Baked Cinnamon Stuffed Apples - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 large McIntosh or Golden Delicious Apples, cored
- ½ lemon, juiced
- ¼ cup 2 tablespoons Splenda® Brown Sugar Blend
- ¼ cup oatmeal
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons trans-fat free margarine
- ¼ cup pecans, finely chopped
Instructions
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Drizzle lemon juice over apples.
- In a small bowl, mix together remaining ingredients. Stuff each apple with approximately ¼ cup oat mixture.
- Place apples in an oven safe baking dish and bake for 25-30 minutes.
- MAKE IT GLUTEN-FREE: If you have celiac disease and your doctor has approved consumption of gluten-free oats, then you can buy certified gluten-free oats for this dish and make it gluten-free. Verify the pecans are gluten-free (and not cross contaminated) too.
How This Recipe Supports PCOS Management
Understanding the nutritional profile of what you eat is a powerful step in managing PCOS. Here is how the key ingredients in this Baked Cinnamon Stuffed Apples contribute to your health goals:
- Oat: Supports steady blood sugar release, reducing insulin resistance
- Cinnamon: Studies show cinnamon can help lower fasting blood sugar levels in PCOS
PCOS Diet Principles in This Recipe
The PCOS diet focuses on three core principles: reducing inflammation, managing insulin resistance, and supporting hormonal balance. Every recipe in our collection is evaluated against these principles. This recipe excels in providing anti-inflammatory spices that target the chronic inflammation underlying PCOS. As part of a balanced PCOS meal plan, we recommend pairing recipes like this with a variety of nutrient-dense foods throughout the week to ensure you are meeting all your micronutrient needs.
Meal Prep Tip: This Baked Cinnamon Stuffed Apples can be prepared ahead and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Meal prepping is one of the most effective strategies for sticking to a PCOS-friendly diet, as it removes the temptation to reach for processed convenience foods when time is short.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Apples.
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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