Christmas Morning Oatmeal - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored, and sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
- 2 cups regular rolled oats
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup candied walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Add the apples and cranberries, tossing to coat evenly with the sugar mixture. Pour into a slow cooker. Top with butter pieces.
- Mix the oatmeal together with the water, apple juice, cranberry juice, and salt in a bowl, and pour over the apple mixture in the slow cooker. Do not stir. Cover, and cook on Low for 8 hours.
- Stir before serving. Spoon into bowls and top with candied walnuts, if desired.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Cranberries, Apples, 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). Researche...
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