🍏 Peanut Butter Apple Stacks

Name: Peanut Butter Apple Stacks
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: PCOS-friendly
Ingredients: 1 apple, cored and sliced into rounds; 2 tbsp natural peanut butter; 1 tbsp hemp seeds; 1 tsp cinnamon; Pinch sea salt

Fruit on its own can nudge your blood sugar up; adding peanut butter slows it right down. The simplest demonstration of the pair-your-carbs rule there is.

5 min
Serves 1
Snacks
Vegan
low GI

Nutrition per serving

250kcal
8gprotein
24gcarbs
15gfat
6gfibre

Ingredients

1 apple, cored and sliced into rounds
2 tbsp natural peanut butter
1 tbsp hemp seeds
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch sea salt

Method

Slice the apple into rounds about 1cm thick.
Spread each round with peanut butter.
Sprinkle with hemp seeds, cinnamon and a tiny pinch of salt.

Tips & swaps

Choose a peanut butter whose only ingredients are peanuts and salt.
A squeeze of lemon on the apple stops it browning if you are packing it for later.

Keeping it

Assemble fresh.

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General wellness information, not medical or dietetic advice. Nothing here diagnoses, treats or cures PCOS. Nutrition figures are per-serving estimates. Check with your doctor or a registered dietitian before making significant changes — especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic or managing a food allergy.