recipes like this one. Get some new meals while also watching your portions as part of your diabetes management!
Traditional Lump Crab Cakes
For delicious, fresh crab cakes, look no further than your own kitchen. Be sure to splurge on jumbo lump crabmeat. This crab cake is all about the crab and has just enough breading and mayo to bind it together. Refrigerating for a half hour is really what keeps these minimally breaded crab cakes together and makes them supremely delicious.
Meatloaf Muffins with Sweet Potato Topping
This healthy meal is super easy and delicious. Not to mention - it bakes more quickly than a large meat loaf because of the smaller muffin size.
Let’s Talk About Protein for People with Diabetes
Eating a balanced diet, which includes carbohydrates, healthy fats, vegetables, fruits—and protein—is key for maintaining overall health and keeping your blood glucose (blood sugar) in target range. Today, let’s discuss the role of protein and how it plays a part in your diabetes management, its benefits, how much of it you should eat, and the best sources. Benefits and Role of Protein in Diabetes Management Protein offers several benefits for the body and diabetes management, including: Maintaining muscle mass: Diabetes puts you at a higher risk of muscle loss and this risk only
Crustless Spinach and Mushroom Quiche
This low-carb breakfast recipe is designed for two. Perfect for a hearty breakfast, but also works for lunch or dinner.
CKD Pre-Built Dialysis Meal Plan
Having diabetes plus kidney disease requiring dialysis may seem challenging as you combine the two eating plans. Choosing lower potassium produce, limiting or avoiding processed items that may contain phosphate additives, and focusing on eating enough high-quality protein, in addition to balancing carbs are key to staying healthy. We've put together some suggestions for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, plus tips to help with managing your plan. Find more Kidney-Friendly resources.
7 Easy Swaps to Add More Plants to Your Plate
Plant-based eating is popular, and for good reason. Plant foods can add color, texture, taste, volume, and overall appeal to meals. But more importantly, eating more plant-based meals can provide significant health benefits, especially for people with diabetes. Two of the most well-known plant-based eating patterns include the vegetarian and vegan eating patterns.