Plum and Walnut Crisp with Ginger Ice Cream - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of ground nutmeg
- 6 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream
- 1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
Instructions
- Mix first 7 ingredients in large bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until small moist clumps form. Cover and refrigerate 20 minutes. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
- Microwave ice cream in 5-second intervals just until slightly softened. Mix ice cream and ginger in medium bowl to blend. Cover and freeze. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep frozen.)
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts.
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). Nuts are...
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