Cranberry Sauce with Mustard Seeds and Orange - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large shallot, chopped
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped peeled ginger
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 10-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries (about 2 cups)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 strips orange zest (about 4" each)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the shallot and ginger and cook, stirring, until the shallots are tender and lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the mustard seeds and cinnamon and cook, stirring frequently, until the seeds are toasted and start to pop, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the cranberries, sugar, orange zest, and 3/4 cup water and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the cranberries start to burst, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool completely. Discard cinnamon stick and orange peel before serving.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Cranberries.
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). Researche...
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