Ginger-Vanilla Fro Yo with Peach Compote - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 cups 2-percent-fat plain Greek yogurt
- 3 cups (or 6 store-bought cups, 4 ounces each) lowfat vanilla pudding
- 1/4 cup (1 ounce) crystallized ginger, finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large (1 1/4 pounds) ripe peaches, pitted and sliced, slices halved (or 10 oz frozen peach slices, thawed )
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, plus more for garnish
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together yogurt, pudding, crystallized ginger, honey and vanilla until smooth. Freeze until solid, 4 to 6 hours. Remove from freezer and defrost slightly, 15 minutes. In a medium saucepan, bring to a low boil peaches, 1 tablespoon water, sugar, fresh ginger and cinnamon; reduce heat and simmer until liquid thickens and peaches soften slightly, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool. In a food processor, process frozen yogurt-pudding mixture until smooth. Divide fro yo and peach compote among 6 bowls; sprinkle with cinnamon.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey.
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). Honey, of...
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