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9 Recipes for a Diabetes-Friendly Cookout

Want to make sure the dishes at your barbecue for work friends or family with type 2 diabetes? Start here.
Cedar plank salmon on a white oval serving plate surrounded by lemon wedges.
Cooked salmon coated with mustard, honey, rosemary, and zest mixture on grilling plankPhoto by Caleb Adams, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell

Summer cookouts should be relaxed affairs—something tasty on the grill, slaws and sides on the picnic table, friends and family gathered to celebrate or just unwind. But what should you cook to make sure that guests with type 2 diabetes can enjoy? Below you’ll find summer barbecue options that were medically reviewed by Vandana Sheth, RDN, CDCES, FAND as a part of our diabetes-friendly recipes collection.

  • cabbage leaves bathed in a creamy dressing topped with pickled red onions and jalapeño slices one of our best salad recipes
    Photo by Laura Murray, Food Styling by Susie Theodorou
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    Spicy and Creamy Slaw

    There’s a reason this is one of our favorite slaw recipes. It’s so crunchy, tangy, creamy, and fresh.

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  • Cedar plank salmon on a white oval serving plate surrounded by lemon wedges.
    Photo by Caleb Adams, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
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    Cedar-Plank Salmon

    Give your grilled salmon just a touch of smoke with this crowd-pleasing main dish.

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  • One of our favorite green beans recipes is grilled green beans with ricotta and lemon
    Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
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    3-Ingredient Charred Green Beans With Ricotta and Lemon

    Crisp-tender grilled green beans nestle on a bed of creamy whipped ricotta. Do you really need anything more?

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  • A grilled swordfish steak topped with chopped lemon and diced tomatoes and zucchinis.
    Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton
    8/9

    Grilled Swordfish Steaks With Whole-Lemon Dressing

    These swordfish steaks feel restaurant-worthy, topped with a bright, garlicky Mediterranean-inspired dressing of chopped whole lemon and oregano. Sheth notes that the fat content is higher in this recipe—around 34.8 g fat per serving—so diabetics will want to keep that in mind while planning the rest of the meal or the day for blood sugar management.

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  • Crushed ice with coffee cognac whipped cream and cocoa powder in a glass bowl.
    Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton
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    Tiramisu Granita

    For a bite of something cool to wrap up your cookout, this refreshing tiramisu-inspired granita does the trick.

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