Easy Apple Crisp with Honey - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups peeled, cored and sliced apples
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 4 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium casserole dish.
- Evenly spread the apple slices in the prepared dish. In a small bowl, mix the lemon juice and water, and pour over the apples. Drizzle apples with honey, and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- In a bowl, mix the brown sugar, flour, oats, and butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over the apples.
- Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until apples are tender and topping is lightly browned.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Honey, Apples.
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). Lemons ca...
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