Maple-Pecan Sweet Potatoes Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 pounds sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup half-and-half
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup mini-marshmallows
- 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 °.
- Pierce potatoes several times with a fork; place on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake at 400 ° for 1 hour or until tender. Cool slightly; peel and mash in a large bowl.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350 °.
- Stir half-and-half and the next 8 ingredients (through egg) into sweet potatoes. Spoon mixture into a 2-quart baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 ° for 15 minutes. Sprinkle the top with mini-marshmallows and chopped pecans; bake 12 minutes or until the mini-marshmallows are slightly melted. Serve immediately.
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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