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Carrot, Apple, and Zucchini Muffins - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Carrot, Apple, and Zucchini Muffins
Servings: 24
Lunch

This Carrot, Apple, and Zucchini Muffins is a PCOS-friendly recipe.

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by Judith Fowler I'm learning to eat a more healthy diet. I couldn't find a recipe for all the ingredients that I wanted in my muffins, so I made up my own. They're yummy and they have so many healthy ingredients! This recipe makes 24 muffins or 1

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 cup shredded unpeeled zucchini
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 large apple, cored and shredded
  • 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
  • 1 cup sucralose and brown sugar blend (such as Splenda® brown sugar blend)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup skim milk
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 lemon, zest only
  • 1 orange, zest only
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat 24 muffin cups with cooking spray.
  2. Stir zucchini, carrots, and apple together in a large bowl. Mix in yogurt, sucralose and brown sugar blend, eggs, applesauce, skim milk, canola oil, lemon zest, and orange zest until thoroughly combined.
  3. Whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice in a separate bowl. Gently stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined. Fold walnuts into batter. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Apples, 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). Lemons ca...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, this Carrot, Apple, and Zucchini Muffins 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.

This recipe can be part of a structured PCOS meal plan. It makes 24 servings, making it great for meal prep. For a complete weekly plan tailored to your PCOS type, take our free 60-second quiz at pcosmealplanner.com/pcos-quiz to get a personalized 7-day meal plan.

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