Salted Coconut Granola - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup agave nectar
- 1/2 cup virgin coconut oil, melted
- 3 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats (about 12 ounces)
- 2 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut flakes
- 2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped (about 8 ounces)
- 1 1/2 cups crisped rice cereal
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 large egg white
Instructions
- Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 300 °F. Whisk agave and oil in a large bowl. Stir in oats, coconut flakes, pecans, rice cereal, sesame seeds, salt, and cinnamon until combined.
- Whisk egg white and 1 Tbsp. water in a small bowl. Add to oat mixture and toss to evenly coat.
- Divide oat mixture between 2 parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets. Bake granola, rotating sheets top to bottom and back to front and gently stirring halfway through, until golden brown, 25 –30 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks. Let granola cool before transferring to airtight containers.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Sesame Seeds, Agave.
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). Sesame se...
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