Apples...a zero calorie food??

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  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Apple trees are very hardy and handle heat well, but this summer has been the hottest in years for us. We have two trees and this year they're so small you can fit 4 in one hand despite taking care of them just the same. Still very delicious (and yes, I do have to deploy my brakes with apples because I CAN and do sometimes overeat them - our apples are so flavorful and there is a something addicting about freshly picked apples).
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Here's my favorite apple baked goods recipe: Mrs. Cheney’s Nobby Apple Cake

    There's a high amount of apples to flour and sugar, and the apples don't really mix in well, but it all bakes up great.

    Oh, and for you pumpkin spice aficionados and haters, that's what I've been using instead of the cinnamon and nutmeg since before pumpkin spice was a thing ;)

    Here's an article on baking apples and their different properties: http://www.midwestliving.com/food/fruits-veggies/great-apples-for-baking/
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited September 2017
    Favorite apple cookbooks of mine -- picked it up at some farm I visited years ago, although I'm sure it can be bought at amazon or a bookstore somewhere. Warning: nothing is 0 calorie, although there are some baked apple recipes.

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  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
    the only apples I like are granny smiths
  • AlexandraWk89
    AlexandraWk89 Posts: 9 Member
    Oh certainly not. They are low kcal so if I'm desperate I just have an apple. But soon after my notification is screaming- you had too much sugar! :D I really need to watch myself with fruit. Good sugar is still sugar ;)
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited September 2017
    AlexandraWk89 wrote: »
    If anyone wants zero kcal meal I'd offer some ice cube salad ;)

    maybe off topic but this reminds me of when my bestie was having her baby they tried getting her to suck on icecubes and she was just screaming at them to eat the dang icecubes and bring her a burger LOL
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    AlexandraWk89 wrote: »
    Oh certainly not. They are low kcal so if I'm desperate I just have an apple. But soon after my notification is screaming- you had too much sugar! :D I really need to watch myself with fruit. Good sugar is still sugar ;)

    Do you have a medical reason to restrict sugar?
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    The last time I ate a red "delicious" I had to spit out most of the skin, so I wished I'd peeled it. Actually, I wished I hadn't eaten it in the first place. #Honeycrisps4Life

    I have two apple trees that were planted by a previous owner; the local ciderers think that they may be Mackintosh and Red Delicious, but if one is Delicious, it has nothing to do with the apples marketed under that name. Maybe benign neglect is good. We got over 300 pounds of apples from the two trees this year.
  • 4homer
    4homer Posts: 457 Member
    I'm kinda weird. I love apples. My favorite snack. Always have been. But I hate apple foods, like apple pie,applesauce, Carmel apples ect. Anyway a big fat granny smith Is where it at!

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