Tasty Diabetic Recipes

If you have diabetes, you already know it's sometimes challenging to find tasty diabetic recipes. You want taste and enjoyment, while maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. If you're the chef in the family, you may want healthy recipes that your whole family will eat.

The good news is that tasty diabetes recipes are available, and it's ideal for everyone. After all, it's simply a healthy diet that helps control your blood sugar levels, eating a variety of foods in modest amounts.

Your diet should stress fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. The key here is consistency, because if you eat excess calories or fat at once, your blood sugar rises. Eating smaller portions throughout the day helps avoid these undesirable spikes. Everyone could benefit from this style of eating, even those without diabetes. It's simply a diet rich in nutrients, but low in fat and calories. Still, it's sometimes hard to stick to your healthy eating plan, but there are some tasty diabetes recipes that can help.

A healthy appetizer recipe is for avocado dip, and it tastes so rich you'll forget it's healthy. Mash one ripe avocado, then mix it with 1/2 cup sour cream (fat free, of course), 2 tsp. chopped onions, and a dash of hot sauce. This makes a great dip for sliced veggies or baked tortilla chips.

An elegant appetizer that you could serve to guests is tomato crostini. For this recipe, you'll chop 4 tomatoes, add 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil, 1 minced garlic clove, and 2 tsp. olive oil. Add black pepper to taste. Let stand, covered, for about 30 minutes. Serve at room temperature on small slices of toasted bread. If you are serving right away, include the juices from the tomatoes.

For your main course, consider the ultimate comfort food: baked macaroni. Bring 4 cups of water to boil. In the meantime, brown ground beef and chopped onion in a skillet. Once the water is boiling, cook a pound of whole wheat macaroni as directed on the package, then drain. Combine the cooked macaroni, beef, and onions, and add a jar of reduced-sodium spaghetti sauce, placing in a greased baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes, then sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan.

Finally, dessert. You might not be able to eat many desserts, but that doesn't mean you can have something sweet to finish your meal. You can even make a healthy cheesecake. Combine 2 T cold water, 1 package unflavored gelatin, and 2 T lemon juice in a blender. Blend at low speed for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup hot skim milk, blending until the gelatin is dissolved. Add 2 egg whites, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 2 cups of low-fat cottage cheese. Blend on high until smooth. Pour into a 9 inch pie plate, and refrigerate for 3 hours.

With a little practice, you'll find many recipes that will satisfy your taste buds, maintain your blood sugar, and even serve to your family or guests.