Easy Foods to Make for Diabetics

A diabetic's diet is crucial to maintaining proper blood sugar levels. Try a few new recipes that are easy, delicious, healthy and will not leave the diabetic feeling deprived. These recipes in their entirety can be found at BetterRecipes.com (see the link in References).

Breakfast

• Easy Breakfast Quiche: This is a low-fat quiche prepared with egg substitute, reduced-fat ham or cheese and bread, skim milk and mushrooms. It makes a nutritious and delicious light breakfast.

  Zucchini Muffins with eggs or egg substitute, zucchini, applesauce and whole wheat flour will provide a serving of vegetables as well as a quick, tasty breakfast.

  Spinach Crepes filled with cream cheese, mushrooms and blue cheese will get vegetables and iron into your system and are surprisingly easy to prepare.

Lunch

• You can have pizza. Using Boboli crust or frozen bread dough for a base, top it with a wholesome spaghetti sauce, skim mozzarella cheese, vegetables and turkey sausage or Canadian bacon.

  For an open-face zucchini sandwich, drain and dry zucchini, spread wheat bread with mayonnaise, top with zucchini, tomato slice, reduced-fat cheddar and add thin slices of cooked turkey or chicken. Broil until cheese bubbles.

  Sunny Side Chowder is a healthy, filling midday meal created with potatoes and cauliflower, crowned with Prosciutto ham, friend egg and avocado.

Dinner

• Garlic and Cream Cheese-Stuffed Salmon: Stuff salmon with garlic and onions and top with cream cheese, mushrooms and spinach.

  Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Ricotta Pesto: Don't care for fish? Stuff boneless chicken breasts with light ricotta cheese, pine nuts and basil. Top with fat-free half and half and Parmesan.

  Marinated chicken over greens strewn with oranges, pineapple and multi-colored peppers, along with selected spices and sauces, create an Asian Chicken Salad you will enjoy repeatedly.

Side Dishes

• Garlic Bacon Mashed Potatoes: Adding bacon bits, garlic and herbs to mashed potatoes creates a wholesome gourmet side dish.

  Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread Muffins: Using wheat flour and gluten, low-fat buttermilk, sugar substitute and instant milk, you can create a healthy muffin to enjoy with dinner, with breakfast or as a snack.

  Squash Sensational: Vegetarians will enjoy yellow squash simmered with tomatoes, Parmesan cheese and capers.

Desserts

• Easy Fruit Cobbler: Sugar-substitute coated blueberries and strawberries, topped and baked with butter, white and brown sugar substitute and oats bakes into a fruity, sweet, guilt-free cobbler.

  For a lighter Tiramisu, combine cream cheese, skim milk, sugar-free pudding and whipped topping. Pour over sugar-free vanilla wafers, drizzle with coffee, grated unsweetened baking chocolate and more whipped topping and berries, if desired. Chill at least 2 hours.

  Calcium-Rich Gelatin: Substituting calcium-rich orange juice for water and adding fresh fruit to sugar-free gelatin is a tasty, easy dessert.