Meal Plan Week 3 - Dinners only

Make the gestational diabetes diet easy with this 7-day dinner plan! The meals in this plan are chosen to ease your stress of "what to eat" as you transition into the diet.

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Did you see Week 2?

Here’s dinner for the next 7 days, with an organized and printable shopping list! Looking at the list you’ll think it’s too much, but there will be PLENTY of leftovers (unless you’re already feeding a village).

Even if you don't follow the plan at least you get some menu ideas.

About this Plan

Some recipes lack nutrition facts but it's okay because you can look at all of these recipes and know that they are high protein and high fat (both of which are blood sugar stabilizers) and low carb. They have freebie vegetables (carbs that won’t spike your sugar) so you can #GestEat without worrying about portions or spiking! What a relief, right!

These are all easy recipes with common ingredients and low skill, or not a lot of hands-on time.

This Plan's Nutrition

Based on the mix of food here, you’re getting a good mix of macro and micro nutrients. If you want to be a superstar, add any dark green (preferably leafy) vegetable to any meal because they are FANTASTIC at covering your micro nutrients that so many moms lack!

Lastly, please DON’T skip the seafood! Seafood is a fabulous source for DHA, Viatmin D, iodine and many other micro nutrients as Lily Nichols mentions in her book Real Food for Pregnancy. She also states that studies show that children with the worst cognitive outcomes were from mothers who did NOT eat seafood. Here's the direct link to the findings of that research.

If you want to learn more about why complete nutrition during YOUR pregnancy is vital to you, your child's life and grandchild’s life, check out the audible resources on my Pregnancy Nutrition page and look for the podcast Yoga Birth Babies.

Pro Tip

Because some vitamins are fat soluble and others are water soluble, take your prenatal vitamin with a meal and glass of water. That way you get the best absorption.

Shopping and Cooking

If you are too tired or just don't want to shop, try Walmart’s Free Grocery Pick-Up or check your local grocer because they likely have the same service. Amazon Fresh delivery or Prime Pantry are also available. I especially encourage these for postpartum because they just make life easier - you won't want to leave your baby, it's one less task to do while you adjust to a new routine, and you really shouldn't be doing too much until you're healed.

Recipe (click to view)	Prep	Total
Low Carb Mexican Chicken Casserole	15 mins	30 mins
Keto Pull Apart Pizza Bread	25 mins	25 mins
Lemon Herb Mediterranean Chicken Salad	10 mins	15 mins
Shrimp & Beef Stir Fry	15 mins	15 mins
Keto Cauliflower Chowder	5 mins	35 mins
Smokey Chicken with Avocado Sauce & Zoodles	15 mins	1 hr
White Lasagna Stuffed Peppers	5 mins	1 hr

Shopping List

Week 3 Shopping List Download

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