Week 12 Meal Plan

Week 12 of gestational diabetes meal ideas and snacks to see you through diagnosis.

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Did you see Week 11?

This is the last week of the meal plan series. With 12 weeks of meals you have plenty of ideas to get you through diagnosis.

Be sure to check out the fast food menu reviews as well for those days you want to eat out.

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Portions & Shopping

Since I don't know how many people you're cooking for, you'll have to click on the recipes to get the ingredients and amounts.

Most food bloggers allow you to change the serving size on the recipe card and the ingredient amounts will adjust automatically.

Breakfast

**Quick & Easy or Premade

-- Breakfast Sausage Casserole
-- Oatmeal w/ Hemp Seeds & Walnuts - the hemp seeds are protein and the walnuts are protein and fat. If you need more protein add a side of sausage.
-- Vegetarian Breakfast Casserole

Lunch

**Leftovers

All lunches are leftovers from dinner, except Monday.

-- Beef Stuffed Peppers

Dinner

**High variety

-- Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Pizza Tacos
-- Orzo Sausage Soup
-- Chicken & Corn Enchilada Bake
-- Stuffed Acorn Squash
-- Garlic Lime BBQ Chicken Salad

Snacks

1. Avocado Toast w/ Nutritional Yeast & Hemp Seeds
2. Protein Bar
3. Leftovers
4. Cold Cucumber Soup (2 servings each snack)
5. Nut Butter & Yogurt Parfait
6. Popcorn w/ Nutritional Yeast & Dark Chocolate
7. Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich

Prep Instructions

Adjust the days to fit your schedule.

Day 1 - Sunday

1. Make and portion the Breakfast Sausage Casserole for breakfast Monday & Tuesday.

2. Make the Beef Stuffed Peppers (using any rice that works for you, or perhaps quinoa) for Monday's lunch. Add 8g carbs of a side to reach 30g carbs.

Day 2 - Monday

1. Make the Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Pizza Tacos for dinner. Add 18g carbs to reach 30g.

Day 3 - Tuesday

1. Prepare the Orzo Sausage Soup. Add vegetable sides that equal 12g carbs for a total of 30g.

2. Make the Cold Cucumber Soup for snacks in the following days.

Day 4 - Wednesday

1. Microwave the oatmeal (I love the raisin walnut flavor) and add hemp seeds and walnuts.

2. Make the Chicken & Corn Enchilada Bake. Add 9g carbs in veggies to total 30g.

While the Enchilada Bake bakes, prepare the Vegetarian Breakfast Casserole.

Day 5 - Thursday

Make the Turkey Acorn Stuffed Squash for dinner.

Day 6 - Friday

1. Microwave the oatmeal (I love the raisin walnut flavor) and add hemp seeds and walnuts.

2. Make the Garlic & Lime BBQ Chicken Salad for dinner.

Day 7 - Saturday

1. Do an inventory of what meals and snacks are left. Plan to eat them this weekend.
2. Plan and shop for next week.

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Food Safety

As a food safety manager, I do not recommend meal prepping only once a week due to bacterial growth.

Meal prep can be done as little as twice a week, ensuring that all food is eaten within 3 to 4 days of being prepared or cooked.

Also, no food should sit unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours once it has been prepared or cooked.