Planning Healthy Meals for the Person with Diabetes

							  Meals Made Easy
      Week 4

In the Kitchen with the
     Plate Method


                          1
Can I still eat my
 favorite foods?




                     2
      A Recipe is a Formula

• List of ingredients

• Directions




                              3
     What’s Special about
      Diabetes Recipes?

–   Less Fat
–   Less Sugar
–   Fewer Calories
–   Less Sodium
–   More Fiber
    • Whole grains, beans, vegetables


                                        4
    Ways to Alter Recipes
• REDUCE the quantity of an ingredient

• SUBSTITUTE one ingredient for
  another

• OMIT or ADD an ingredient


                                     5
Reducing saturated fat/total
      fat and calories




                           6
Reducing Sodium




                  7
Reducing Sugar




                 8
        Increasing Fiber
• Including Whole Grains

• Including Beans

• Including Vegetables



                           9
 Plate Method servings of
Carbohydrate Food Groups
        are Similar


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