Hearty Oats and Grains Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups apple cider (such as Zeigler's)
- 1 cup steel-cut oats
- 1 cup 7-grain blend (such as Laurel Hill)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup 2% reduced-fat milk, warmed
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 1/2 cups sliced apple
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts
Instructions
- Coat the inside of a 6-quart electric slow cooker with cooking spray. Place 3 cups water and next 5 ingredients (through salt) in cooker, stirring well. Cover and cook on LOW for 3 hours.
- Spoon 2/3 cup oat mixture into each of 8 bowls; top each with 2 tablespoons milk, 2 teaspoons syrup, 3 tablespoons apple, and 1 tablespoon nuts.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts.
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). Nuts are...
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