Healthy eating and an active lifestyle are important for everyone.
Diabetes Australia has a range of recipes recommended for people with diabetes, which are the same for those without diabetes, so there is no need to prepare separate meals or buy special foods.
This orange chicken recipe makes a delicious dinner recipe but could also be for a special family lunch.
For an extra flavour boost you can add a handful of cherry tomatoes to vegetable mix before baking or stir baby spinach leaves through vegetable parcels prior to serving to help you reach the five serves of vegetables per day target.
Nutrition per serving
Energy 1699kJ | Protein 33.9g | Total fat 9.8g | Saturated fat 2.4g | Carbohydrates 40.6g | Dietary Fibre 9.9g | Sodium 266mg
Serves 4
Ingredients
8 skinless chicken drumsticks
2 oranges (juiced)
4 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon ground cumin
freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon honey
1 orange rind
700g pumpkin
500g sweet potato
1 red onion
440g chickpeas (canned)
Method
Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan forced)
Peel the pumpkin and sweet potato and cut into 1cm cubes. Cut the red onion into wedges. Drain and rinse the chickpeas.
Divide orange juice, crushed garlic, cumin and pepper evenly between two cups, stir to combine. Add honey and orange rind to one cup for chicken marinade.
Place chicken in a medium-sized baking dish, pour honey marinade over and toss to coat chicken.
To make vegetable parcels, cut four 50cm lengths of both baking paper and foil. Place foil on a flat surface, top with baking paper. Divide the pumpkin, sweet potato, onion and chickpeas amongst the parcels. Pour marinade on each parcel. Fold the long sides of baking paper and foil over filling to enclose, tuck short sides under to seal.
Place parcels on a tray and bake with chicken, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
Turn legs over and cook for a further 15 minutes until chicken is browned and cooked through, and vegetables are tender.
Divide chicken between plates, spoon over any pan juices. Add a vegetable parcel to be opened on the table, or spoon vegetables and sauce onto plates. Serve immediately.
This recipe originally appeared on the Diabetes Australia website and is republished with permission.
