Creamy Oatmeal - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
- 2 cups 1% low-fat milk
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 3 whole cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup steel-cut Irish oats
Instructions
- Place apricots in a small bowl with hot water to cover, and let stand 5 minutes or until plump. Drain.
- Cook milk, next 4 ingredients, and 2 cups water in a heavy nonaluminum saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, 5 to 6 minutes or just until bubbles appear (do not boil). Remove from heat; remove cinnamon stick and cloves with a slotted spoon, and discard.
- Stir in oats. Cook over low heat, stirring often, 30 minutes or until done. Top with apricots, and serve immediately.
- Note: For testing purposes only, we used McCann's Steel-Cut Irish Oatmeal.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
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).
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