Pumpkin Chipotle Pasta Sauce - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Pumpkin Chipotle Pasta Sauce
Servings: 4
Lunch

This Pumpkin Chipotle Pasta Sauce is a PCOS-friendly recipe.

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by kristincsw A little sweet with some heat! This sauce is velvety and gives the look and feel of a rich, fattening sauce. You can adjust the heat by cutting/adding more chipotle to preference...Once served over pasta, you can add Parmesan cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons minced sweet onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped
  • 1/3 cup low-fat milk
  • 1 teaspoon ground sage
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch ground nutmeg

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, and cook and stir the onion and garlic until the onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Whisk in the chicken broth, and bring to a boil; whisk in the pumpkin puree, chipotle peppers and their sauce, milk, sage, salt, coriander, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Allow sauce to come to a simmer, then lower heat to hold at a simmer until serving time.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, this Pumpkin Chipotle Pasta Sauce recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.

Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.

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