Foil-Pack Mushrooms - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 24 fresh crimini mushrooms, stems removed
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the grill for high heat. Lightly grease 4 large sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil.
- Stuff each mushroom with equal amounts of green onions and pine nuts. Place 6 mushrooms on each piece of aluminum foil. Drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Seal the foil around the mushrooms, forming 4 packets.
- Place the foil packets on the preheated grill, and cook 20 minutes, until mushrooms are tender.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Crimini Mushrooms, Nuts.
Crimini mushrooms are a tasty way of loading up on vitamins B2. Vitamin B2 plays an integral role in normal thyroid function and metabolism, which is vital for those with PCOS, as those with the disorder also tend to have a thyroid that doesn’t produce sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in sufficient quantities (Reference: http://www.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatment/vitamins.html). Getting sufficient Vitamin B2 allows androgen and testosterone to be better restrained, preventing them from causing...
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