Sausage Stuffed Apples

yummy version of this back-to-basics easy recipe

Whenever a baked apple is part of the main course, invite me over! This is an easy recipe I have made many times over—I use the term “recipe” loosely. Think of this sausage and apples recipe as more as a “guide.”

For a recipe like this one, you will need the handy-dandy tool like this one:

Ingredients:

8 apples, cored and halved into the top and bottom

1 lb pork sausage

2 tbs ground sage

½ cup maple syrup (approximately, to taste)

1 cup chopped walnuts

Olive oil

–Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

-Place apples cut-side-up in a greased baking pan.

-In separate bowl, mix the sausage, sage, maple syrup, and walnuts.

-Stuff the apples with the sausage mixture.

-Drizzle olive oil on top.

Bake for approximately 45 minutes.

As for side dishes that you could serve here to along with the sausage and apples, I like to either include fried red cabbage, sliced potatoes or carrots.

These sausage stuffed apples are a hit with the children, so give them a try and let me know what you thought of them by leaving a comment at the bottom.

Chaya

Apple Oatmeal Cookie Granola

Easier than a “no bake” oatmeal cookie

I named this recipe “oatmeal cookie” because that is the closest I can come to the emotion that overcame me as I bit into this granola.

Oatmeal Cookie

This is made in your Excalibur dehydrator, using Paraflexx sheets. You will set the temperature to approximately 125° F and allow it to run overnight. At least, that is what I did but it was so perfectly crisp that I do believe less time or lower heat might be possible. If you prefer “living foods” closer to raw, try a lower temperature—either way you will still end up with a healthy oatmeal cookie like product.

The yield for this recipe was three trays. Play with the ingredients. For instance I did not use all raisins, I combined them with dehydrated berries from my pantry. I also mixed walnuts and pecans because I could not decide between the two.

recipe for oatmeal cookie

5 medium apples, sliced and peeled

6 cups rolled oats

1 cup nuts

1 cup raisins

Dehydrated crumbled raspberries, to taste (optional)

1 cup maple syrup

2 cups warm-hot water

In a separate bowl, mix the maple syrup with water. Set aside.

Maple Syrup Mixture

In a large bowl, mix all of the other dry ingredients for this no bake oatmeal cookie. Stir in maple syrup mixture.

Mix Dry Ingredients

Dump mixture onto dehydrator trays. Turn on the dehydrator and forget about them until morning, and then enjoy your chewy oatmeal cookie with your yogurt!

This is a great snack recipe for kids. Give this recipe a try and tell me what you think below in the comments section.

Chaya

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