Looking for a recipe that uses Italian sausage/pre-diabetic recipes

[lilredlfc]

Hello everyone I am looking for a recipe that uses Italian sausage where it gets tricky is my Roommate is pre-diabetic so I need recipes that are heavy on the produce and light on the pasta and rice. Thanks in advance!

While I am at it does anyone know any place to look up recipes for people that are pre-diabetic?

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[skits]

Load up on the good stuff meat and veggies. Then toss in a 1/2-3/4 cup whole grain high fiber pasta. Unless they are going carb free some carbs is good. I have made eggplant lasagna using the eggplant as noodles. Also liked frozen or fresh ravioli with meat and veggies. Thats what worked with me.

[theladylies]

I love sausage and peppers. Only 3 ingredients, sausage, bell peppers of any color, and onions. I've sauteed it, fried it, baked it, it's awesome grilled. Quick and simple. You can serve it over a starch, or not, as you choose.

[layers_of_eli]

This one's perfect :)

http://willowbirdbaking.com/2013/04/22/lasagna-stuffed-portobello-mushrooms/

[bella_phenomena]

My partner is diabetic and manages it with diet (and exercise). It has changed the way we think about food. Essentially, wherever you'd put a carb, you'd replace it with a veggie of some kind. Things served over pasta can be served over a bed of veggies. If you slice zucchini into ribbons and add a little salt, they act a little like noodles. Instead of dip with crackers, you can eat dip with endives or celery. There's a recipe out there for cauliflower pizza crust, which I never got to work out very well consistency-wise, but someone with more talent may have more luck. You can also buy noodles made out of tofu, which are low carb.

Good luck!

[full_metal_ox]

David Mendosa's site (http://www.mendosa.com/) is the most helpful diabetes resource site I've found by a layperson; the "Food" and "Diet" sections will be the most relevant to your particular concerns. Mendosa points out the virtues of both the low-carb approach and of such low-glycemic indigenous starches as the lentil-like Indian legume chana dal and Native American heirloom crops.