Sweet Potato Bites - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes, (about 2 1/2 lbs)
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 tablespoon nutmeg, grated
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup pecans, toasted and crushed
- 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 large marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °. Place the sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish and bake until they are soft to touch, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Once sweet potatoes cool to room temperature, peel them and place them in a large bowl, mashing well. Stir in brown sugar, nutmeg, egg yolks, vanilla and crushed pecans.
- In a medium bowl, toss the coconut with the granulated sugar and cinnamon. Press the sweet potato mixture around each marshmallow to create 8 balls, then roll the balls in the coconut mixture.
- Place on a baking sheet lined with foil. Bake until bubbling, 15 to 20 minutes.
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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