Blistered Green Beans With Garlic and Miso - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 3 tablespoons white miso
- 1 tablespoon coconut or agave nectar
- 3 tablespoons virgin coconut oil
- 1 1/2 pounds haricots verts or green beans, trimmed
- Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
- Flaky sea salt, freshly ground pepper
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Mix garlic, lime juice, miso, and coconut nectar in a small bowl to combine. Set garlic mixture aside.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add green beans and cook, undisturbed, until beginning to blister, about 2 minutes. Toss and continue to cook, tossing often, until tender and blistered in spots, 8 –12 minutes.
- Remove skillet from heat, pour in garlic mixture, and toss green beans to coat. Add red pepper flakes; season with sea salt and black pepper. Transfer to a platter and top with cilantro.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Agave, Miso.
Agave, a sweetener derived from the core of the agave plant, is frequently highlighted in nutritional discussions due to its notably low glycemic index (GI) rating. With a GI score of just 17, it stands out from many other natural sweeteners and sugars that often have higher GI values. For those unfamiliar with the term, the glycemic index is a measure that ranks foods based on how significantly they raise blood glucose (sugar) levels after consumption. Foods with a lower GI value are absorbed m...
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