In keeping with National Diabetes Month in November, I wanted to share a free diabetes cooking and meal planning resource. It is called Diabetes Food Hub™ and is available at http://www.diabetesfoodhub.org. The American Diabetes Association just released the Diabetes Food Hub™. I have played around with it a little and, so far, I think it has some great potential to address questions that I hear regarding diabetes. What can I eat? As with any chronic disease or medical condition that is dependent on an individual’s diet, people with diabetes feel restricted on what they can eat. Diabetes Food Hub™ includes 700+ recipes with nutrition facts, a recipe box to save your favorite recipes, a simple menu planner, a generated grocery shopping list and nutrition tips.
The recipe collection is searchable and you can also customize by meal type, cuisine or diet type such as low carbohydrate or low sodium. You can also specify which ingredients you like or dislike and find recipes based on those selections. As you find recipes you like or dislike after trying them, you can mark them with a thumbs up or thumbs down and the ones you want to keep for future use, you can save those for quicker access.
If you are looking for an easy to use meal planner, this seems to be just that. From your saved recipes, you simply drag and drop the recipe to the day and meal of your choice. Then, you have the option to print or save the meal plan, and, indicate if you want to include your daily nutrition intake values, the individual recipes and/or sorted customizable grocery list that includes the total ingredients of all the meals. This meal planner is very thorough and, yet, so easy to use. Personally, I think this is the best part of this new resource.
And, if you missed it at the beginning…this resource is FREE! And, you do not need to have diabetes to access this resource. It is useful for everyone.
Although this is an online resource, do not dismiss using it if you are not able to access this resource via the web. Contact the Big Sandy Library for access to online resources or I would be glad to assist in creating your personalized menu and printing it for you.
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