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What is the Diabetes Plate?
The Diabetes Plate is the easiest way to create healthy low-carb meals that can help you manage your blood glucose (blood sugar). Using the Diabetes Plate, you can create a meal with a healthy balance of vegetables, protein, and carbs—without any counting, calculating, weighing, or measuring. All you need is a plate! To start out, you need a plate that is nine inches across. The size of our plate is what controls the size of our portions. If your dinner plates are larger than nine inches, try using a smaller salad or dessert plate for your meals. Or, if your dinner plates have a lip or artwork
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Serve this pizza with a big garden salad drizzled lightly with low-fat Ranch dressing. It’s a quick, easy and budget-friendly meal!
Chicken Satay
This makes a great party appetizer. You can serve the dip in a bowl on a large platter and surround it with the skewers. Find this recipe and more in The Diabetes Cookbook. To order dierctly from the American Diabetes Association, click here.
Strawberry Yogurt Whips
With only 70 calories and 6 grams of carbohydrate, you’ll enjoy these light and creamy strawberry yogurt whips with no regrets! Each yogurt whip contains 8 grams of high-quality protein because they are made with nonfat Greek yogurt. The delicious strawberry flavor comes from fresh strawberries and zero-calorie Splenda ® Strawberry Watermelon Liquid Water Enhancer!
Arroz con Leche (Rice Custard)
If you are Latin, then you have most certainly had this delicious dessert! What you probably have not had is a diabetes-friendly version that you will love just as much as the traditional dish. This guiltless version is sugar-free and features extra fiber from brown rice and flax seeds. Find this recipe and more in our bilingual cookbook, Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy, by Ingrid Hoffmann. To order directly from the American Diabetes Association, click here
Meal Prep: Fall Harvest
Everybody likes getting more for less! How about getting more meals from less recipes? With some strategic meal planning and prepping, you can create several days’ worth of meals with just a few recipes and one trip to the grocery store. You can even prepare all of the recipes at once and store meals in single serve containers in the fridge for grab-and-go meals all week.
Grilled Cheesy Eggplant
Eggplant is a low-carb vegetable and does not raise blood sugar levels significantly. If you cant find baby eggplant, you can use regular eggplant for this recipe.
Avocado Veggie Sandwich
Avocado is full of healthy, monounsaturated fat that is good for your cholesterol and will not raise your blood sugar. This is a veggie sandwich, but you could add turkey or chicken for extra protein.
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!
Watermelon Lime Slushie
Try this refreshing alternative to sugary drinks! It’s made with fresh watermelon for a lightly sweet flavor with no added sugar, plus zesty lime and cool mint. Perfect for a hot summer day!