I was a little shocked when I walked into Target a couple of days after New Year’s. The dollar section already had Valentine’s Day stuff AND St. Patty’s Day stuff. I am still getting over the holidays, will be for some time, and they are already planning new holidays. I thought it was a little soon until I saw all the Valentine’s projects in the blogosphere! Wow, I guess I am the one behind. Never the less, I think I will stay behind for now and savor the time between the holidays. Life is flying by way too fast to try and hurry it.
I did start making a list of V-day projects but I won’t start posting them for a couple of weeks. I’m a tease like that! For now, I hope you enjoy some wonderful new, healthier recipes.
This idea I found in an old Food magazine from Chef Geoffrey from the Iron Chef. He was talking about stuffing apples for his kids and I though that my little apple lover would enjoy baked apples with berries. I was right, both the big and the little one loved this healthy dessert (or snack)!
Ingredients:
3 Golden Delicious apples
3/4 cup of dry blueberries
3/4 cup of chopped pecans
1 tbs light brown sugar
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 and lightly grease a small baking pan.
2. Carefully scoop out the apple cores. Do Not go all the way through. Scoop out just a little bit of the apple “meat”.
3. In a small bowl, combine scooped apple bits, blueberries and nuts. Mix well and pack the apples with the mixture.
4. Bake, uncovered, for about 20-25 minutes, until soft and juicy.
Enjoy!!
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JanM ♥ says
The grocery stores and pharmacies around my office have Vday stuff too already! Oh and those apples looks so good too!
xo,
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Medeja says
I can imagine how yummy they were.. I would probably just use honey instead of sugar 🙂
wallflourgirl says
Oh, these are perfect for post-holiday celebrations and resolutions, too! V-day is definitely coming up too quick (before we know it, it’ll be Christmas again!). I really love the idea of these healthy treats, thank you for sharing.
Tonia L says
Gorgeous! I’ve never made stuffed apples but they always look soooo yummy!
Winnie says
These look fantastic
I must say that we have stuffed baked apples every 2-weeks for Friday-dessert. We LOVE it
We just use dried cranberries as we don’t have here dried blueberries.
Debi @ Adorned From Above says
This looks delicious.
Debi
Rattlebridge Farm says
Beautiful photos!!!! Thanks for gracing the pages of Foodie Friday–your recipes are awesome!
Heidi@OneCreativeMommy.com says
What a fantastic twist on an old favorite! These look amazing. Thanks for linking up at One Creative Weekend! Enjoy your weekend.
Miz Helen says
Hi Lyuba,
What a beautiful presentation for your Stuffed Baked Apples. I really love the stuffing and want to try this recipe soon. Thank you so much for celebrating TWO YEARS with FULL PLATE THURSDAY, I appreciate your visit!
Come Back Soon
Miz Helen
Amanda says
Sounds super yummy!
Diana - FreeStyleMama says
These look amazing!
Kaitlin @ Wunderbar says
I’m pinning this so I’ll remember to make it! Thanks for sharing, it looks delicious.
Katie WhoNeedsACape says
These look so good! Pinning this so I can try them with my kiddos soon! Found you at nifty thrifty sunday! ~Katie @ WhoNeedsACape.com 🙂
Ele at abitofpinkheaven says
Yummy!!!
Tanya-Lemonsforlulu.com says
Target has bathing suits too! How crazy! The pictures on this post are beautiful! Love the berry apples, they’ll help me get into those bathing suits! Thanks for sharing at One Creative Weekend.
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Ashley says
This looks fantastic! I try to be healthy when I can (so I can have all those bad things occasionally), so this seems like the perfect treat.
Pam says
Oh, these sound so good!