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This stew is like a farmers’ market in a bowl with its wide range of colorful, tender vegetables, including green asparagus and zucchini, orange carrots, and bright yellow summer squash. If you have a green thumb, feel free to create new combinations based on your garden’s bounty

Get creative with your oranges! Try navel, Valencia, Cara Cara, or blood oranges when you see them at your local market. They each have a slightly different delicious flavor but all of them are filled with vitamin C, fiber, and other good-for-you nutrients. Complete your plate: Add this salad to any meal that needs a vegetable boost. We've paired it with Southwest-Style Turkey Meatloaf and Mashed Red Potatoes. Find this recipe and more in The Create-Your-Plate Diabetes Cookbook, by Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND

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!

This savory budget-friendly meat loaf is just as good as classic meatloaf. Our diabetes-friendly version is made with lean ground turkey and is seasoned with fresh herbs and garlic. For a complete meal, serve with over roasted sweet potatoes (they can roast alongside the meatloaf in the oven) and a nonstarchy vegetable side or simple green salad. Watch How to Make Herb Garlic Meatloaf Powered by Homemade

You don’t need cold weather to enjoy a great beef stew. There are so many new renditions of beef stew, but if you can make this classic version really well, that’s all you’ll need. Although button mushrooms can be used, try and seek out cremini mushrooms as the stew will taste more full-bodied.

This quick and easy pork tenderloin recipe gets its savory flavor from a garlic sesame marinade. The tenderloin is cut into slices and pan-seared so it cooks up faster than roasting the whole tenderloin. For a lighter, low carb version of a classic “meat and potatoes” meal, pair this pork tenderloin with our low carb Cauliflower Mashed “Potatoes” and Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan.

This classic Portuguese Soup is satisfying in every way. Traditionally, the soup is done with water, but chicken stock adds greater depth of flavor in this recipe. Chicken sausage instead of the traditional chorizo makes for a more diabetes-friendly dish. The kale adds a vibrant green color that gives Caldo Verde it's name. Feel free to play with different types of greens like collard greens or spinach. *Look for fully cooked chicken sausage (your choice of flavor) with <500 mg sodium per 3 oz link.

This is a dramatic dish to serve to guests. When you place the parchment package on each guest’s dinner plate, the steam and the flavors are intoxicating! Fish fillets also work well in this recipe.

Let this hearty salad, featuring grilled sirloin steak, loads of vegetables, and a garlicky vinaigrette, take center stage at your table this summer! Find this recipe and more in our cookbook, Complete Month of Meals, where you can mix and match recipes to make meal planning easy! To order directly from the American Diabetes Association, click here.