Apple Blackberry Crisp

Day 127: Bonus Blog

Laura made a late dessert and I thought I'd blog it just for some extra Saturday night fun.

Apple Blackberry Crisp

Apple Blackberry Crisp Recipe

Based on this recipe

Filling:

5 Granny Smith apples
1 pint blackberries
1 lemon (in desperation, we used a lime...it was fine)
2 tbsp butter
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
We skipped the water because it was runny enough

Directions

Soak the blackberries in a bowl of water and vinegar (3 cups water, 1/4 cup vinegar).

Peel, core and slice the apples, squeezing lime (or lemon) juice over them to keep them white until you get them all sliced.

Melt the butter and stir in all the sugar and the cinnamon until the sugar dissolves. Cook for a few minutes and then add the apples and the water. Cook until the apples are soft, stirring occasionally. Drain the blackberries and stir into the apple mixture.

Pour the hot apple mixture into a greased casserole dish.

Topping:

1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup granola
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar

Directions

Mix oats, granola, flour, butter, white sugar and brown sugar together in a large bowl. Pour evenly over the apples in the casserole dish.

Bake about a half an hour in 375 degrees F oven.

Hot, bubbly apple blackberry crisp

Ice Cream

We served ours with Breyers French Vanilla ice cream. Mmmmm.

Breyers French Vanilla ice cream

Apple Blackberry Crisp

Ginger Smoothies

Day 89

In all fairness, this is not the only thing we've had tonight. We heated up our last slices of pizza right after work to tide us over until we got supper figured out. It was good again, but it was only a slice each, so we needed something else.

Smoothies

We have smoothies for breakfast sometimes, but not usually for supper. Laura thought it sounded good, and was making one for herself, so I ordered one too.

We had some fresh produce that needed to be used up, so this was a good solution for that.

Ginger Smoothies

Ingredients:
1 tbsp hemp seeds
1 tbsp chia seeds
2 tbsp ground flax seed
2 tbsp hemp protein powder
1/2 cup vanilla yoghurt
1 cup almond milk
1 1/2 banana
1 cup Paradise Trio (frozen mangoes, peaches & strawberries)
1 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1 thumb-sized piece of ginger
3 kale leaves, ribs removed
3 Romaine leaves
1 orange
2 avocados
1/3 English cucumber

Smoothie ingredients

Ginger It Up!

Ginger is the main flavor of this smoothie. There is also an underlying banana flavor and you can also taste the berries a bit, but then you bite into a chunk of ginger again. It tastes very fresh! Did you know that ginger is peeled with a spoon?

Unpeeled and peeled ginger

"1 thumb-sized piece of ginger"

That ^ is a Laura-sized thumb, so it did turn out spicier than she intended, I think, but I love it...it's a lovely smoothie. Definitely our healthiest meal this week!

Smoothie selfie

Reviews/Comments

I loved it! It was really filling, came together quickly and was delish. Smoothies might have to become our new Thursday thing. I rate this meal a 10. I thought it tasted perfect.

Laura: Health-wise it's a 10, taste-wise it's an 8; not quite sweet enough for me.