Thursday, December 30, 2010

Apple-cranberry Crisp

This is delicious!



1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/3 cup plus 1 T whole-wheat flour
4 cups cubed Granny Smith apples (cored but not peeled)
2 cups fresh cranberries
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 T soft margarine (I like to use butter) melted
2 T honey


Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9-inch square baking dish with low-fat nonstick cooking spray. In a asmall bowl, combine the cinnamon, sugar and nutmeg with 1 T of whole-wheat flour. Combine apples and cranberries in a large bowl. Add the cinnamon mixture to the fruit and toss to coat. Place the fruit in the prepared baking dish.

Combine the remaining 1/3 cup of flour with the oats and brown sugar. In antoher bowl, mix the margarin with the honey. Slwoly pour the margarine mixure ober the dru ingredients and stir with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle evenlyover the fruit. Bake for 40 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Serve warm. Store leftovers in the refrigerator. Serves 9.

Nutrition analysis per serving: Calories 220, Fat 3g, Sarurated fat 0g, Trans fat 0g, Carbohydrate 47g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 30mg, Fiber 4g

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Growing season continues...

For anyone who was wondering if I have been successful in growing in the back yard here is an update on where they plants are. Nothing edible...yet, but hopefully soon.

We currently have 18 tomatoes, and over a dozen blossoms. One of the tomatoes is finally starting so show color other than green. I have contemplated trying fried green tomatoes, but I have been holding out hoping that they will turn red.





We have had a rough time with the cucumbers. There was a freeze around Thanksgiving, and I am not sure this plant every fully jumped back. We have one plant left and as of today it has 3 cucumbers on it. There have been other cucumbers before these...but they didn't make it. Hopefully these 3 will.



I went out to water today and for the first time I found a flower on the strawberry plants. Make it 3 flowers I found today, YEAH! The plants still look very healthy we just haven't had any flowers until today. Super happy about that!