Big Apple Martini - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Big Apple Martini is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3 ounces orange-flavored vodka, such as Grey Goose L' Orange
- 1 lemon wedge
- 1/4 small apple, diced
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
- 3/4 ounce vanilla citrus liqueur, such as Tuaca
- 1 1/4 ounces fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Lime wedge
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the orange-flavored vodka, lemon wedge, diced apple, simple syrup, vanilla citrus liqueur and fresh lemon juice. Shake over ice.
- For the rim of the glass, combine the sugar and cinnamon to create a sugar-cinnamon mixture. Moisten the rim of a chilled cocktail glass with a lime wedge, and then roll the edge of the glass in the mixture.
- Strain the martini into the cocktail glass.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.
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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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Big Apple Martini 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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