How are you adding cinnamon to your diet?

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zzcharge
zzcharge Posts: 42 Member
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I am insulin resistant and want to incorporate regular cinnamon. Any suggestions?

A typical day for me is
breakfast....either almond butter on ezekiel bread or eggs with sauteed spinach and breakfast meat
Lunch...salad with grilled chicken
snack blueberry greek yogurt with pecans
Dinner...meat and veggies or high protein smoothie

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  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
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    Oatmeal
  • sarahmaedzz
    sarahmaedzz Posts: 39 Member
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    I add cinnamon to my oatmeal or on top of peanut butter toast.
  • otrlynn
    otrlynn Posts: 278 Member
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    I like cinnamon mixed into vanilla or honey vanilla yogurt. Add the fruit of your choice. If you use non-fat green yogurt you will be getting a good bit of protein. My breakfast today was Oikos non-fat vanilla yogurt with cinnamon, topped with a half cup of strawberries. I sprinkled 1/4 cup of Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal on top. If you eat gluten free, you could always top with chopped nuts.
  • Tuala42
    Tuala42 Posts: 274 Member
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    I love to slice up apples, put them in a ziploc bag, and sprinkle them liberally with cinnamon, shake it up to coat them well. A little intense maybe on the cinnamon taste but very yummy.
  • suunflower
    suunflower Posts: 36
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    I really like to bake my own pita chips with cinnamon. :) Or sweet potato + cinnamon!
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
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    And on toast
  • cathyo57
    cathyo57 Posts: 5
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    I add a tsp to my daily green smoothies (2/day)
  • traynorj82
    traynorj82 Posts: 234 Member
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    Sometimes I will add apples and cinnamon to my eggs. Yum!
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
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    Seinfeld had an idea...

    "Cinnamon. It should be on tables in restaurants along with salt and pepper. Anytime someone says, "Ooh, this is so good - what's in this?" the answer invariably comes back, "cinnamon." Cinnamon. Again and again."
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
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    Use it as a rub on meat
    Add it to soup with cayenne
  • Wendysworld13
    Wendysworld13 Posts: 225 Member
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    Tea, cream of wheat, yogurt, oatmeal - basically everything I think it might taste good on - raw fruit too.

    However I hope you are not eating the same meals everyday. Your body gets used to that and you may plateau!
    Also, make sure you are getting enough calories.

    Nuff said
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
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    I put it in my protein pancakes.
  • msstatz
    msstatz Posts: 163 Member
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    I add it to:
    -a chopped apple and then microwave for 2 min until soft=apple crisp.
    -blueberries and then microwave=blueberry pie
    -sweet potatoes=candied sweet potatoes
    -oatmeal
    -water with a few slices of apple
  • Mo3RoseWhite
    Mo3RoseWhite Posts: 10
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    I put a shake or two of ground cinnamon in everything I eat. EVERYTHING.

    ...I kid you not. :'D
  • gracetillman
    gracetillman Posts: 190 Member
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    I just like the flavor of cinnamon -- I put in in my oatmeal, in my spiced tea, on apple slices (which I then bake in the toaster oven), sweet potatoes, on whole wheat toast with a little butter and real sugar. With a little maple syrup on pancakes is awesome!!
  • zzcharge
    zzcharge Posts: 42 Member
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    I add cinnamon to my oatmeal or on top of peanut butter toast.

    Not an oatmeal fan but most am I have Ezekiel toast with raw almond butter....would cinnamon taste good with that?? I never would have thought of that.
  • zzcharge
    zzcharge Posts: 42 Member
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    I add a tsp to my daily green smoothies (2/day)

    I am intrigued by this...what is your recipe??
  • zzcharge
    zzcharge Posts: 42 Member
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    I put it in my protein pancakes.

    Definitely...need the recipe for this...if you don't mind.
  • zzcharge
    zzcharge Posts: 42 Member
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    I add it to:
    -a chopped apple and then microwave for 2 min until soft=apple crisp.
    -water with a few slices of apple

    Will be doing the apple in the microwave tomorrow at work around 2ish when I am craving sweets.

    Please explain the water with apples
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
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    In coffee, in the grounds before brewing.

    Meat rubs and curry powders.

    Dash it with nutmeg on broccoli and brussels sprouts.

    It mixes well into nut butters.

    Pancakes

    Tea

    Milk

    On top of vanilla ice cream

    Into protein shakes

    Into morning yogurt

    Onto sliced raw apples

    Experiment with it. It's a lot more versatile than you'd think.

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