Slow Cooker Irish Oatmeal with Bananas and Berries - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups steel-cut oats
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 medium-size ripe bananas, mashed, plus more for topping
- Fresh berries, for topping
Instructions
- Combine the oats, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon and bananas with 5 1/2 cups water in the slow cooker. Stir to mix evenly.
- Cover with a lid and cook on low until the oats soften, 6 to 8 hours. Before serving, remove the lid and let the oatmeal cool slightly before stirring. Adjust seasonings, as needed.
- Serve in bowls topped with fresh berries and banana slices.
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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