Sesame, Almond, and Cherry Granola Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3 cups regular (not quick-cooking or instant) rolled oats
- 3/4 cup raw sesame seeds
- 3/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped dried tart cherries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 ° and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, sesame seeds, almonds, salt, and spices. In a small bowl, whisk together oil, honey, and vanilla. Add oil mixture to oat mixture and stir to combine well. Spread mixture evenly in lined pan.
- Bake granola, stirring every 10 minutes, until light brown and fragrant, 30 to 35 minutes total. Let cool in the pan, then stir in cherries.
- Make ahead: Up to 3 weeks, stored airtight.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Sesame Seeds, Honey.
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). Sesame se...
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