Maple-Hazelnut Oatmeal - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups fat-free milk
- 1 1/2 cups water
- Cooking spray
- 2 Gala apples, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 3 cups)
- 1 cup uncooked steel-cut oats
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons hazelnuts, chopped
Instructions
- Bring milk and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring frequently.
- Coat a 3 1/2-quart electric slow cooker with cooking spray. Place hot milk mixture, apple, and next 5 ingredients (through salt) in slow cooker; stir well. Cover and cook on LOW for 7 hours or until oats are tender.
- Spoon oatmeal into bowls; top with maple syrup and hazelnuts.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples, Nuts.
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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