Simple Apples

Tonight I wanted something sweet after dinner, but I didn't want to add an inch to my thighs. I gave birth to my beautiful boy Brooks on November 26 and I'm on a mission to get back to my pre-baby weight. I refuse to eat foods labeled low fat or fat free because they are almost always full of sugar or chemicals (not a fan of any fake sugars)...so I have to work extra hard right now to make food tasty.

Tonight I made what I am calling Simple Apples:
Preheat oven to 325
Combine:
Chop up 1 oz (about 1/2 cup) of pecans
2 Tbsp of Brown Sugar (the darker the better because it is less processed)
1/2 cup oatmeal (try to avoid quick oats)
pinch of salt
5 dashes of cinnamon  (a more powerful antioxidant than blueberries)

Chop:
2 granny smith apples sliced and cored

Grease an oven safe dish  put half of the apples in and then a layer of the dry mixture...more apples and then cover with the remainder of the dry mixture. If you're not watching what you eat, add some butter...butter makes everything taste better (never margarine...which is basically plastic).

Bake for 40 minutes and top with frozen yogurt.
Island Farms makes the best frozen vanilla yogurt, my husband can't tell the difference so you know it is good.

What changed....

I'm so excited to post my first blog entry. I have wanted to have a blog for a long time so that I would be able to share the recipes I have created along with the great ones I have found.
I believe in eating whole foods mainly from the earth and my goal is make these lifesaving foods taste as amazing as possible. A few years ago I headed towards the organic section of the grocery store (thanks to my friend Heidi) in an effort to clear the garbage out of my insides. This change opened my eyes to all the other things that needed to go....my microwave and any processed food. I started altering recipes to include healthy oils, and whole grains and even the odd root vegetable.
Now that the serious talk is out of the way I look forward to sharing great wine (preferably merlot) and food with all of my future followers.