Breakfast: Overnight Maple-Raisin Oatmeal Recipe | MyRecipes

Recipe by David Bonom Steel-cut oats offer a nutty alternative to hot cereal made with rolled oats. If you prefer, substitute firm pears for apples or dried cranberries for the raisins.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Apples

Health and fertility benefits of Overnight Maple-Raisin Oatmeal Recipe | MyRecipes

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). Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

3 3/4 cups water
2 1/4 cups 1% low-fat milk
1 1/2 cups steel-cut oats
3/4 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 large apples, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

Instructions

Combine first 8 ingredients in an 8-cup heatproof glass bowl. Set bowl in a 6-quart slow cooker; add cold water to slow cooker, filling until water comes three-fourths of the way up outside of bowl. Cover slow cooker; cook on LOW 8 hours or until oats are thick and creamy.
Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add apples; cook 3 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally.
Stir oats; spoon into bowls. Top with apples.

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