Puerto Rican Coconut Eggnog (Coquito) - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
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Recipe by /contributors/maricel-presilla
In Puerto Rico, as Christmas Eve approaches, groups of carolers playing the güiro (a percussion instrument made from a gourd), the cuatro (a four-stringed guitar), and maracas visit friends and neighbors, asking f
Ingredients
- One 12-ounce can evaporated milk
- 2 large egg yolks
- One 15-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
- One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup white rum
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Beat together the evaporated milk and egg yolks in a medium bowl. Strain into a 3-quart pot and simmer over medium heat until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool.
- Transfer the egg yolk mixture to a blender, and blend in batches. Add the remaining ingredients, blending at high speed until frothy. Pour into a pitcher and refrigerate until chilled before serving.
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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