Dessert: Slow Cooker Carrot Cake Steel Cut Oats

Recipe by DebbieKat It's like eating dessert for breakfast! Even picky breakfast eaters will love this oatmeal! Freezes and reheats well.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Apples, Pineapple

Health and fertility benefits of Slow Cooker Carrot Cake Steel Cut Oats

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) Pineapples are loaded with vitamins and minerals including vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium.

Ingredients

10 cups water
23 ounces unsweetened applesauce
2 cups steel cut oats
1 (10 ounce) bag shredded carrots
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup raisins
1/3 cup granular no-calorie sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®) (optional)
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon salt (optional)

Instructions

Combine water, applesauce, oats, carrots, pineapple, raisins, sweetener, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in the crock of a 7-quart or larger slow cooker.
Cook on Low for 6 hours.

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