When it comes to gestational diabetes, you want foods with a low glycemic index so that your body can handle the carb load and not have a high blood glucose or higher levels of insulin, which can cause issues for both you and the baby.
Many things, such as hummus are a great option because they do have a low glycemic load but one that is often overlooked is parboiled rice.
As a plain dish, it already has a great number: ~38 or higher if preparation pushes it up (I e overcooking, or if it wasn't properly parboiled(
But you can make it extra low and make it a comfort food by turning it into fried rice - or even better: left over fried rice.
Toss in healthy oils (id go with avocado oil for the higher temp then add in grass fed butter at the end), garlic, ginger - a bit of diced ham, and some dice scrambled eggs.
The added protein and fat will further reduce the glycemic index.
If you add vinegar - either to the rice itself or the meal, you get an even further reduced glycemic index.
If you do a large batch and keep the rice in the fridge for a day or so that will also lower the glycemic index.
So combining a low glycemic carb: parboiled rice, with fats and protein, which slows digestion, and vinegar which inhibits the amylase? Digestion.
Great way to sneak in extra vitamins and minerals: use iodized salt for iodine, pasture eggs for lutein, choline, MK-4.
You could sneak in some finely riced raw bell pepper for a vitamin C boost, which will compliment some diced green onions if you go all out.
If possible, prefer rice NOT grown in the usa - that is more likely to have higher levels of arsenic.
Lots of good options exist to dress it up as well: do a stir fry along with it for meat and veggies - could be beef strips, shrimp, etc with broccoli, collards and mushrooms, each having their own nutritional benefits if done well