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When one member of the family has a type of diabetes, recipes should not only fit into the diabetic diet, but should also appeal to everyone at the dinner table. The good news is, diabetic recipes are a healthy choice for everyone: meals are balanced between carbohydrates, protein and fat, which helps to keep blood glucose levels in check -- but even for those who don't have to count carbs, the balance is good for you. And because excess weight can cause complications with diabetes, meals are low in saturated fats, something that should be cut down to a minimum in any healthy diet.
When planning meals that focus on diabetic recipes, follow the doctor's recommendations, but look for dishes that fit your family's tastes. Most foods can be adapted to a diabetic diet with great results, so no one has to give up their favorite foods to make accommodations.
Fun Family Meals
A kid-friendly dishes such as Mr. Food's oven fried drumsticks via Children with Diabetes, coated in seasoned corn cereal, serves as the centerpiece of a fun meal, along with coleslaw and a green salad. Great for picnics or weeknights.
Pizza Mexican style from dLife features spiced ground beef, salsa and cheese and needs only a green salad to complete. Whip up this diabetic recipe for parties, too -- no one will notice that the simple and tasty pizza is designed for a special diet.
Sit-Down Dinners
It's nice to have a big homemade meal on Sundays, or any day, and the tradition doesn't have to be curbed due to a diabetes. dLife has diabetic recipes for classic dinners such as vegetable pot roast, an all-in-one meal that can also be made as a stew, with the meat cut up into cubes. When purchasing meat such as the round roast, go for the leanest cut you can find.
Few dishes are as simple or as widely appealing as roasted chicken. This old-fashioned dish is very low in carbs, making it a good diabetic recipe and giving some flexibility with side dishes. As an added bonus, leftover roasted chicken can be put into diabetic-friendly sandwiches and wraps the next day, making this classic one worth putting into regular rotation.
Asian Influence
For something a bit more exotic, Thai omelet soup can be prepared in under 30 minutes, for a weeknight meal that's out of the ordinary. Egg, shredded cabbage and diced carrot are combined with seasoned low-sodium vegetable broth. A quick and healthy diabetic recipe that's special enough for company.
Mr. Food's Asian meatballs are a bit more substantial, but still a healthy diabetic recipe: extra-lean ground turkey is combined with diced onion, green pepper, panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) and seasonings and cooked in a skillet before tossing with plum sauce and served with rice for a tasty alternative to takeout.
Pasta
Though carbohydrates are closely monitored, pasta can fit well into a healthy diabetic diet. Chicken and artichokes with pasta from the American Diabetics Association is packed with nutrients from artichoke hearts and spinach and protein from chicken, tossed with whole what spaghetti. Very simple, and will no doubt appeal to the non-diabetics at the table.
Email This
When one member of the family has a type of diabetes, recipes should not only fit into the diabetic diet, but should also appeal to everyone at the dinner table. The good news is, diabetic recipes are a healthy choice for everyone: meals are balanced between carbohydrates, protein and fat, which helps to keep blood glucose levels in check -- but even for those who don't have to count carbs, the balance is good for you. And because excess weight can cause complications with diabetes, meals are low in saturated fats, something that should be cut down to a minimum in any healthy diet.When planning meals that focus on diabetic recipes, follow the doctor's recommendations, but look for dishes that fit your family's tastes. Most foods can be adapted to a diabetic diet with great results, so no one has to give up their favorite foods to make accommodations.
Fun Family Meals
A kid-friendly dishes such as Mr. Food's oven fried drumsticks via Children with Diabetes, coated in seasoned corn cereal, serves as the centerpiece of a fun meal, along with coleslaw and a green salad. Great for picnics or weeknights.
Pizza Mexican style from dLife features spiced ground beef, salsa and cheese and needs only a green salad to complete. Whip up this diabetic recipe for parties, too -- no one will notice that the simple and tasty pizza is designed for a special diet.
Sit-Down Dinners
It's nice to have a big homemade meal on Sundays, or any day, and the tradition doesn't have to be curbed due to a diabetes. dLife has diabetic recipes for classic dinners such as vegetable pot roast, an all-in-one meal that can also be made as a stew, with the meat cut up into cubes. When purchasing meat such as the round roast, go for the leanest cut you can find.
Few dishes are as simple or as widely appealing as roasted chicken. This old-fashioned dish is very low in carbs, making it a good diabetic recipe and giving some flexibility with side dishes. As an added bonus, leftover roasted chicken can be put into diabetic-friendly sandwiches and wraps the next day, making this classic one worth putting into regular rotation.
Asian Influence
For something a bit more exotic, Thai omelet soup can be prepared in under 30 minutes, for a weeknight meal that's out of the ordinary. Egg, shredded cabbage and diced carrot are combined with seasoned low-sodium vegetable broth. A quick and healthy diabetic recipe that's special enough for company.
Mr. Food's Asian meatballs are a bit more substantial, but still a healthy diabetic recipe: extra-lean ground turkey is combined with diced onion, green pepper, panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) and seasonings and cooked in a skillet before tossing with plum sauce and served with rice for a tasty alternative to takeout.
Pasta
Though carbohydrates are closely monitored, pasta can fit well into a healthy diabetic diet. Chicken and artichokes with pasta from the American Diabetics Association is packed with nutrients from artichoke hearts and spinach and protein from chicken, tossed with whole what spaghetti. Very simple, and will no doubt appeal to the non-diabetics at the table.