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A flavorful and versatile chicken recipe, serve this as a main entrée with vegetables or over a salad. It’s also kid-friendly and much healthier than any frozen chicken nugget.

If you don’t use all of the shrimp mixture in this recipe, you can also enjoy it cold on a lettuce wrap for lunch the next day.

Cauliflower is a great nonstarchy vegetable to cook as the holidays come up. Try this savory recipe out that will pair great with some Roasted Turkey and Vegetables.

This unique paella recipe is made with pasta instead of rice and is a great dish that can have just about any vegetables mixed in.

The flavors of the Mediterranean have captured the imagination of travelers for centuries. Precooked, packaged couscous takes only 5 minutes to make, so it's a great option for a quick dinner. Couscous is made from semolina flour and is, in fact, a form of pasta even though many people think it is a grain. You just boil water, remove it from the heat, add the couscous, cover, and let it stand. For this recipe, we've added fresh mint and chopped tomatoes to add a fresh flavor that goes well with the steak. Double Up: Cook some extra steak while you are making this recipe, and save the leftovers

Freekeh (pronounced free-kah) is a grain food made from young green wheat that is roasted. Freekeh is prepared by harvesting wheat while the grains are green and the seeds are still soft. The wheat is sun-dried and roasted using a special technique. The wheat is then rubbed, and sometimes cracked. Hara Freekeh Tahiri is a fresh, healthy one-pot meal. Hara means green in Hindi. In this recipe, the green comes from the spinach, peas, and cilantro. This recipe from Indian Cuisine Diabetes Cookbook, by May Abraham Fridel.

Eggs are naturally diabetes-friendly food that are packed with protein and low-carb. Plus, they make for great ingredients in a number of different recipes, including our Easy Egg Salad. It seems like there are hundreds of recipes for hard-boiled eggs online, but this one from Chef Jennifer Lamplough is our favorite because it's nearly full-proof and gives consisent results. Her secret? Buy and refrigerate the eggs you plan to hard boil 10 days to 2 weeks before you hard boil them. Older eggs hard boil and peel better than fresh eggs. Also, if you overcook them, the yolk will get a greenish

This low-carb appetizer is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Stuffed mushroom recipes are typically loaded with calories, but the turkey sausage and reduced-fat cheese in this recipe help save calories while still providing bold flavor. Find this recipe and more in The Diabetes Cookbook. To order dierctly from the American Diabetes Association, click here.

Freekeh is a roasted young, green wheat grain. It has a significant amount of fiber. Lucky for our health and taste buds, it’s becoming more readily available everywhere and can easily be purchased online. However, if you don’t have freekeh, you can make this recipe with 2 1/2 cups of any other cooked whole grain, such as bulgur wheat, brown rice, or barley. Whether made with freekeh or another grain, this recipe is designed to be served as a salad. But it’s equally tasty served at room temperature or warm as a side dish, if you prefer.

A toasty panini with crispy bread, warm tasty filling, and melty cheese makes a satisfying, diabetes-friendly lunch or light dinner. Cook the paninis in a pan (cast iron works great here) over low heat so that the filling warms all the way through without burning buring the bread. This is a great meal prep recipe: assemble all of the sandwiches ahead of time and wrap individually in foil, then toast the panini just before serving. Pair this sandwich with a simple side salad, like this Spinach, Avocado, and Summer Berry Salad, for a balanced, heart-healthy meal. Double Up: Cook a bouble batch