Sausage Barley Soup - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 (48 fluid ounce) can chicken broth
- 1 large carrot, sliced
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach
- 1/4 cup uncooked pearl barley
Instructions
- In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage, onion, and garlic until the sausage is evenly brown. Season with Italian seasoning. Remove from heat, and drain.
- In a slow cooker, mix the sausage mixture, chicken broth, carrot, spinach, and barley.
- Cover, and cook 4 hours on High or 6 to 8 hours on Low.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Barley, Spinach.
Barley is about the best grain a woman with PCOS can eat. It is low in calories and has the lowest GI of all grains. Low-GI grains such as barley take much longer to digest and create a slow, steady rise in blood glucose and insulin levels. As mentioned before on Fertility Chef, low-GI foods reduce cravings. If possible, try and find hulled barley as it is the most nutrient dense of all types of barley. Spinach is a nutrient-dense leafy green vegetable that is rich in vitamins A, C, and K, as we...
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