17/03/2026
The lunch that won't crash you at 3pm 🥗
Grilled Chicken Salad — 25 minutes,
500 kcal, and every macro is doing
a specific job for PCOS:
✅ 40g protein — the highest protein
lunch we've shared so far. This
is what keeps cortisol stable
and hunger quiet all afternoon.
✅ Only 15g carbs — naturally low GI.
No blood sugar spike, no insulin
surge, no energy crash an hour
later.
✅ 25g fat from the chicken — dietary
fat slows digestion and keeps you
full. Counterintuitively, this is
exactly what insulin-resistant PCOS
needs at lunch.
✅ Lemon juice — not just flavour.
Acidity slows gastric emptying,
which further reduces the glucose
impact of the meal.
The 3pm crash most women with PCOS
experience isn't inevitable. It's
almost always a lunchtime insulin
spike playing out two hours later.
This lunch doesn't do that.
Ingredients:
— 130g chicken breast
— 100g baby spinach
— 100g cucumber
— 1 medium lemon
— Salt and pepper
Method:
1. Season chicken, grill 10-12 mins
2. Chop cucumber, mix with spinach
3. Slice chicken, place on top
4. Drizzle with lemon juice
Save this for your next meal prep 🌿