Diabetes has become one of the most chronic diseases in Singapore. It has become a health concern for all nowadays. So, it is imperative that we take an important step to fight against it by consuming a healthy diet whether it is home cooked or in a restaurant.
People with type 2 diabetes should consume low carb meals that are less in calories and have high fibre content. According to the reports, 1 out of 3 people in Singapore eat more outside as compared to home. But without saying, it is always good to have home cooked food. So here is a list of 30 snack ideas for type 2 diabetes which are not only healthy but tastes real yum-
- Vegetable and Lentil Soup– After returning from office, this tasty soup would fill your tummy and act as a great appetiser. This soup is slightly sweet as it is made from carrots, tomatoes and sweet potatoes.
- Yong Tau Foo– This is again a very tasty snack and you can add as many vegetables you want to make it more healthy and try and limit fried items to maximum 2. If you want to keep it healthy, also use less sauces.
- Chilli Mince with Beans and Rice– This is a very tasty evening snack which you can even take for dinner as it is full of veggies and healthy brown rice are used to make it.
- Ban mian– This is really good for type 2 diabetic patients but ensure that you do not add ikan bilis and fried shallots to it. As they would add extra fat to your meal and make it less healthy. You can eat it in the evening snacks and your breakfast, both.
- Turkey, vegetables and noodles– In this dish, you can replace pork with the lean turkey. Also you can use soba instead of using yellow noodles. This dish is perfect for diabetics as it has all the healthy vegetables which are good for your stomach and skin.
- Fish beehoon– In this dish, you need to make sure that you use sliced fish instead of fried fish as it helps in cutting the fat and salt both. This dish contains 9% fat and it is great to have it without evaporated milk.
- Prawn Balls Salad– This is an Asian salad with crunchy veggies and moreish prawn balls. You can have it with porridge and rice to make it even more tasty. This is a great diabetic dish along with being really yummy.
- Brown Rice and watercress soup– This mouth-watering soup tastes great with plain rice. This soup has some extra salt to it and tastes great as some chicken is added to it. But ensure that you do not use yam or pumpkin rice as they have extra sodium in them.
- Mushrooms and Quinoa Risotto with Chorizo– Whether you are a diabetic or not, consuming quinoa is really good for your health. This dish gives your body tons of nutrients which are good for a type 2 diabetic patient.
- Gado– This dish is drowned in peanut sauce, this is the only drawback about this dish. You can also ask for gado in a separate bowl without peanut sauce and add according to your taste. Also, while preparing it, put less potato and add more salad to it.
- Tofu Rice Noodles and Pork– This Asian pork dish is relishing which is full of beans, tofu, capsicum and oyster mushrooms. This is a perfect snack to have in the evening- not only the diabetic patients, but the complete family can enjoy it.
- Vegetable rice– Well, it can be difficult to replace egg or chicken with just vegetable rice. But you can make it tempting by adding few seasonings and some sauces to it. Vegetable rice helps in cutting the calories and reducing weight.
- Pumpkin Soup with Honey Walnuts– This is a healthy substitute to the creamy soups and is perfect for type 2 diabetic people.
- Nasi Padang– Made up of assam fish, boiled eggs, tempeh and ayam masak merah. This dish is mouth watering along with great health benefits.
- Pasta with Almonds and spinach– Pasta itself is something which everyone loves. Put some almonds mushrooms and spinach to it, to make it healthy.
- Mixed vegetable rice– Boiled rice with local seasonal vegetables is the best thing a diabetic patient can have.
- Fillet pork with vegetables– Roasted veggies with pork fillets is delicious along with being healthy.
- Thosai with vegetables and chicken tikka– This sounds so relishing. This is a low fat dish and you can pair it with vegetables with less starch to make it more nutritious.
- Rubarb and vanilla custard– This is a baked custard which you can have and skip your dinner.
- Oats– You can have oats with soy milk without sugar. They are good in soluble fibre and are easy to digest.
- Yoghurt– Sometimes, you do not feel like eating something heavy. Just have a cup of it as it is full of calcium and protein.
- Popiah– It is healthy but make sure you do not put much pork and sauces in it, if you want to keep it healthy.
- Egg salad with wholegrain crackers– If you are really hungry, eat this as it would provide a perfect balance of protein and fat to your body.
- Soon kueh– Do not add much sweet black sauce to it, as it has too much sugar content in it. But else, it is healthy and a perfect snack for you.
- Beancurd– When you want to cook and want something healthy, just have a cup of it and your tummy would be full.
- Fuchook and ginko soup– This is a local dessert with very less calories which is perfect for type 2 diabetic people.
- Veggies with dip– Take some vegetables and mix them with a healthy dip such as hummus, salsa, yogurt, etc. It is healthy and tasty both.
- Chee Cheong Fun– This has very less carbohydrates and tastes really good.
- Cut Fruit– Ensure consumption of dragon fruit, pineapple, chiku, etc and include them in your diet.
- Prawn Mee Soup– It is a low-calorie soup good for health and is full of fibre.
So, these were the best 30 snacks for type 2 diabetic patients, which you can have without worrying about anything. Apart from eating healthy, it is also advisable to take the right supplements if you want to manage your type 2 diabetes. Fenfuro is one such incredible supplement which you can include in your health regimen manage your Glucose level in a short span of time.
