Stewed Apples with Chai-Spiced Cashew Cream - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup cashews, soaked overnight
- 1/4 cup filtered water
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Dash of ground ginger
- Dash of nutmeg
- Dash of ground cloves
Instructions
- Make the Cashew Cream Drain the soaked cashews and blend in a food processor along with 1/4 cup filtered water, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Blend until smooth and add more water (1 tablespoon at a time) until creamy and thick. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, Make the Apples Add the apples, 1 tablespoon water, brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer, stirring often, for 7 to 10 minutes or until the apples are tender and soft.
- Transfer apples to 2 plates and top with big spoonfuls of the cashew cream.
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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