Apple-Ale Wassail Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 (12-oz.) bottles ale
- 2 cups apple cider
- 1 cup port
- 1 cup lemonade
- 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 apple, diced
- 2 whole allspice
- 2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
- 6 whole cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
- Garnish: lemon wedges, cinnamon sticks (optional)
Instructions
- Stir together ale, apple cider, port, lemonade, brown sugar, diced apple, whole allspice, 2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, cardamom in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW 3 hours or until hot. Remove diced apple, if desired. Ladle into mugs. Garnish, if desired.
- Note: We tested with Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale.
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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