Slow Cooker Vegetable Barley Soup - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
Barley is amazingly absorbent, so be sure to adjust the amount of liquid you use if you're setting your slow cooker to high for this recipe. It also freezes well: For this soup, prepare without the greens, and then add them at the end when re-heating.
Ingredients
- 8 sprig fresh thyme
- 2 medium parsnips
- 2 stalk celery
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 large onion
- 1 small rutabaga
- 1/2 c. barley (not quickcooking)
- kosher salt
- Pepper
- 1 small bunch Swiss chard
- shaved Parmesan
Instructions
- Tie the thyme together with a piece of thread or butcher's twine. In a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker, combine the parsnips, celery, garlic, onion, rutabaga, thyme, barley, 8 cups water, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- Cook, covered, until the barley is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, 6 to 7 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high (if cooking on high, use only 6 cups of water).
- When the soup has 10 minutes left to cook, remove the thyme. If the slow cooker is on the low setting, turn it to high. Add the chard and cook, covered, until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Serve with Parmesan, if desired.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Barley.
Barley is about the best grain a woman with PCOS can eat. It is low in calories and has the lowest GI of all grains. Low-GI grains such as barley take much longer to digest and create a slow, steady rise in blood glucose and insulin levels. As mentioned before on Fertility Chef, low-GI foods reduce cravings. If possible, try and find hulled barley as it is the most nutrient dense of all types of barley.
Stop Second-Guessing Every Meal
Get a personalized eating plan for YOUR PCOS type. Know exactly what to eat this week.
Personalized for your PCOS type
Delivered in 24 hours
Just $9 one-time
No subscription. No commitment.
Not sure what to eat for PCOS?
Take a 60-second quiz and get a personalized 7-day meal plan.
Take the Quiz
Comments
Register or log in to add a comment