Free Diabetic Recipes for a Healthy Diet

Whether you're newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, there's no need to miss out on good tasting foods and cooking !

Whether you're a type 1 or 2 diabetic, you will need to adjust your diet to help control your blood sugar levels and stay healthy.

Most of our recipe ideas will be lower in sugar, calories and fat, than those in cookbooks.

If you're cooking for a friend or have someone visiting, cut down on the sugar content and allow them to take smaller portions of foods - this can be easier than trying a whole new recipe or menu!

Check out our favourite healthy recipe ideas for a diabetic diet:-

• Diabetic Breakfast Recipes | Healthy Breakfasts | Smoothies
  
  From muesli to toast, wholewheat cereals, pancakes and fresh fruit, just what can a diabetic safely enjoy for a healthy breakfast? An important start to your day and essential part of your diet.
• Diabetic Cake Recipes | Low Carb
  
  Simple changes to your baking routine in the kitchen can result in healthier cakes for all the family. We share our favorite tried and tested low carb & sugar cake recipes
• Easy Dessert Recipes | Christmas Desserts
  
  Delicious diabetic dessert recipes aren't hard to come by. Unfortunately the trend is for high fat and sugar content desserts, but there are plenty of healthy low carb alternatives.
• Diabetic Cookie Recipes
  
  A limited number of cookies (like one!) can be OK if eaten as an emergency snack or as part of a meal. Try updating your regular cookie recipes or try one of these tasty & healthy new ones
• Diabetic Family Meals | Healthy Recipes
  
  From stews and casseroles to quiches, flans and salads - diabetic recipe for lunch, main or evening meals. Download free recipes from the Carter family cookbook.
• Healthy Diabetic Snacks | Bars
  
  Whether you buy them or make them at home - diabetic snack bars are just what you need to hide away for a mid morning or afternoon snack, or to eat just before you have exercise. Simple snacks ...
• Healthy Soup Recipes
  
  Simple soup recipes using healthy ingredients such as a split pea, blackbean, chicken, french onion & butternut squash offer a way of creating meals for an entire week.

We'd love to hear your ideas for cooking healthy recipes - please email us with your ideas and we'll add them to our online site for others to share.

Here's a video by Alissa, who was originally diagnosed age 12:-

This whole site has been created from our own good, and bad, experiences with food, creating and adapting recipes and having fun in the kitchen!

Recommended Resources

Regular Diabetes blog from Jen - mother to Alissa, diagnosed in 1998, shares the ups and downs of the journey from diagnosis, through getting the first insulin pump to Alissa leaving home for University to live by herself.

Healthy Diet for Type 1 diabetes - hints, tips and info on what works and what to avoid.