Bestest Baked Apples - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 medium Rome or Braeburn apples
- 1 can diet black cherry soda
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, plus more, for optional topping
- 2 tablespoons fat-free whipped topping (from an aerosol can)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Core apples. Place them in a casserole dish. Pour the entire can of soda over the apples.
- Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over the apples. Place the dish in the oven and bake for 45 minutes or until the apples are tender.
- Top with whipped topping. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon, if you like. Enjoy!
- PER SERVING (1 apple): 104 calories,
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples.
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). Apples wi...
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