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Edamame and Pasta with Feta
Serve up this unique pasta dish with some lightly dressed greens. It also makes a great lunch that you can bring to the office.
Are All Carbs Equal?
When you were first diagnosed with diabetes, chances are you were sent to a class offered by your health care provider that gave you the basics of caring for yourself—from how to use a glucose monitor to figuring out a new way of eating. You may even have received a pamphlet outlining how many grams of carbohydrates per meal you should have—depending on factors such as your age, gender, activity level, and more.
How to Make Plant-Powered and Low-Carb Meals
Plant-based meals are packed with nutrients and minerals that are great for keeping the body powered. Even if you aren’t vegetarian or vegan, swapping a plant-based meal in one or twice a week could be beneficial. But how does that work with the Diabetes Plate ? The Diabetes Plate is a simple way to eat a lower carb, balanced meal. Created by the American Diabetes Association’s nutritional experts, this easy-to-follow method of meal planning and eating requires no measuring, weighing, or calculating. Using a 9-inch plate, fill half with non-starchy veggies. Then split the other half with ¼
Grilled Chicken Sausage with Zucchini and Peppers
Need a quick weeknight dinner and don’t feel like heating up the house? This 4-ingredient budget-friendly dish, cooked on the grill, is full of flavor and low in carbs. If desired, serve it with a side of wild rice or quinoa and a simple mixed green salad for a complete, balanced meal. Look for pre-cooked sausages with the lowest fat and sodium content that you can find.
Instant Pot Chicken Sausage and Zucchini Stuffed Potatoes
No need to fire up the oven to bake these potatoes - cooking them in the Instant Pot saves times and cuts down on the power bill. Plus, with this “all-in-one” recipe, you can use your multi cooker in place of a skillet as well by cooking the chic ken sausage and zucchini mixture using the browning function. This recipe orginally appeared in The Instant Pot Diabetes Cookbook . Find more diabetes-friendly Instant Pot recipes here.
Summer Vegetable Pasta
This summer vegetable pasta dish uses zucchini spirals to keep the carbohydrate lower than a traditional pasta. This delicious recipe which is veggie-packed with asparagus, broccoli, tomatoes, and a tasty lemony sauce. With just one bite, you won’t believe the pasta is made from zucchini!
Parmesan Tofu with Butternut Squash Noodles
Try out our Parmesan Tofu with Butternut Squash Noodles—a diabetes-friendly dish that combines the savory crunch of parmesan-coated tofu with the wholesome, goodness of butternut squash noodles. Make it with Roasted Green Beans in Champagne Vinaigrette for a beautifully colorful meal. This dish can easily be made vegan by substituting dairy-free cheese and eggless mayo alternatives.
Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad
Brighten up your day with this colorful strawberry poppyseed salad! With three types of fruit, crunchy greens, and pecans, it’s sure to boost your fiber intake for the day. The poppyseed dressing for this salad contains no added sugars because it’s made with zero-calorie Splenda Stevia Sweetener. And chicken is not the only source of protein in this salad because the base of the dressing is nonfat Greek yogurt!
Italian-Style Blistered Tomatoes
Make this your new weeknight, go-to side dish. It's super fast, super cheap, and can turn any meal into an extra-special one. You spoon them over some brown rice, make them the crowning touch over grilled chicken, or serve them alongside a fresh green salad. What an easy way to go from basic to restaurant-fancy!
Beef Boti Kebabs
This boti kebabs recipe takes its inspiration from a kebab recipe popular during Nizam rule in Hyderabad. Back then this prominent dish consisted of tender pieces of boneless mutton dipped in spices and egg wash, rolled in crumbs, and deep fried. To make this recipe more diabetes-friendly, we've used a marinade to tenderize the meat and swapped frying for grilling on the stove top. The spices keep the traditional Indian flavors without the additional fat and carbs. Serve with Whole-Wheat Spinach Parathas and grilled veggies.