Quinoa with Peaches and Creamy Yogurt - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 large fresh peach, pitted and chopped
- 1/2 cup fat-free Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons honey, or to taste
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon lime juice, or to taste
Instructions
- If quinoa is not pre-rinsed, rinse in plenty of cool water to remove coating, and drain. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan, and stir in the quinoa; reduce heat to low, and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain excess water, and mix in the cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of nutmeg.
- Mix the chopped peach with yogurt in a bowl. Serve quinoa in a serving bowl, topped with about 2 tablespoons of the peach yogurt. Drizzle with a teaspoon or so of honey, sprinkle with nutmeg, and drizzle about a teaspoon of lime juice over the top.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Honey, of...
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