Crunchy Granola with Dried Fruit Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins)
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 (6-ounce) bag dried mixed tropical fruit
- 3 cups regular oats
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup roasted sunflower kernels
- 1/4 cup flaked sweetened coconut
- 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 °.
- Combine the first 4 ingredients in a bowl, and let stand 15 minutes. Combine oats and remaining ingredients, and stir into the dried-fruit mixture. Sprinkle oat mixture over a jelly-roll pan, and bake at 300 ° for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool granola to room temperature. Store in an airtight container.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Cranberries.
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). Researche...
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