Full day meal plan (for gestational diabetes)

I received couple of requests to share full day meal plan for expectant moms with gestational diabetes.

I am sharing sample meal plan for 2 days in this article, which is inline with the diet plan I published earlier for mothers with gestational diabetes. You can read that post here. 

Note: If you are a non-vegetarian, you may tweak this to include seafood and meat. 

Meal	Time of the day	Day 1	Day 2
Breakfast	7.30am to 8am	1 slice of brown bread (toasted) with 2tbsp peanut butter spread ½ cup oats with 1 cup milk - topped with 2 tbsp of mixed seeds (pumpkin, melon, sunflower)	1 cup milk 6 almonds and 2 walnuts (soaked overnight) 1 cup dalia (broken wheat) upma with groundnut chutney
Mid-morning snack	10.15am to 10.45am	1 cup yogurt (curd) 1 apple	1 cup butter milk 10 grapes
Lunch	12.30pm	1 cup vegetable salad 1 pulka and 1/3 cup brown rice with 1 cup palak dal and 1 cup ladies finger (okra) fry	Salad bowl for lunch (mixed vegetables with 1 cup quinoa, ½ cup boiled chickpeas (chana), ¼ cup tofu and ¼ avocado sliced)
Evening snack	3pm to 5pm	1 cup buttermilk 1 guava	1 cup yogurt (curd) 1 cup papaya
Dinner	7pm to 7.30pm	1 cup vegetable salad topped with ¼ cup paneer (roasted in 1 tsp ghee/butter) 2 dosas with ½ cup sambar and 2 tbsp pudina chutney	1 cup vegetable salad 2 pulkas with an omelet (made with 1 egg, ¼ cup cheese and some veggies) * If you don't eat egg, you can have mixed vegetable curry instead
Before Bed	9.30pm to 10pm	1 cup milk	1 cup milk

Please do not consider this as a professional advice, the intention is to give you an idea to plan your meals. As always, check with your doctor/ nutritionist before following. 

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