Paula's Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
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Protein
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Kick this sweet sandwich up a notch by pan frying it!
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 ripe bananas
- 8 slices white bread
- 3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, plus 1 tablespoon for topping
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- In frying pan melt 3 tablespoons of butter - make sure butter does not burn. In a small bowl mix together peanut butter, honey and cinnamon. Slice bananas into 1/4" thick slices. Spread the peanut butter mixture on four slices of bread and cover with banana slices. Top with remaining 4 slices of bread. Spread butter on both sides of sandwiches. Grill sandwiches in frying pan until each side is golden brown.
- For topping, combine sugar cinnamon in shallow plate. Coat grilled sandwiches with mixture. Cut diagonally and serve hot.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey.
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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