This lovely Fall morning I’m
baking Granny Smith apples. Oh the aroma
in my kitchen! My neighbors must be
lovin it too!
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I just pulled the baked apples
out of the oven and had an interestingly different idea for them aside from
simply eating baked apples in the traditional manner. Imagine that!
(I love making things up – experimenting with food – food is my
canvas). I let the apples cool, then I put them in my
VitaMix with ½ cup coconut milk and a cup purified water. I blended
the concoction on high for a minute and poured it into a glass. When I tasted how awesome this is, I didn’t
let a moment go by without writing down my recipe to share with the world! So, here’s “Baked Apple Smoothie”, for two:
2 organic Granny Smith green
apples
1” piece of fresh turmeric
root, peeled, minced – optional
½ cup coarsely chopped
walnuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon Splenda brown
sugar – optional
Preheat oven to 350°
Use a potato peeler to peel apples,
and drizzle them with a little fresh lemon juice, then slice apples in ½” slices. Drizzle
again with lemon juice. Using a
small ceramic baking dish (I used a 7” LeCreuset baking dish) place ½ the apple
slices on bottom, sprinkle ½ the walnuts and ½ the cinnamon on top, then repeat
with remaining apples, walnuts and cinnamon.
Pour a few tablespoons of either apple juice, coconut water or even
purified water into the dish and place in oven for about ½ hour until the
apples are soft but not mushy. Allow to
cool for ½ hour, if you can wait that long!
Next, put everything in your
high-powered blender and add ½ cup coconut milk (I used the regular style that
comes in a can, organic version) and 1 cup purified water, or coconut
water. Blend, drink, enjoy!
I had some leftover so I decided to pour the
leftover 6 ounces into a plastic container with tight fitting lid and placed it
in my freezer. Now, when I want a sweet
evening treat way healthier than ice cream, I now have “Baked Apple Smoothie
Icy” .
