Recipes

Healthy "Apple Pie a la mode"

Ingredients:

(Serves 2)

3 Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored, and diced)

The juice of 1 lemon

2 tsp cinnamon

A pinch of nutmeg

1/8 of a cup of brown sugar

Frozen vanilla Greek fat free yogurt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Toss all ingredients, but frozen yogurt, in a large bowl. Spray an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray.  ***I had 2 small oven safe ramekins so I used these for personal servings. Bake for 30 minutes and top with a scoop, or two, of frozen Greek yogurt. Enjoy!

Butternut Squash and Apple Bisque

(Recipe adapted from Epicurious)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup diced onion
1/4 cup diced shallot
1 cup diced carrots
4 cups cubed butternut squash
1 cup peeled and diced apple (I used macintosh)
3 cups vegetable stock
salt & pepper to taste
ground nutmeg to taste

optional
candied pecans
gorgonzola cheese

Heat the oil and butter until melted in a large pot over medium heat.  Cook and stir the onion and shallot in the butter and oil until tender.
Mix the carrots, squash, and apples into the pot.  Pour in vegetable stock, and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until vegetable are tender.
In a blender or food processor, puree the soup to desired consistency. 
***you can add more stock at this point if you would like the soup thinner
Return to pot and heat through.
***I used my immeraion blender rather than a food processor.  In my opnion, this is one of the greatest kitchen appliances money can buy!