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Tasty Tidbits: Apples

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Honecrisp apples at a local outdoor market

Welcome to Tasty Tidbits, your go-to guide for making the most out of the fresh, local produce that you find at Alabama farmers markets, including apples! Brought to you by Live Well Alabama, each edition highlights a delicious fruit or vegetable, providing nutrition facts, simple storage and cooking tips, and new recipe ideas. Get ready to explore fresh flavors, boost your meals with nutritious ingredients, and enjoy the best of what Alabama’s farms have to offer.

Nutrition Nuggets Apple isolated. Red apple on white background. Set of whole, half, slice red apples. Full depth of field.

  • Low in fat and sodium.
  • High in fiber for a healthy digestive system.
  • Rich in vitamin C to support a strong immune system.

How to Store

  • Keep away from ethylene-sensitive produce like broccoli, carrots, peppers, leafy greens, and watermelon.
  • Refrigerate whole apples away from strong-odored foods for up to 3 weeks.

How to Prepare

  • Wash and dry.
  • For halves: Slice upright and remove the core with a spoon or melon baller.
  • For slices or cubes: Slice into halves, remove the core, then cut lengthwise into slices or cubes.
  • For rings: Slice horizontally and remove the core and seeds.

How to Enjoy

  • Eat raw as a snack. Serve with nut butter, honey, or yogurt dip.
  • Add to salads, slaws, oatmeal, smoothies, or fruit salsa.
  • Make applesauce, bake into chips, or use in breads and desserts.

Did You Know? One medium-size apple can provide up to 20% of your daily fiber needs.

Recipes 

3 Quick and Easy Apple Snacks

  • Apple slices + 2 tablespoons nut butter. Dip apple slices into nut butter and enjoy. 
  • Apple slices + drizzle of honey. Drizzle honey on apple slices and enjoy. 
  • Apple rings + 2 tablespoons nut butter + 1 tablespoon rolled oats + sprinkle of cinnamon. Spread nut butter on apple rings, top with oats and cinnamon and enjoy. 

 

Apple Chips Homemade dried apples with cinnamon, apple chips in a bowl with cinnamon sticks on a light gray background. Delicious healthy snack.

Ingredients

  • 2 apples, cored and sliced thin 
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon 

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 225 degrees F.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 
  • Arrange apple rings on the baking sheet in an even layer and sprinkle with cinnamon. 
  • Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, until the slices are crisp and golden brown. 
  • Remove from oven and cool to room temperature.

Chicken Apple Salad Wrap 

Ingredients

  • 1 – 12.5 ounce can of chicken, drained 
  • 1 medium apple, diced 
  • ½ cup celery, chopped 
  • ¼ cup plain low or reduced-fat Greek yogurt 
  • ¼ cup light mayonnaise
  • 1-2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon onion, minced 
  •  ½ teaspoon garlic powder 
  • 2 cups lettuce, chopped 
  • 4 whole wheat wraps 
  • Optional: 1 tablespoon chopped pecans 

Directions

  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine chicken, apple, celery, yogurt, mayonnaise, mustard, onion, garlic powder, and optional pecans.  
  • Assemble wraps by placing about ½ cup of lettuce in the center of each wrap and top with ¼ of chicken mixture. Roll into burrito 

 

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