Granola - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup raw wheat germ
- 1/2 cup flax seed
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds
- 1 cup blanched almonds, chopped
- 1 scant tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 cup 2 tbsp (3 oz) canola oil
- 3 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp molasses
- 1/4 cup dried fruit
Instructions
- Heat oven to 300 °F.
- Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. add the canola oil, honey, and molasses (if you measure the oil in your measuring cup first, the honey and molasses will pour more easily). Stir until well combined and all the dry ingredients are coated.
- Spread the granola on a baking sheet with a spatula—if you like your granola with clusters, make sure it's packed together tightly.
- Bake for 10 minutes before stirring. If you want to preserve clusters, just be sure you don't stir it too thoroughly.
- Continue baking and stirring every 10 minutes until the granola is golden brown—about 30 –35 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and add dried fruit. Allow the granola to cool completely (it will get crunchy as it cools). Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Wheat Germ, Sesame Seeds, 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). Wheatgerm...
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