Winter Chopped Salad - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Winter Chopped Salad
Servings: 8
Lunch

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by Marian Cooper Cairns This winter chopped salad is loaded with beets, cauliflower, cucumbers, and more.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. medium golden beets
  • 1/2 loaf sourdough bread, torn into bite-size pieces
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 romaine hearts, chopped
  • 1/4 small red cabbage, shredded
  • 1/2 head cauliflower, finely chopped
  • 1/4 c. roasted salted sunflower seeds
  • Pan-Dripping Vinaigrette (link in step 3)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Wrap beets in a large piece of foil and bake until easily pierced with a paring knife, 35 to 45 minutes. When cool, peel and cut into wedges.
  2. Toss together bread and oil on a baking sheet; arrange in a single layer. Season withs alt and pepper. Bake until golden brown 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. Toss together romaine, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, sunflower seeds, beets, toasted bread, and 1/2 cup Pan-Dripping Vinaigrette. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Serve with remaining vinaigrette alongside.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Sunflower Seeds.

Sunflower seeds are an excellent food for PCOS as they are packed with vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Just one cup of sunflower seeds provides 30% of the recommended daily intake for vitamin B6. Sunflower seeds are also loaded with two other important of PCOS busting minerals: zinc and magnesium.

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