When diagnosed with diabetes, you must quickly learn the important role your diet plays with managing your disease. Yes, breakfast has traditionally always been how you should start your day. However, with diabetes it becomes a must. The good news is that you can easily prepare a wide variety of your classic breakfast favorites with just a little tweaking, as well as prepare delicious choices quickly for those people who are always on the go. You can also prepare and freeze some innovative breakfast meals so you have them handy anytime.
Breakfast Burrito
According to the American Diabetes Association (diabetes.org), a healthy breakfast burrito is a wonderful and easy way for busy diabetics to obtain the nutrition they need. Instead of using whole eggs, use egg substitute and replace traditional sharp cheddar cheese with a reduced fat brand. You an also use reduced fat flour tortillas to make it even healthier. After scrambling your egg substitute and cheese, spread it on the flour tortilla, spoon on some picante sauce and roll it up for a quick nutritional breakfast you can eat as you run out the door to work or school. You can also include some lean protein or a meat substitute as you scramble your egg substitute for even more protein. See the links in Resources for this recipe and cooking instructions, along with other diabetic breakfast ideas.
Breakfast Cookie
With this healthy treat from the American Diabetes Association, have a delicious cookie that contains your bowl of oatmeal, fruit, and milk--everything you need for a great breakfast. It also can be a wonderful snack or sweet treat following a meal. Another great fact about this recipe is that it makes 30 cookies, so you can freeze them and have them available whenever you want. One of the secrets to this wonderful, diabetic recipe is that you rely on the natural sweetness of applesauce, orange juice, raisins and honey, so that it only requires 1/3 cup of brown sugar.
Toasted Walnut Waffles
Just because you have diabetes, it does not mean you have to give up on eating this classic breakfast treat. According to diabeticlivingonline.com, what makes this great diabetic breakfast recipe so special are the toasted walnuts you grind and sprinkle on top giving it a light crunchy, nutty flavor. The secrets behind this recipe's success are switching from white flour to whole wheat flour and replacing the traditional sugar saturated syrup with a fantastic homemade blueberry sauce.
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