20+ Diabetes-Friendly High-Protein One-Pot Recipes

Spend less time on dishes and more time enjoying your meal with these one-pot dinners. All of the recipes listed are made mindful of carbs, calories, sodium and saturated fat to align with a diabetes-friendly eating pattern. This helps support healthy blood sugar levels and lower the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease. They’re also high in protein—boasting at least 15 grams per serving—to support healthy digestion, bone health, muscle recovery and help you feel full for longer. Recipes like our Weeknight Lemon Chicken Skillet Dinner and Kale, Sausage & Pepper Pasta are great options to end your day on a delicious and nutritious note!

Weeknight Lemon Chicken Skillet Dinner

Photographer: Brie Goldman, Food Stylist: Holly Dreesman, Prop Stylist: Gabriel Greco

This one-pan chicken dinner doesn’t get much easier, or more satisfying. In just half an hour, you can have a complete meal on the table that doesn’t require loads of dishes afterwards.

One-Pot Garlicky Shrimp & Broccoli

Photographer: Kelsey Hansen; Food Stylist: Greg Luna

Shrimp and broccoli cook quickly in this easy, one-pot recipe, making it perfect for busy weeknights. Serve this healthy shrimp recipe over whole grains or rice.

Chicken Enchilada Skillet Casserole

Jacob Fox

This simplified take on cheesy chicken enchiladas only requires one pan for cooking and eliminates the need to stuff and roll corn tortillas.

Kale, Sausage & Pepper Pasta

This healthy sausage and kale pasta is filling and can be made with any greens you have in the fridge, such as chard or spinach.

Skillet Lemon Chicken & Potatoes with Kale

Photographer: Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen

Juicy chicken thighs are cooked in the same pan as the potatoes and kale for minimal cleanup.

Red Beans and Rice with Chicken

Fiber-rich red beans, whole-grain brown rice and skillet-cooked chicken breast are ready in just 20 minutes.

Tofu & Snow Pea Stir-Fry with Peanut Sauce

This tofu stir-fry recipe will quickly become a favorite, with a tasty peanut sauce. To save time, use precooked rice or cook rice a day ahead.

Braised Chicken & Fall Vegetables

Jacob Fox

A rustic chicken dinner doesn’t get much easier than this. A combination of parsnips and carrots give this dish a variety of colors and flavors, but you could replace the parsnips with additional carrots if you’d like.

Chicken & Veggie Fajitas

These versatile skillet chicken fajitas are designed to work with whatever vegetables you happen to have on hand.

Creamy White Chili with Cream Cheese

This white chicken chili recipe comes together in a flash thanks to quick-cooking chicken thighs and canned white beans. Mashing some of the beans acts as a fast thickener when your soups don’t have a long time to simmer. Cream cheese adds the final bit of richness and a hint of sweet tang.

Slow-Cooker Jambalaya

This hearty jambalaya is bursting with chicken, smoked turkey sausage, and shrimp. It takes just 25 minutes to prep in the morning and then your slow cooker will work its magic and deliver a tasty meal at the end of the day.

Slow-Cooker Arroz con Pollo (Chicken & Rice)

This one-pot chicken dinner, inspired by the traditional dish of Spain and Latin America, comes together easily in the slow cooker.

Slow-Cooker Vegetable Lasagna

This vegetarian lasagna couldn’t be easier, thanks to jarred pasta sauce and no-boil lasagna noodles. Prep it in the morning and let your crock pot do the work.

Beef Stir-Fry with Baby Bok Choy & Ginger

Blaine Moats

All the ingredients for this easy beef stir-fry recipe are cooked in one wok (or skillet), so not only is the meal-prep fast for this healthy dinner, but cleanup is quick too.

Rosemary Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Chicken and sweet potatoes unite with the delicious taste of rosemary in this easy, one-skillet meal.

Pork Tenderloin with Brown Gravy and Mushrooms

Each delicious serving of this pork recipe has only 4 grams of carb and 2 grams of fat.

Garlic Roasted Salmon & Brussels Sprouts

Roasting salmon on top of Brussels sprouts and garlic, flavored with wine and fresh oregano, is simple enough for a weeknight meal yet sophisticated enough to serve to company.

Moroccan-Inspired Chicken & Sweet Potato Soup

This healthy chicken soup recipe gets bold flavor from sweet potatoes, cumin, cinnamon, cayenne pepper and a touch of fiery harissa.

Peanut Noodles with Shredded Chicken & Vegetables

If you can’t find a bagged vegetable medley for this easy noodle bowl, choose 12 ounces of cut vegetables from your market’s salad bar and create your own mix.

Pesto Chicken & Cannellini Bean Soup

This Italian-inspired chicken soup recipe is loaded with fiber-rich vegetables and beans and gets an extra boost of flavor from a swirl of pesto at the end.

Alaskan Cod Chowder

In this healthy fish chowder, heavy cream is replaced with milk and flour-thickened fish (or seafood) broth and we keep sodium amounts reasonable with lower-sodium broth.

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