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Slow Cooker Applesauce - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Slow Cooker Applesauce
Lunch

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Skip the store-bought snacks with this easy recipe for the best homemade applesauce made in a slow cooker.

Ingredients

  • 12 apples (See Kelly's Note)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar (optional)

Instructions

  1. Peel, core and cut the apples into eight pieces each.
  2. Add the apples, cinnamon, lemon juice and sugar to a slow cooker, stirring until the apples are thoroughly coated.
  3. Cook the apples on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours. Once the apples are very tender, mash them with a fork until your reach your desired consistency. (For extra-smooth applesauce, purée the cooked apples in batches in a blender.) Taste and season with additional cinnamon as desired.
  4. Serve immediately or store in an air-tight container in the fridge.
  5. Kelly's Notes: The best apples for making applesauce in a slow cooker are Honey Crisp, Gala and Fuji. Opt for a mix of all three varieties for the best blend of flavors.
  6. The apples provide natural sweetness, so there's no need to add additional sugar. Feel free to customize the sweetness of the applesauce to your personal preferences.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

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

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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