Comments on: Katie’s Healthy Bites: My Ode to Apples

By: katie

katie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:08:53 +0000

If you are worried about the pesticides try to buy organic. You can also buy from a farmers market or other source…talk to the farmer…even if the produce is not certified organic some local farms practice organic growing methods but cannot afford the certification.

By: Linda S

Linda S — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:20:36 +0000

The only apples I eat are the gala and I have to peel them because I can't chew or digest the peels.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:19:12 +0000

I had to do the same thing one year with my only peach tree… I got 30 dozen peaches from one tree! Just the best ones. I stood on my station wagon to reach the branches & tossed them to the kids waiting on the ground. They would catch them & sort them into bags according to how nice they were. Gave lots to neighbors but the rest were turned into 'anything peach' I could think of for the freezer. Even canned some sliced peaches. Upside down, right side up & inside out peach cakes. LOL! But they were delicious in winter! Did the same with my apples but had less at the time. I had red delicious & macintosh.
So I can relate to your apple day… More people should get back to some of the old ways again. They were lots of fun together & gave us fresh, holsome food for our families. Can't ask for more. I miss it all since I moved 21 yrs. ago.

By: andrewtan

andrewtan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:38:08 +0000

Because of the presence of pesticides, I am hesitant to eat unpeeled apples even though I know most of the antioxidants are in the peel. Can the chemicals be effectively washed out?

By: Ani

Ani — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:03:14 +0000

Never mind. Now realize nutrient breakdown includes pancakes. ~D

By: Ani

Ani — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:01:55 +0000

where does the fat in the apple sauce come from?

By: @runneralps

@runneralps — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:34:00 +0000

its a must blog

By: runner

runner — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:32:21 +0000

apple is one of the best fruits……just keep it in mind….avoid to peel them !!!only when you know that its free of pesticides

By: Lillia Moreaux

Lillia Moreaux — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:25:19 +0000

Here is my gluten free recipe, though I never measure anything as it is all in the consistancy of the batter.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut up into chunks four apples. Grease pan with butter. Line the bottom of a square baking pan, and then eveny put the apples, raisins, cinnamon and Florida Crystals dehydrated cane juice sweetner, and a couple dots of butter here and there in the bottom of the pan.

Next combine the sweetener or sugar and one stick of butter, unmelted, add a cup of eggs and vanilla. Then add a cup and a half of brown rice flour, half a cup of millet flour, about a cup of egg whites or Egg Beaters, cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla extract, a teaspoon give or take of them. One tablespoon aluminum free baking powder and mix together with that hand mixer you used on the eggs, sugar and butter.
Do not turn the cake over onto anything, just refrigerate.
This is one terrific cake if I do say so myself. Be careful, you may like it too much. I bake it for my boys, but only eat it before a workout for some umph in my energy.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:24:51 +0000

Hands down, Pink Lady are my year-round favorite. I never stray…until the fall, when I eat my heart out of every apple in sight. I love honey crisp and all of the Michigan varieties. I always eat an apple a day, 365 days a year. It's my favorite food!