Quinoa and Honey Mustard Chicken Slow Cooker Meal - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Quinoa and Honey Mustard Chicken Slow Cooker Meal
Servings: 4
Lunch

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by Bestfoodist This goes into the cooker quickly, with no precooking and chicken straight from the freezer. I like to put it in before we leave for church so I can come home to a nice meal. Serve with a green salad and some steamed veggies.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup quinoa
  • hot water to cover
  • 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
  • 1 tablespoon chopped chives
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon dill weed
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 3/4 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 4 frozen skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

Instructions

  1. Soak quinoa in a bowl with enough hot water to cover for 5 minutes; drain.
  2. Mix yeast flakes, chives, sea salt, onion powder, dill, and turmeric together in a bowl. Stir drained quinoa, yeast flake mixture, 1 3/4 cup water, butter, and vinegar together in a slow cooker.
  3. Place chicken breasts on top of quinoa mixture; season lightly with salt. Combine mustard and honey in a bowl; spoon over chicken breasts.
  4. Cook on High for 3 hours.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Chicken Breast, Honey.

Skinless chicken breast, often heralded for its lean nutritional profile, is undeniably a powerhouse when it comes to protein content. With an impressive 21 grams of protein packed into every 100 grams of the breast, it emerges as a preferred choice for those conscious about their protein intake. Delving deeper into the nutritional matrix of chicken, one can't overlook the copious amounts of vitamin B6 it houses. This particular vitamin plays an indispensable role in our body, especially when di...

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