My friends and family are, I think, getting utterly sick of hearing me talk about my low GI journey. In a bid to reverse my PCOS symptoms, I’m being much more careful with what I eat. That doesn’t mean I’m cutting out treats (in fact, as I type, I’ve just had some vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce), but rather I’m being more mindful.
If I’m going to eat cake...it’ll be homemade cake. If we have a big pasta-based dinner, I have less pasta and more veggies. Honestly...the lyrics ‘sometimes it’s hard to be a woman’ have never rung more true. My husband can eat ‘til the cows come home and never put on an ounce.
When you have PCOS it’s 40% harder to lose weight!
I’ll never stop putting a Sunday pud on the table at the weekend...and last week was so happy all the brambles in the woody copse in front of my house had started to fruit.
I’ll save a fortune, with access to an almost limitless amount of the antioxidant-heavy blackberries on my doorstep.
This week’s recipes is one of my go-tos at this time of year – long before I was worried about how much sugar I shoved in my gob.
It’s much more crumbly than a regular crumble, but sings with flavour. It’s some healthful I let my kids have it for breakfast!
Lower sugar blackberry crumble
450g blackberries
2tbsps honey, warmed
For the topping
150g oats
4tbsps maple syrup or honey
2tbsps chopped walnuts
1tbsp mixed seeds
30g butter, grated
1tsp cinnamon
Method
Pour the berries into a small pie dish or little casserole and stir in the warmed honey. Combine the topping ingredients and sprinkle over evenly. Bake at 200C for 25 to 30 minutes until golden.
Serve warm...with a dollop of yoghurt, cream or crème fraiche.
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