Fruit and Nut Pancakes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds, crushed walnuts or crushed pecans
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 medium bananas
- 1 cup nonfat or almond milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup mixed frozen berries
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine first 5 ingredients. Mash 1 banana; in another bowl, mix mashed banana with milk, egg and almond extract. Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients; stir until smooth. Slice remaining banana and stir into batter; add berries. Warm a skillet over medium heat; coat with cooking spray. Measure 1 ⁄4 cup batter; pour onto skillet. Cook until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Repeat until batter is gone.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts.
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). Nuts are...
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