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Barbara Seelig-Brown loves creating versatile recipes that you can tailor to your family’s preferences. Use this basic concept and vary the veggies and seasoning for a different taste each time you make this dish. This is also great because it’s a one-pot dish. Barbara also recommends trying it with ground turkey or ground buffalo, which has almost no saturated fat.

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

No need to eat a whole turkey on Thanksgiving Day! Save some leftovers to use in other recipes like this one. Get some new meals while also watching your portions as part of your diabetes management!

This delicious dish uses a new type of pasta made from chickpeas. Chickpea pasta is higher in fiber and protein than regular pasta, making it better for blood glucose management. It's also grain- and gluten-free. Here we use roasted broccoli and zucchini, but you could sub in any seasonal nonstarchy vegetable, or use frozen vegetables.

A cookout just isn’t the same without mom’s pasta salad, and NFL linebacker Dont’a Hightower would agree! The cold pasta salad recipe from Dont’a Hightower’s mother stands out because she uses whole wheat spaghetti noodles. ADA nutrition team member Shamera Robinson, RD, applauds this approach. "Adding whole grains into your recipes is a simple way to bump up your fiber intake. To give it a boost, we increased the fiber even more by doubling the chopped veggies." “[I] definitely need whole grains to keep myself fueled, especially during workouts and the season. I enjoy mixing quinoa and brown

These roulades make for an elegant—yet easy and nutritious—weeknight dinner. Eggplant slices cook more quickly than lasagna noodles and add nonstarchy vegetables that casseroles and noodle dishes are often missing.

Serve up these tender meatballs for a fun twist on Italian night! Serve over zucchini noodles for a lower carb dish. Find this recipe and more in The Diabetes Superfoods Cookbook and Meal Planner. To order directly from the American Diabetes Association, click here.

This creamy chowder is packed full of corn, zucchini, and squash, accented with a hint of chile. Reduced fat cheeses and cream create a healthier chowder. If you have trouble finding condensed cheese soup, substitute 8 oz processed cheese spread (such as velveeta) and an additional 1 cup fat-free half-and-half. Find this recipe and more in our cookbook Tex Mex Diabetes Cooking. To order directly from the American Diabetes Assocation, click here !

Grilled Summer Veggies with Herb Dressing is a delightful and healthy side dish perfect for summer. This recipe features fresh zucchinis, red and yellow bell peppers, red onion rings, and cherry tomatoes, all tossed in olive oil and seasoned with salt and black pepper. The veggies are grilled to perfection, giving them a tender texture and beautiful grill marks. The dish is complemented by a flavorful herb dressing made with extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, minced garlic, fresh basil, parsley, thyme, salt, and black pepper. It's a great option for people with diabetes and is both

Take taco Tuesday to the next level with this diabetes-friendly recipe! The Japanese ponzu sauce adds Asian-inspired flair to the traditionally Mexican taco. A little bit sweet, a little bit salty, with a touch of heat from red chili flakes, this recipe checks all the flavor boxes.