Hibiscus-Lemon Margarita Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 ounce dried hibiscus flowers
- 8 ounces silver tequila
- 2 tablespoons light agave nectar
- 3 ounces fresh lemon juice
- 3 ounces Grand Marnier
- 4 teaspoons turbinado sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Lemon wedge
- Club soda
Instructions
- Combine flowers and tequila in a glass jar with a lid. Shake well. Let stand 1 hour or until tequila is strongly flavored with hibiscus. Strain over a pitcher; discard solids. Add agave, juice, and Grand Marnier. Stir to combine.
- Combine sugar, cinnamon, and salt on a small plate. Lightly dampen rim of a rocks glass using lemon wedge; dip in sugar mixture to coat rim. Repeat procedure with 5 more glasses. Fill glasses with ice cubes. Divide tequila mixture evenly among glasses. Top each cocktail with about 1 1/2 ounces club soda.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Agave.
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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