Diabetic Side Dish Recipes

Work that smoker magic on corn on cob. Be sure to get the corn before the produce person trims off some of the outer husks. The corn must be completely covered by the husk. Use peeled back husks for handles when eating. This recipe multiplies well, and can be used to make corn for a crowd. You will need bagged ice for this recipe to keep the corn cold.

These creamy Middle Eastern-style potatoes are flavored with turmeric and use olive oil rather than butter. They are great alone, and for fillings in puff pastries. Amounts of salt, pepper, and other spices may be adjusted to taste.

Baby lima beans are steamed in chicken broth. This is a very tasty easy lima bean recipe that is also low in fat.

Any sweet pepper will work in this side dish, but I love the delicate spiciness of the long, pointy gypsy pepper. I use organic beans, and serve alongside a veggie burger.

This is an extremely easy and fast side dish. It is even good served over pasta.

Best eaten at room temperature.

This is my interpretation of the green beans from my favorite Japanese restaurant. Serve with a grilled steak! You can omit the miso paste if you choose.

I made this as something different on Thanksgiving, and now everyone in family loves this recipe.

A refreshing change of pace. I am always looking for salads that get better when they are in the fridge for a few days.

Here is a Thai vegetable side dish with plenty of Chinese influences. Utilize whatever mushrooms are in season, such as straw, button, het kone or shiitake mushrooms.

Use a little sugar and lemon juice in the water to make the sweetest, quickest, tastiest boiled corn on the cob.

This is a no-nonsense recipe for corn on the cob. Perfect for when you run out of stove or grill space.