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Make a shopping list before you go to the grocery store and stick to it. Grabbing items as you shop can add up very quickly. Plan out your meals and snacks to help guide you when you shop. Balance is important when managing diabetes. Carbohydrates, protein, and fat should all be part of your meal. The American Diabetes Association ® has a guide called the Diabetes Plate Method that provides a visual of how your plate should look. Canned and pre-packaged foods can save you money, but they can also contain ingredients that may affect your blood glucose (blood sugar) and contain extra salt. Look

You can fit these recipes into your weekly meal plan in whatever way works best for you. Use the interactive Meal Planner on Diabetes Food Hub to plan out your week. Once you have created your free account , you can save recipes, then drag-and-drop them into your meal plan. Click here for more tips on how to use Diabetes Food Hub Dinner Herbs de Provence Chicken with Easy Middle Easter Green Beans Make this dinner early in the week and make extra chicken for leftovers (you can easily double the recipe). You could also add a whole grain to this meal, like brown rice or Cilantro Lime Quinoa

Grown mostly in California, mandarins are considered a winter fruit and are in season November through April. This is when a lot of other fruits are out of season, like berries. Common Types of Mandarin Oranges Clementines: The smallest mandarin orange, they are seedless and very easy to peel, making them a great choice for kids. Tangerines: This larger variety of mandarin orange is more tart and has a deeper orange/red color. Sumo: A larger variety that has the most intense orange flavor. Satsuma: Originating from Japan, this seedless variety has a thicker, more delicate skin and bruises

A "multi cooker," like Instant Pot, does the work of multiple appliances – it’s a slow cooker, steamer, rice cooker, sauté pan, warming pot, and pressure cooker all in one. You can use it like a slow cooker and let dinner simmer away all day, or, if planning ahead isn’t your thing, you can cook the same "slow-cooked" meal in minutes using the pressure cooker function. Best of all, you can prep and cook everything in one pot, meaning there is no need to preheat the oven, light up the grill, make a mess on your stove top, or wash a lot of pots and pans. If you own a multi cooker, or are thinking

For our first full year of the Diabetes Food Hub, we saw a number of cooking and recipe trends that ended up on this list. First, we had no idea just how popular breakfast recipes would be. Second, a lot of people have Instant Pots and air fryers and are looking for appliance-friendly recipes. And finally, there's a neverending demand for the basics—healthy and diabetes-friendly versions of classic recipes. Fortunately, Diabetes Food Hub had plenty of each. So without further ado, here are the Top 20 Recipes of 2019. Did we mention that breakfast was a popular category? This low-carb breakfast

Probiotics are live organisms that provide health benefits when consumed or applied topically. What Do Probiotics Do? The primary reason people consume probiotics, whether as a supplement or in probiotic-rich foods, is to improve gut health. Research is ongoing, however, the potential benefits of probiotics including treating gum disease, inflammation, and even high blood pressure. Probiotics work by filling the gut with “good” bacteria and helping maintain a healthy balance of microorganisms in what is called the gut microbiome or microflora. This microbiome is made up of trillions of

1. Easy Weeknight Chicken Dinner Pecan-Crusted Chicken Breast 300 calories, 3 grams carbohydrate Mixed greens salad with light vinaigrette 40 calories, 4 grams carbohydrate Try this recipe: Simple Side Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Homemade sweet potato fries 140 calories, 31 grams carbohydrate Try this recipe: Sweet Potato Fries THE WHOLE PLATE: 480 calories, 38 grams carbohydrate Choices: 2 starch, 1 nonstarchy vegetable, 5 lean protein, 2 fat 2. Taco Night Turkey Tacos 260 calories, 19 grams carbohydrate 1/2 cup coleslaw 130 calories, 16 grams carbohydrate Try this recipe: Kale Apple Slaw

Hot vs. Cold Cereals Most cold cereals are filled with refined grains and sugars, scarce nutrients, preservatives, and lots of empty calories and carbohydrates (carbs). And you’re no doubt going to want to eat more than the suggested portion amount on the nutrition label. Hot cereal, like oatmeal made with rolled or steel-cut oats or other whole grains, are high in fiber and have a low glycemic index (GI). This means that these carbs are digested and absorbed more slowly, thus they create a smaller incremental rise and fall in blood glucose (blood sugar). For those who are trying to better