Dinner: Yaksik (Sweetened Rice with Dried Fruits & Nuts: 약식)

Full recipe: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/yaksik This recipe is also in my cookbook, Real Korean Cooking: http://www.maangchi.com/real Yaksik is a Korean rice cake made with honey, nuts, jujubes, and glutinous rice. It’s a sweet, delicious treat that’s packed full of flavor and healthy ingredients. Even the name is healthy – in Korean, yak means “medicine,” and sik means “food.” Koreans have long believed that honey is a medicine that’s beneficial to your health, so anything with honey is good for you. We feel the same way about jujubes and pine nuts, too, so yaksik is good for you. Luckily, it’s also delicious!

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Honey, Nuts

Health and fertility benefits of Yaksik (Sweetened Rice with Dried Fruits & Nuts: 약식)

One tbsp of honey has a glycemic index (GI) of 55. Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity.

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Instructions

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