French Toast on a Stick - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 cups brioche, french or sandwich bread, cut into 2 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon butter or oil
- 16 strawberries, stems removed
- 2 bananas, sliced into 1/2 inch coins
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, honey and cinnamon.
- Dip the bread cubes in the milk mixture to coat each side.
- Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook the bread for 1 1/2 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.
- Skewer the french toast cubes, strawberries and bananas and serve with maple syrup for dipping.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey.
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). Honey, of...
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