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How to use a recipe

Six things every DiabetesBites recipe does for you, shown with Spiced Sweet Potato Casserole.

  1. Check the carbs before you cook

    The chip on every recipe card and the green tile at the top of each recipe show the total carbohydrate in one serving. Filter recipes by carbohydrate range, meal or time on the recipes page.

    15 g carbsSpiced Sweet Potato Casserole8 servings · 1 serving = about ½ cup

  2. Set the amount you'll eat

    Under Your serving, choose ½, 1, 1½ or 2 servings. Total carbohydrate, carb portions (units of 15 g), fiber and protein update for that amount. It's plain arithmetic on the recipe's values.

    ½11½222 gin 1½ servings · 1.5 carb portions

  3. Scale the recipe

    Cooking for more or fewer people? Use the − and + next to Ingredients. Every amount changes; the nutrition per serving stays the same, because a serving is always the same size.

    • Tick ingredients off as you gather them.
    • Gram weights are shown next to household measures.
    Ingredients · 8 servings1 small sweet potato200 g · tap + and every amount scales

  4. Cook in cooking mode

    Start cooking mode opens the recipe one step at a time, in large type, so you can read it from the counter.

    • Swipe or use Back and Next to move between steps.
    • Tap a time in a step to start a timer. Timers keep running if the page reloads.
    • On most phones the screen stays on while cooking mode is open.
    • Your place is saved: come back later and pick up at the same step.
    Try cooking mode
    Step 1 of 7Put the sweet potato and butternut squash cubes in a pot, cover with water and boil until very tender, about 15 minutes.⏱ 15 minutes

  5. Compare servings on one plate

    Every recipe shows one serving on the same 9-inch (23 cm) plate, from above, so portions are easy to compare. The pictures are AI-generated illustrations based on the serving size, not photos of a weighed portion.

    One plate, every recipe9-inch (23 cm) plate · seen from above

  6. Check where the numbers come from

    Open Where these numbers come from under the nutrition panel to see every ingredient's weight, its carbohydrate and the USDA entry it comes from. Read what each line means or how we calculate.

    Ingredient Weight · CarbsUSDA FoodData Central ✓

Our recipes and tools give information, not medical advice. Decisions about what and how much to eat belong to you and your healthcare team.