There's no need to throw away your favourite recipes and cookbooks just because you have been diagnosed with diabetes - following a healthy eating plan need not involve mastering a whole new collection of recipes.
Instead you can modify your usual recipes by reducing the amount of fat, salt and sugar they contain, and increasing the amount of fibre in them. The good news is that high sugar and high fat foods do not need to be excluded from your diet altogether if you have diabetes.
The myth that people with diabetes should not eat any sugar still persists, but the truth is that people with diabetes can eat sugar. Although sugar should be limited as part of a healthy diet, good blood glucose control can still be achieved when sugar and sugar containing foods are eaten. Sugar needs to be limited as eating too many sugary foods like confectionary, sweet drinks, cakes, biscuits and desserts can have implications for tooth decay, weight control and the overall balance of the diet.
Dietary management of diabetes depends more on eating regularly and including starchy carbohydrate foods like pasta at meals, and including more fruit, vegetables and pulses in your everyday diet. The main thing to consider is the overall balance of your diet - with the emphasis on long term health and weight control.