Basic Healthy Muffins - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 c. wheat bran
- 1 c. whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 c. granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 c. lowfat buttermilk
- 1/4 c. olive oil
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 12-hole muffin pan with 10 paper liners (leave 2 holes empty).
- In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients: wheat bran, flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a large bowl, combine the wet ingredients: applesauce, buttermilk, oil, and egg.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Divide the batter among the lined muffin cups and bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples.
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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