Spiced Apple-Pecan Oatmeal Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
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Recipe by Joanna L. Smith, Maylene, Alabama
For a hearty and wholesome breakfast with big flavor, cook oats with milk, apple juice, and dried apples and top with cinnamon sugar and pecans.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
- 3 cups apple juice
- 3 cups fat-free milk
- 2 cups uncooked regular oats (not quick-cooking)
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped dried apples
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Cook pecans in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, 5 to 6 minutes or until toasted. Remove pecans, and wipe Dutch oven clean.
- Bring juice, milk, and next 3 ingredients to a boil in Dutch oven over high heat; reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand 10 minutes. Stir in cinnamon sugar, vanilla, and toasted pecans. Serve immediately.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples.
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). Apples wi...
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