This Yummy, Easy Pineapple Skewered Shrimp is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
Instructions
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In a bowl combine teriyaki sauce, green onions, garlic, sugar, pineapple juice, lemon juice and salt (and any other of the optional ingredients of your choosing, to taste). Mix these together well and set aside.
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Wash, then peel and de-vein the shrimp (unless they’ve already come that way). Stir peeled/de-veined jumbo shrimp into the marinade and marinate at least a couple of hours.
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Skewer pineapple chunks with the shrimp and grill until done, about 1 to 2 minutes per side on a very hot grill. Flip again and cook until brown to just slightly blackened. Serve to a hungry crowd. Get ready to be kissed because they will love you for the shrimp, if for nothing else.
Why this Yummy, Easy Pineapple Skewered Shrimp works for PCOS
Evening meals affect overnight insulin and morning blood sugar more than most women realise. Keeping dinner protein-forward and finishing eating at least 2-3 hours before bed gives your body time to clear glucose before the overnight fast, which improves morning fasting insulin readings.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Pineapple.
Pineapple can fit a PCOS diet in small portions, but it is one of the sweeter fruits, so portion and pairing matter. Its natural sugar can raise blood glucose fairly quickly, especially when eaten on its own.Pineapple does offer vitamin C, manganese, and bromelain, an enzyme with anti-inflammatory properties. The trade-off is its higher sugar concentration, which means a large bowl can produce a noticeable blood sugar spike in an insulin-resistant body.Keep your serving to about half a cup of fr...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Yummy, Easy Pineapple Skewered Shrimp recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Dinner. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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