Chai Spice and Pear Oatmeal Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
- Dash of salt
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 pear, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons low-fat sweetened condensed milk
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon toasted chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in oats and dash of salt. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Heat a pan over medium heat; coat with cooking spray. Add pear to pan. Sauté 3 minutes; stir in honey. Cook 2 minutes. Stir sweetened condensed milk, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, allspice, and vanilla into warm oatmeal. Top with pear slices and walnuts.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey, 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). Honey, of...
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