Chunky Date, Coconut and Almond Granola - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup whole almonds, halved
- 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup raw cashews
- 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 cup packed pitted dates, each cut crosswise into thirds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 °F. Mix first 7 ingredients in large bowl. Melt butter with honey in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Pour over granola mixture and toss well. Spread out mixture on cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add dates; mix to separate any clumps. Continue to bake until granola is golden brown, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes longer. Cool (Can be made 2 weeks ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, 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). Honey, of...
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