7 practical and healthy recipes for diabetics

Jun 26, 2025
7-practical-and-healthy-recipes-for-diabetics7 practical and healthy recipes for diabetics

Maintaining a healthy diet is essential for everyone, especially for those who live with diabetes. This is because food has a direct impact on blood glucose levels and, consequently, on health and well-being. Therefore, it is essential to pay attention to ingested foods, prioritizing natural options, with low glycemic index and rich in fiber.

Below, check out 7 practical and healthy recipes for diabetics!

Ingredients

Cigar

  • 6 leaves of cabbage sanitized and cut in half
  • 200 g of ground beef
  • 1 peeled and chopped onion
  • 395 g of green corn
  • Salt and chopped parsley to taste
  • Water

Sauce

  • 1 cup vegetable broth tea
  • 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
  • Salt and chopped parsley to taste

Preparation mode

In a pan, put the water and bring to medium heat to boil. Scald the cabbage leaves in the water and set aside. In a container, place ground beef, onion, green corn, salt and parsley and mix. Then put some stuffing in each half of the cabbage leaves, fold the ends over it and roll like a roll. Reserve.

In a pan, put all the ingredients of the sauce except the parsley, and mix. Arrange the rolls, cover the pan and bring to medium heat to cook for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat, sprinkle with parsley and then serve.

Eggplant pie

Ingredients

  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 cup of skim milk tea
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 peeled and chopped onion
  • 1 seedless and chopped peppers
  • 1 seedless and chopped tomatoes
  • 1 eggplant chopped
  • 50 g of grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cups of whole wheat flour tea
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • Olive oil to grease
  • Whole wheat flour to flour

Preparation mode

In a pan, put the olive oil and bring to medium heat to heat. Add onion and peppers and brown. Add the tomatoes, eggplant, salt and black pepper and sauté for 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and set aside. In a blender, place eggs, milk, whole wheat flour, Parmesan cheese and salt and beat until smooth. Add the chemical yeast and beat again to incorporate.

Then pour half the dough into a greased baking dish with olive oil and floured with wheat flour. Cover with the filling and finish with the rest of the dough. Bake in preheated oven at medium temperature until golden brown. Serve next.

Pumpkin Sweet with Coconut (Image: Nataly Regina | Shutterstock)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of peeled pumpkin
  • 2 tablespoons grated coconut sugarless
  • 1 teaspoon of xylitol
  • Cooking water

Preparation mode

In a pan, put the pumpkin and cover with water. Bring to medium heat to cook until very soft. Turn off the heat, drain and knead with a fork. Arrange again in the pan, add xylitol and coconut and bring to medium heat until lightly thickened and form a creamy candy. Serve next.

Ingredients

  • 1 Tilapia Fillet
  • 1/2 zucchini sliced
  • 1/2 seedless tomatoes and cut in slices
  • 1/4 peeled and chopped onion
  • 1/2 lemon juice
  • Salt and ground black pepper

Preparation mode

In a container, place the fish and season with salt, black pepper and lemon juice. Transfer to a baking dish, add the vegetables and bake preheated to 200 ° C for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and serve then.

Apple cake with banana and cinnamon (image: 5 second studio | Shutterstock)

Ingredients

  • 2 peeled apples, without seeds and bites
  • 1 peeled and sliced ​​banana-nanic banana
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup of tea bran
  • 1 cup of whole wheat flour tea
  • 1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • 1 sliced ​​apple and seedless to decorate
  • Cinnamon powder to decorate
  • Coconut oil
  • Oatmeal to flour

Preparation mode

In a blender, place the chopped apples, the nanic banana and the eggs and beat until a homogeneous consistency. Transfer to a container, add the rest of the ingredients except the sliced ​​apple, and stir to incorporate.

Grease a baking dish with coconut oil and flour with oatmeal. Decorate with the sliced ​​apple and pour the dough over it. Bake in preheated oven at 180 ° C until golden brown. Remove from oven, wait for it to cool and unmold carefully. Garnish with the cinnamon powder and then serve.

Ship with herbal sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 SALEN IN PART
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 2 peeled and wrinkled garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped basil
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • 2 tablespoons of thyme
  • 1 cup of broth tea legumes
  • 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
  • 200 g of vegetable sour cream
  • Water

Preparation mode

In a container, place the butter and season with salt and garlic. Reserve. In a pressure cooker, put the olive oil and bring to medium heat to heat. Add the meat and brown. Then cover with water, cover the pan and cook for 20 minutes after pressure. Turn off the heat and wait for the pressure to come out. Open the pan and, with a knife, slice the meat. Reserve.

In a blender, place the herbs, the vegetable broth and the cornstarch and beat until a homogeneous consistency. Then transfer the content to a container, add the cream and mix to incorporate. Drizzle the meat with the sauce and serve then.

Passion fruit

Ingredients

  • 1 passion fruit pulp
  • 1 cup of natural yogurt tea skimmed
  • 1/2 cup almond milk tea
  • 1 tablespoon of xylitol
  • 10 g de jelly flavorless colorless
  • 1/4 cup hot water tea
  • Passion fruit seeds to decorate

Preparation mode

In a blender, put the passion fruit pulp, yogurt, almond milk and xylitol and beat until homogeneous consistency. Reserve. In a container, put the gelatin and hot water and mix until completely dissolved. Then arrange the mixture in a blender and beat for 1 minute. Distribute the mousse in bowls, decorate with passion fruit seeds and refrigerate for 2 hours. Serve next.

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