Breakfast: Breakfast Baked Apples

Recipe by Lindsay Funston The only breakfast you do to eat all fall. Stuffed with oatmeal, cinnamon, and maple syrup, these baked apples are a good-for-you start to the day.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Cranberries, Apples

Health and fertility benefits of Breakfast Baked 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). Researchers believe that cranberries contain substances that prevent infection-causing bacteria from sticking to the urinary tract walls. However, store-bought cranberry juice is typically all sugar - so make sure to stick with straight cranberries. Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 tbsp. maple syrup
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
4 large baking apples
2 tbsp. dried cranberries
2 tbsp. chopped pecans

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a medium saucepan, combine oatmeal and 3 cups water and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until creamy. Stir in maple syrup and ground cinnamon and let cool slightly.
Transfer apples to a glass baking dish and spoon in oatmeal. Bake until apples are soft and bubbly, 35 minutes.
Top oatmeal with dried cranberries and chopped pecans and serve.

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