Almond Coconut Granola - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 2/3 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup unsweetened desiccated coconut
- 1/3 cup hulled green pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
- 6 tablespoons honey
- 1 cup mixed dried fruits such as raisins, cherries, and apricots
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 °F.
- In a large bowl stir together oats, almonds, coconut, pumpkin or sunflower seeds, and salt. In a small saucepan melt butter with honey over low heat, stirring. Pour butter mixture over oat mixture and stir until combined well.
- In a large jelly-roll pan spread granola evenly and bake in middle of oven, stirring halfway through baking, until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool granola in pan on a rack and stir in dried fruits. Granola may be kept in an airtight container at cool room temperature 2 weeks.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Sunflower Seeds, Honey.
Sunflower seeds are an excellent food for PCOS as they are packed with vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Just one cup of sunflower seeds provides 30% of the recommended daily intake for vitamin B6. Sunflower seeds are also loaded with two other important of PCOS busting minerals: zinc and magnesium. Honey, often hailed as a superfood, possesses a wealth of nutritional benefits that make it a valuable addition to a balanced diet. With a glycemic index (GI) of 55 for one tablesp...
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