Whether baking cookies at the weekend or making a tasty and nutritious family dinner cooking is a fun activity for families to do together we have lots of recipes to help you get started if youre eating with diabetes and want to cook from scratch for a healthier diet read our advice on cooking healthier versions of your favourite recipes. Make olive oil your daily go to when cooking and using oils in salad dressing and also look for ways to incorporate nuts seeds avocado and cold water fish each week green vegetables higher intakes of leafy greens and non starchy green vegetables in type 2 diabetics ages 65 and older was associated with decreased levels of hgba1c and . Peggy is a senior food editor for taste of home in addition to curating recipes she writes articles develops recipes and is our in house nutrition expert she studied dietetics at the university of illinois and completed post graduate studies at the medical university of south carolina to become a registered dietitian nutritionist. Diabetes is something that is becoming more common when you are first diagnosed with diabetes you may be confused by all the strict rules and guidelines that you must follow here are some ways to make cooking for diabetics easier cooking for diabetics can be easier if you understand this disease diabetes is having an imbalance of sugar in the blood also known as high blood sugar and the