PCOS Vegan Moroccan Recipes: Lunch - Vegan Moroccan Soup - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup of chickpeas (canned or soaked overnight)
- 2 large carrots (diced)
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 2 cloves of garlic (minced)
- 1 teaspoon of ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon of ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon of paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 4 cups of vegetable broth
- 1 cup of diced tomatoes
- 2 cups of chopped kale
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil, Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add the onions, carrots, and garlic and sauté until the onions are translucent.
- Add the cumin, coriander, turmeric, paprika, and cinnamon and stir until the vegetables are coated.
- Add the chickpeas, vegetable broth, and tomatoes and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add the kale and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve hot.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Kale.
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). Kale is a...
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