March - Royal Fruit Club - Granny Smith Apples

 

March: Our pick for this month is the crisp, tart Granny Smith Apple.  This powerful little guy packs a punch!  Look at all you can do for your body with one little snack!

Benefits of Granny Smith apples:

• rich in Vitamic C and flavonoids (both are antioxidants)
• neutralizes harmful free radicals (that's a good thing!)
• lessens your risk of heart disease
• lessens your risk of diabetes
• lessens your risk of stroke
• high in fiber (helps to slow digestion and makes you feel full)
• stabalizes blood sugar levels
• beneficial for your teeth (stimulates saliva, and the saliva decreases bacteria in your mouth - fewer cavities!)
• has lots of potassium - keeps us in balance

So here's our favorite recipe for these powerful Grannie:

1. buy apple
2. rinse off (optional)
3. remove sticker (also optional)
4. sit in comfy place (alternatively, get into car to do errands; go for a walk; sit at your desk; chase after your kids; pick up the house while eating!)
5. enjoy!
6. know that you are helping your body to be strong and powerful!

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Recipe of the Week: Honey Sweet Haroset

Apples, nuts, honey and wine? Yes, please! So simple, but so scrumptious together as haroset, we think this pallet pleaser deserves a spot on the table even when it's not on a Seder plate. In fact, many families make the highly symbolic dish in huge batches in order to enjoy it for breakfast, with lunch or as a snack. We say, why not all three? Shalom!

Honey Sweet Haroset

You need:

• 6 apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 3 1/2 teaspoons honey
• 1/3 cup sweet red wine

Directions:

1. Place the apples and walnuts in a large bowl
2. Mix the cinnamon and sugar
3. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture over the apples
4. Stir in the honey and wine
5. Serve immediately or refrigerate until serving

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Recipe of the Week: Apple Brownies



So, this apple walks into a brownie... actually, that's a bit misleading. For you see this week's recipe, while it may be called "Apple Brownies," has a lot more in common with what you might know as a "Blondie." In other words, there is no chocolate (brown) to be found here - just apple-y goodness along with the always welcome crunch of pecans. A better name would probably be "Applies" but since that's already a word and would require an ensuing explanation of pronounciation, we'll just stick with Apple Brownies.

Apple Brownies

You need:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 Granny Smith apples, ppeled, cored, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar then beat in egg
3. Stir in apples and pecans
4. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients
5. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well
6. Pour into a buttered, 8x8 baking dish
7. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes clean from center of brownie

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Recipe of the Week: Toasty Turnovers

If you are reading this from pretty much any of the 50 United States, chances are you have recently been/will soon be/are currently cursing your local weather forecaster... and doing so through chattering teeth, shaking a wooly-mittened fist.  You know what you deserve? Some warm delicious, soul-hugging comfort food! With this week's receipe, we think we've found the culinary equivalent of being wrapped up in granny's handmade afghan in front of a roaring fire with a trusty dog curled at your feet. Now if you could just find someone to make it for you while your fingers thaw out from shoveling...

Toasty Apple & Blueberry Turnovers

You need:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter chilled and diced
• 3/4 cup milk
• 6 apples, peeled and cored
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon dried orange peel

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
2. Grease 7x11 inch baking dish
3. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and brown sugar
4. Cut in butter
5. Pour in milk and stir to form dough
6. Turn out onto a well-floured surface and roll out; cut into 6x6 inch squares
7. Fill the core of each apple with blueberries
8. Place whole apple in the center of each square and drizzle with maple syrup
9. Pull up corners of dough and pinch edges together to seal
10. Place dumplings in prepared pan and sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg
11. Combine remaining maple syrup with enough water to pour over dumplings to a 1 inch depth in dish
12. Submerge remaining blueberries and apple peelings with dried orange peel in the liquid
13. Bake 45 minutes, basting as necessary, until crisp and brown
14. Serve WARM

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Happy New Year! Happy New Recipe: Warm Baked Apples

Happy new year, friends!  We hope that 2011 is off to a great start for you! Since it's now a bit after midnight, in lieu of a toast, today we're bringing you a recipe that will help keep you toasty warm! (Not sure about where you are - but here in Boston, today's high temperature is expected to be around 19.)  It also includes plenty of fruit, which is an important part of any healthy-eating resolutions you might have made... but don't worry, there's a lil sugar in there to sweeten the deal.

Warm Baked Apples

You need:

• 6 apples peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup whole milk

Directions:

1. Preheat overn to 350 degrees F
2. Grease a 2 quart casserole dish
3. Place apples in a large bowl
4. In a small bowl, mix the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
5. Stir spice mixture into apples until evenly distributed
6. Fold in the raisins and walnuts
7. Spoon into prepared dish and pour milk evenly over mixture
8. Bake in preheated overn for 45 to 60 minutes, or until soft and bubbly

 

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