Almond, Plum and Peach Pie - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
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Recipe by /contributors/zoe-singer
Peaches are amazing for your skin. They provide vitamin A, which helps prevent clogged pores, so your complexion stays clear and healthy.
Ingredients
- 2 All-Purpose Crusts, Almond Variation (one rolled out in a pie pan, one still a dough round)
- 4 cups (7 medium) sliced peaches, thawed if frozen, peeled if desired
- 2 cups (3 medium) unpeeled, sliced plums
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons raw sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 °F. In a bowl, toss peaches and plums with granulated sugar, cornstarch, juice, cinnamon and salt; add to pie pan with crust; dot with butter. Roll out round of dough; cut into 3/4-inch-wide strips. Carefully weave strips over filling, forming a lattice. Trim overhanging dough to 1 inch; roll overhang back on itself, pinching at 1/2-inch intervals, to form a crimped edge. Sprinkle raw sugar over pie. Bake until fruit bubbles and crust is golden, 65 minutes. Let cool.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.
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). Lemons ca...
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