Warm Apple-Cranberry Dessert Recipe - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 5 large apples, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar, divided
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- Dash salt
- 1/3 cup cold butter
- Vanilla ice cream
- Toasted chopped pecans
Instructions
- In a greased 5-qt. slow cooker, combine apples, cranberries, 1/4 cup brown sugar and lemon juice. In a small bowl, mix flour, salt and remaining brown sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over fruit mixture.
- Cook, covered, on high 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until apples are tender. Serve with ice cream and pecans.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Lemon, Cranberries, Apples.
Lemons can help to prevent oxidative damage to the body, which women with PCOS are often susceptible to. Lemons are also rich in vitamin C, flavonoids, and other antioxidants. They can potentially support the immune system and have other health benefits. Lemons also have a low glycemic index, so they should not cause a rapid rise in blood sugar when consumed in natural form. Researchers believe that cranberries contain substances that prevent infection-causing bacteria from sticking to the urina...
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