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Meal Prep: DIY Salad Bar
Everybody likes getting more for less! How about getting more meals from less daily meal prep? With some meal planning and prepping, you can make several days’ worth of meals with one trip to the grocery store. Diabetes Food Hub can be a great tool for meal prepping! Learn how to use our recipes, meal planner, and grocery list generator to make planning, shopping, and prepping healthy meals easy—and check out this article for tips on building the perfect salad ! How to prep your salad bar 1. Wash your greens. For heads of lettuce like iceberg or romaine, remove damaged or wilted outer leaves
20 New Ideas to Eat More Produce at Every Meal
Are you looking for new ideas on how to add more fruits and veggies to your meals to boost their flavor, nutrients, and blood glucose (blood sugar) management benefits? Here are 20 simple ones you can start trying right away, plus tips for buying produce and a breakdown of the different types! Buying Produce The first step in eating more fruits and veggies is buying more fruits and veggies. Many types of produce can be purchased fresh at the grocery store all year long. However, fresh produce is the tastiest and cheapest when you buy it in season. To save even more money and extend the life of
Egg Souffle
This is a light and fluffy egg soufflé with added veggies.
Chicken Nuggets with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
This recipe is not only delicious, but it’s also kidney-friendly. Try a variety of dipping sauces, such as barbecue sauce, curry sauce, fruit spreads, or low-sodium salad dressing.
Fillet with Shallot, Zucchini & Tomato
This dish is filled with color and extra nutrients from the added veggies.
Fish Fillets with Lemon Parsley Topping
Here’s a quick weeknight dinner to enjoy with your family. Fish can make a great entrée when you are pressed for time since it cooks quickly, plus it’s a great source of lean protein.
Greek Quinoa Salad
This salad is a nutrition power-house. Quinoa is a gluten-free grain that provides carbohydrates and protein and the low-carb veggies add fiber and potassium.
Baked Fish Fillets with Thyme-Dijon Topping
Serve up these tasty, baked fish fillets with some roasted sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts. It would make a diabetes-friendly, yet elegant dish to make for your sweetie on a special occasion!
Seared Tuna with Pesto Sauce
Fish is diabetes superfood, especially those that are packed with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, like tuna and salmon. Studies have repeatedly shown that people who dine regularly on these fatty fish have lower rates of diabetes and heart disease. It's no wonder it's recommended that nearly everyone eat at least 2 servings of fish every week. The problem? Many people think that preparing fish is complicated or expensive or both. This super-simple diabetes friendly seared tuna recipe proves that cooking fish is both easy and delicious. It's just 3 ingredients and is on the table in 10
Vietnamese Beef Soup (Pho)
If you don’t want to serve all of this soup at once, cook only the amount of pasta and beef that you want to serve. Save remaining ingredients for leftovers.