9 Calorie Pan-Seared Apple Fritters

Here's another apple recipe - it isn't the prettiest thing I've ever made, but these apple fritters taste really good! And they are much better for you than traditional deep-fried apple fritters. These are healthy enough to eat as breakfast, a snack, or dessert!

These are Gluten Free, Dairy Free, and only 135 calories for the whole batch!

Recipe:

1 egg - 70 calories

1/4 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 25 calories

1/2 a medium Honeycrisp Apple - 40 calories

1 teaspoon Stevia                                                  

=135 calories for whole batch, makes about 15 small fritters - 9 calories each

1. Wash and cut the apple into small pieces - I cut mine into shoestring-type pieces

2. Whip together the egg, applesauce and stevia

3. Add the apple to the egg mixture

4. Spoon small amounts into a heated greased pan, flip carefully, brown both sides - repeat with the rest of the batter

5. Top with butter or sugar free maple syrup, enjoy hot :)

20 Calorie Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Fall is in full swing, and clearly I have caught Apple Fever - 

I based these cookies on traditional oatmeal raisin cookies, but instead of raisins I used apple chunks!

These cookies are also lower-calorie than regular cookies because of the oat flour, and they do not have any regular sugar or butter/oil

These are also gluten free, dairy free, and vegan :)

Recipe:

1 tablespoon Oats - 32 calories

2 tablespoons Oat Flour - 44 calories

3 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 19 calories

1/4 of a medium Honeycrisp Apple - 20 calories

1 tablespoon Pumpkin Puree - 5 calories

1 tablespoon Stevia

Cinnamon(to taste)                                                          

= 120 calories total, makes 6 cookies - 20 calories per cookie

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix together oats, flour, apple sauce, pumpkin, stevia, and about 1 teaspoon cinnamon - refrigerate for 20-30 minutes

3. Wash and cut up apple into small pieces

4. Spoon the batter onto a parchment paper lines cookie sheet - makes 6 cookies

5. Smooth the cookies out, they do not spread while baking - then top with apple pieces and sprinkle cinnamon on top

6. Bake about 10-12 minutes - remove from oven and let cool, store in an airtight container

80 Calorie Apple Chips

Apple Chips were on sale at the grocery store, so my boyfriend picked out a few bags - I thought they were good but they were very sugary (and 140 calories for 12 chips!) and my boyfriend didn't think they tasted apple-y enough  -  so I decided to try making some from scratch without the added sugar

These weren't difficult to make, but they have to bake for a few hours so these are a good thing to make if you're going to be home for a few hours -  I made them while I finished watching Breaking Bad :)

All you need are Apples and Cinnamon! These are gluten free, dairy free and vegan! There are also only 80 calories in the whole batch!

Recipe:
1 Medium Honeycrisp Apple - 80 calories
Cinnamon to sprinkle on top


1. Wash and Slice up your apple into thin pieces - I did lots of differently shaped pieces, but you could make them more uniform if you are better with a knife than I am :)
2. Spread out the apple slices on a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet, sprinkle with cinnamon(you could also sprinkle some Stevia on top if you want them to be sweeter)
3. Bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours - then turn off the oven and leave the apple chips in there for another hour
4. Enjoy! Store in an airtight container :)

200 Calorie Apple and Chicken Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

In honor of the first night of fall I decided to make a fall-inspired dinner for myself, since it was also my first night back in my apartment for school

I have half a peck of honeycrisp apples that I picked myself so I knew I wanted to include those, and I also wanted to try making acorn squash for the first time. To add some protein I decided to also add a link of Chicken Apple Sausage - you could add more but I had italian beef and sausage for lunch, and I usually don't eat very much meat so I didn't want to go into a meat overload

For this recipe you only need 3 ingredients: an acorn squash, an apple, and sausage

This recipe is Gluten free, Dairy free, and Paleo :)

Recipe:(makes 2 servings)

1 small Acorn Squash - 230 calories

1 small Honeycrisp Apple - 80 calories

2 links Applegate Farms Chicken Apple Breakfast Sausage - 80 calories    

= 390 calories total, makes 2 servings, 195 calories per serving

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Slice open the acorn squash, cutting down the middle from the stem to the pointed end

3. Scoop out the strands and seeds from the middle of the acorn squash
4. Chop up apple and sausage and fill both halves of the squash

5. Place filled squash cut side up in a baking dish(fill the baking dish with about 1/2 inch of water) and cover the dish with aluminum foil
6. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the squash is tender
7. Let cool for 5 minutes before eating, top with cinnamon if desired

Apple Picking

This weekend I went Apple Picking at Apple Holler in Sturtevant, Wisconsin

We got really lucky and just happened to be there on the first weekend of Honeycrisp Picking!

Honeycrisp apples are really the best apples in my opinion - for baking/cooking and for eating plain

I have 1/2 Peck of Honeycrisp Apples picked right off the tree -

 which means there are some Apple Recipes in the forecast :)

If you can't wait to make some delicious apple recipes you can try my 400 Calorie Cinnamon Apple Loaf 

or my 150 Calorie Fall Harvest Bread Pudding

150 Calorie Fall Harvest Bread Pudding

Since my Skinny-tized 435 Calorie Pumpkin Loaf and  Skinny 400 Calorie Cinnamon Apple Loaf turned out so well I decided to try combining them - this recipe is what I came up with

I combined the Pumpkin loaf base with the chopped up cinnamon apples, and I added a chopped up plum for good measure. This turned out very dense like a bread pudding - but it is still gluten free and dairy free!

The fresh fruit chunks in this make the loaf/bread pudding tart and delicious even without a whipped topping!

Recipe: (Makes 3 mini loaves)

3/4 cup Pumpkin Puree - 60 cal

1/2 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 60 cal

1/2 cup Oat Flour - 180 cal

1 Honeycrisp Apple - 80 cal

2 egg whites - 34 cal

1 plum - 46 cal

Cinnamon - to taste, and to sprinkle on apple chunks

1/4 cup Stevia                                

= 460 calories in whole recipe - makes 3 mini loaves, 153 calories per loaf

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix Pumpkin puree, apple sauce, egg whites, and stevia - then add flour

3. Peel and chop up apple into small pieces, sprinkle with cinnamon

4. Chop up plum, with the peel - mix with apple chunks

5. Add the fruit mixture to the batter, add additional cinnamon if desired

6. Divide between 3 greased mini loaf pans

7. Bake for about 27 minutes, remove from oven when the top of the loaf is set

8. Let cool, or enjoy immediately - refrigerate leftovers