Blood Orange Sangría - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Blood Orange Sangría
Servings: 16
Lunch

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Any good-quality, fruity red wine works well in this cold sipper; a combination of pinot noir and Beaujolais is particularly good. The vermilion flesh of blood oranges (which come into season in December) is lovely. But if they're not available, substitut

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sliced strawberries
  • 2 cups apple juice
  • 2/3 cup Triple Sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 3 seedless blood oranges, each cut into 16 wedges
  • 2 (750-milliliter) bottles fruity red wine
  • 2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
  • 1 lemon, cut into 8 wedges
  • 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher, and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. Discard cloves and cinnamon sticks. Pour sangría into individual glasses, including the fruit.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.

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). Lemons ca...

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