Sweet Potatoes with Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
Recipe by Laraine Perri
To cut baking time, fork the tuber a few times, then nuke for 5 minutes.
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 12 ounces 90-percent-lean ground beef
- 1/4 cup dry sherry
- 3/4 cup canned crushed tomatoes
- 1/4 cup dried cherries, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup pimento-stuffed green olives, sliced in rounds
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, plus more leaves for serving
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425 °. Pierce potatoes all over with a fork and place on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet; bake until tender, 50 minutes. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Cook onion until soft, 4 minutes. Add garlic, cumin and cinnamon; cook, 1 minute. Add beef and cook through, 5 minutes. Add sherry and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, cherries, olives, capers and salt; reduce heat and simmer, 5 minutes; stir in chopped cilantro. Slice open potatoes and mash insides with a fork; divide beef mixture and cilantro leaves among potatoes.
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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