Jennifer's Granola - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 1/2 cup flax seed meal
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, wheat germ, flax seed meal, brown sugar, sunflower seeds, pecans, almonds, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, honey, vanilla and water. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry, and mix until evenly blended. Spread in a greased 9x13 or 11x7 inch baking pan.
- Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, stirring every 20 minutes, or until toasted. Let cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Wheat Germ, Sunflower 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). Wheatgerm...
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