Kathie's Zucchini Muffins - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4.75 ounces whole-wheat flour (about 1 cup)
- 3 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2/3 cup)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups shredded zucchini
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large egg
- Cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 °.
- Weigh or lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine whole-wheat flour and next 6 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine zucchini, milk, oil, honey, and egg in a small bowl; stir until blended. Make a well in center of flour mixture; add milk mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray.
- Combine 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle over tops of muffins. Bake at 400 ° for 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from pans immediately; cool on a wire rack.
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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