Zamaani's Nutty Yam Tartlets Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1/3 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon light or dark rum
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 (10-ounce) packages frozen tart shells*
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- Cook potatoes in boiling water to cover in a Dutch oven 1 hour or until tender; drain. Peel potatoes, and discard skins.
- Mash potatoes with a potato masher. Stir in butter until melted. Stir in eggs and next 11 ingredients, blending well. Spoon about 2 tablespoons mixture into each tart shell.
- Bake at 350 ° for 45 minutes or until set. Store in an airtight container in freezer, if desired. Serve tartlets with whipped cream.
- * 2 unbaked 9-inch pastry shells may be substituted. Spoon potato mixture evenly into pastry shells; bake as directed.
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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