Super Quick On-the-Go Granola-Coated Frozen Bananas - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups almond granola, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 bananas, peeled and halved crosswise
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment. Put the granola in a large bowl or baking dish. Stir together the almond butter, honey and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Insert an ice pop stick into the cut end of each banana piece. Spread the almond butter mixture on the bananas, roll in the granola to coat and put on the baking sheet. Freeze until frozen, about 1 hour.
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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