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Diabetes Food Hub can be a great tool for meal prepping! Click here to learn how to use our recipes, meal planner, and grocery list generator to make planning, shopping, and preparing healthy meals a snap! Additionally, we’ll be rolling out a series of meal prepping articles over the next few weeks to show how a little planning can make your meal planning life a lot easier. Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice The leaves are turning, the temperature is dropping, and pumpkin spice is everywhere—it must be fall! October is National Pumpkin Month, but the fall ushers in a bounty of tasty winter

Diabetes specific: The Complete Diabetes Cookbook by America’s Test Kitchen: ATK is one of the country’s most revered cooking brands, and this cookbook offers more than 400 recipes that reflect their rigorous testing to improve the nutrition of favorite dishes. Prevention’s Diabetes Diet Cookbook : These fiber-rich recipes—from Almond and Mixed Berry Muffins with Flax Seeds to Autumn Harvest Minestrone—are easy to make and delicious. Here are a wide range of chefs and cookbook writers who produce recipes that you’ll enjoy because they’re so creative with healthy ingredients like fruits

Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family, of which cauliflower, kale, and Brussels sprouts are also members. Also known as cruciferous vegetables, they contain fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, iron, and potassium. Broccoli contains more protein than most other vegetables, great for those on a plant-based diet. Per cup, broccoli has just 30 calories, but 2.4 grams of fiber and 2.5 grams of protein. Just half a cup of broccoli contains almost 70% of the daily value of calcium. Broccoli also contains folate, important for pregnant women and fetal growth, and potassium, beneficial for blood pressure

Nutritional Benefits of Green Beans One cup of green beans packs a mighty nutritional punch. One cup of green beans has four grams of fiber, most of which is soluble fiber. This type of fiber can help to lower LDL cholesterol (“unhealthy” cholesterol) and blood pressure. Green beans are also a good source of vitamin A and C. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps the immune system function and protects skin. Vitamin A is important for skin health, vision, and our immune system. Green beans are also a good source of manganese, which helps support our metabolism, bone health, and wound healing

The reason for this is simple. Fruit juices, and specifically citrus juices, have lots of carbs without the benefits of fiber and other nutrients from the actual fruit. For instance, an 8-ounce glass of orange juice contains 24 grams of carbs. Grapefruit juice has just a smidge less. If your diabetes management plan calls for 35 grams of carbs a meal, there’s not much left for you to eat after a glass of juice. Benefits of Eating Citrus People with diabetes have to be sensible eaters and weigh the decision of which food choices to make. Consider this: Enjoying a small orange contains just 11

Making Your Own Puree Pumpkin puree is quite versatile. You can buy it canned, usually in the baking aisle, or you can make your own: Use a sugar pumpkin (also called pie pumpkins) Cut in half Remove the seeds Rub with oil Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees F, or until the flesh easily pierces with a fork Scoop out with a spoon, add to a blender along with a splash of water, and puree until smooth When selecting fresh pumpkin, choose a pumpkin that’s uniform in color with no soft spots. It should be heavy for its size and have its stem intact. Fresh, whole pumpkin will last for weeks at room

About Thyme Thyme is an herb from the mint family and a staple ingredient in kitchens around the world—with small, fragrant leaves that are typically green-gray in color. It thrives in sunny and dry conditions and can be grown both outdoors in gardens and indoors in pots. How to Pick and Store Thyme When shopping for thyme, look for fresh, vibrant sprigs with intact leaves and a strong smell. To maximize thyme's shelf life, wrap fresh sprigs in a damp paper towel and store them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. This helps maintain the herb's moisture and aroma for up to a week

Switching to more plant-based proteins doesn’t have to be intimidating! You don’t have to go fully vegan or vegetarian to experience the benefits. Just including more plant-based protein and a little less animal protein can help reduce risk. How to Get Started with Plant-Based Proteins Are you worried that going plant-based will mean you aren’t getting enough protein? Don’t be! It’s an old myth that it’s difficult to get enough protein on a plant-based diet. There are plenty of ways to pack in protein. Start by including the plant-based protein sources below, but don’t forget that there are

Strategies to Eat Out Like a Pro Rather than blowing your meal plan and regretting it later, how about trying some of these strategies? Go to restaurant outings “gently hungry” instead of overly hungry, suggested Janice Baker, RDN, CDCES. “Over restricting during the day or preceding a restaurant or party event can biologically lead to unintentional overeating,” she explained. “This is BIOLOGY, not willpower.” Check out menus online ahead of time. By scoping out the options, you can make decisions in advance, which can remove some of the stress and the distraction of tempting but unhealthy