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Diabetic Pantry: Foods to Stock Up On

Being well-prepared to cook healthy, fresh, and flavorful meals takes a bit of planning, whether you have type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Learn what foods you should stock up on when it comes to eating well with diabetes.

Stocking the Pantry for Quick Meals

Cooking Tips for Diabetics
Cooking for someone with diabetes, whether yourself or someone else, is really just a commitment to cooking healthy on a day-to-day basis. Get tips on what to keep in your pantry so that you can always make a diabetic recipe.

Healthy Snacks for Kids with Diabetes

Healthy snacks are an essential part of your child's eating routine, whether they are dealing with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Find out what you need to know about snacks, including how they can help your child manage diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes: Estimating Portion Sizes

Quick Tips for Controlling Serving Sizes
Estimating portion sizes is an important skill for people with type 2 diabetes. Learn how using the different parts of your hand as well as common household objects can help you determine healthy portion sizes.

Diabetic Jam, Jelly, and Relish Recipes

Preserving fresh foods of the summer to enjoy later in the year is a cooking technique as old as cooking itself, so we've put together some diabetic jam, jelly, and relish recipes. These will help you eat well throughout the winter, and we even provide the nutritional and diabetic exchanges information.

Sugar and Sugar Substitutes in Your Cooking

Sugar Substitutes for Diabetic Recipes
You've probably encountered this misperception before: people think that since you have diabetes, you can never have sugar again. Sound familiar? This article talks about sugar and sugar substitutes for diabetics. Also includes diabetic recipes.

Healthy Snacks

Setting the goal of "no snacks" for our children may not be feasible and is certainly contrary to your child's needs. Children's stomachs are smaller than our own, so they eat less at a sitting. Snacks provide a way for your child to recharge and sustain their energy until the next meal. Instead of eliminating

Breakfast Ideas for Kids with Diabetes

It's very important that children with diabetes not skip breakfast since after not eating all night, their blood glucose (blood sugar) may be low. Article includes diabetic breakfast ideas to help children with diabetes start off the day right.

Cooking with Alcohol

Also: Drinking Alcohol When You Have Diabetes
Alcohol can affect blood glucose (blood sugar) levels in diabetics, both people with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Article includes cooking tips for cooking with (or substituting) alcohol in diabetic recipes.

Fast, Diabetes-friendly Recipes

Use the Microwave for Quick, Healthy Meals
Quick, easy, diabetes-friendly recipes you can make in the microwave. Make a whole meal in just a few minutes. Includes diabetic recipes and diabetic exchanges.