Special-Morning Oatmeal - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup butter, sliced
- 2 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add apples and cranberries; toss to coat. Transfer to a slow cooker; dot with butter. Combine oats, water and juices; pour over fruit mixture in slow cooker. Do not stir. Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours. Stir before serving.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Cranberries, 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). Researche...
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