Chocolate Zucchini Cake I - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 3/4 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup sour milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 cups grated zucchini
- 1/4 cup ground walnuts
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream together butter or margarine, vegetable oil and sugar.
- Add eggs, sour milk, and vanilla. Blend well.
- In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together.
- Blend dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
- Add grated zucchini, and mix well.
- Spread in a greased floured 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle walnuts and chocolate chips on top.
- Bake in a preheated 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts.
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). Nuts are...
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