Choc Mud Breakfast Bowl - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup almond milk (125 milliliters)
- 1/2 cup chia seeds (2 3/4 ounces)
- 1 1/2 frozen bananas
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 tablespoon raw cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or raw honey
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 7 fluid ounces coconut water (200 milliliters)
- 1/2 cup ice
- 3 1/2 ounces activated almonds (100 grams)
- 1/2 tablespoon bee pollen (available from health or natural food stores)
- 1 teaspoon toasted coconut
- 1 tablespoon goji berries
Instructions
- Put the almond milk in a jug and add the chia seeds. Stir until the mixture begins to thicken and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Put the bananas, avocado, cacao, maple syrup, cinnamon, coconut water, and ice in a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Add the almond milk and chia and pulse a few times until just combined. Add a little more ice or frozen banana if you’re after a thicker consistency.
- To serve, spoon into a cold bowl and sprinkle over the activated almonds, bee pollen, toasted coconut and goji berries.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey, Chia Seeds, Cacao Powder.
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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