Slow-Cooker Chicken Tagine - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 medium butternut squash
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 1 medium onion
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 can garbanzo beans
- 1 c. chicken broth
- 1/3 c. raisins
- 2 tsp. ground coriander
- 2 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. Pepper
- 3 lb. bone-in skinless chicken thighs
- 1 box plain couscous
- 1/2 c. pitted green olives
Instructions
- In 6-quart slow cooker, combine squash, tomatoes, onion, garlic, beans, broth, and raisins. In cup, combine coriander, cumin, cinnamon, salt, and ground black pepper. Rub spice mixture all over chicken thighs; place chicken on top of vegetable mixture. Cover slow cooker with lid and cook as manufacturer directs, on low 8 hours or on high 4 hours.
- About 10 minutes before serving, prepare couscous as label directs.
- To serve, fluff couscous with fork. Stir olives into chicken mixture. Serve chicken mixture over couscous.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
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).
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