155 low sugar recipes

Try something new for lunch with this scrumptious dish that's so easy to make, a caveman can do it!

Easy garlic bean soup: white beans simmered with a whole head of roasted garlic and a sweet roasted red pepper. Five ingredients, naturally vegan, deep slow-cooked flavor.

Homemade granola with rolled oats, wheat germ, honey, and raisins. A simple, low-sugar breakfast batch that beats anything in the cereal aisle.

Blueberry bran muffins: high-fiber, low-fat breakfast muffins made with All-Bran cereal, brown sugar, fresh or frozen blueberries, and warm cinnamon. A wholesome make-ahead breakfast staple.

Crockpot corned beef and cabbage braised low in beer with brown sugar and mustard, then the cabbage wedges go in at the end so they stay crisp-tender. The easy St. Patrick's Day classic.

Frozen chocolate peanut butter graham cracker sandwiches made with sugar-free pudding and nonfat milk. A diabetic-friendly frozen treat that kids and adults both love.

Rollerblade cookies: boot-shaped honey-ginger cookies with toasted oats pressed on as skate wheels. A fun, low-sugar kid-friendly cookie cutout project.

Chocolate walnut filled cake bakes a cocoa tube cake with a hidden ring of walnut filling running through the middle. Sugar-replacement-friendly tube pan dessert sweetened with fructose for low-sugar baking.

Old-fashioned baked beans slow-cooked for 6 hours with salt pork, molasses, brown sugar, and dry mustard. Soaked overnight and baked low until thick, smoky, and caramelized.

German-style beef brisket braised with caraway seeds, vinegar, bay leaves, and brown sugar, finished with sauerkraut and grated potato. Low and slow for 3 hours until fork-tender.

Chewy pecan date squares with brown sugar and vanilla, baked low and slow then dusted with powdered sugar. No butter needed, the dates keep them moist.

Frosty date balls with chopped dates and walnuts in a buttery shortbread dough, baked low and slow, then rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A classic holiday cookie.

Low-calorie carrot cake sweetened with fructose instead of sugar, loaded with grated carrots and pecans, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. A diabetic-friendly tube cake with less sugar.

Soft pumpkin cookies with white chocolate chips, pecans, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice. Baked low and slow for a cakey, tender fall cookie.

English rocks cookies packed with candied cherries, candied pineapple, dates, and pecans in a spiced brown sugar-buttermilk batter. A dense, fruity holiday cookie baked low and slow.

Maple-apple oatmeal cookies with real maple syrup, fresh apples, applesauce, currants, and a crunchy oat-brown sugar topping. Soft, cakey fall cookies baked low and slow.