Apple Crisp for Two

 

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Applesauce Salad & Celery Salad with Apples

 

I had a little trouble finding the Red Hots but, finally did at Family Dollar. They we $1 for 5.5 oz.  They were one of my favorite candies as a child. 

I chose to buy the applesauce in individual servings so that I wouldn't have any leftovers growing moldy after being opened.  The recipe is from Allrecipes.

Applesauce Salad

Try this easily prepared gelatin salad with poultry dishes. It's red colored and red hot!

Prep:  5 mins*  Cook: 10 mins  *Additional: 4 hrs*  Total: 4 hrs 15 mins* Servings: 8

Ingredients

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• 2 cups water
• ½ cup cinnamon red hot candies
• 1 (6 ounce) package cherry flavored Jell-O® mix
• 2 cups applesauce ( each cup was 4 oz.)

Directions

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• Step 1

Bring the water to a boil. Dissolve the cinnamon red hot candies in the boiling water. Mix in and dissolve the cherry flavored gelatin. Transfer to a medium bowl. Mix in the applesauce. Chill in the refrigerator 4 hours, or until firmly gelled.

Though I followed the recipe, I feel that the 2 cups of applesauce made the mixture too watery causing it not to set. 

BTW- Red Hots are still as spicy and hot as they always were. I appreciate the familiarity.

Celery Salad with Apples 

Celery can be a waste of money. Use a little bit for a recipe and get left with stalks going bad in the fridge. Plus, it has no personality. Have you ever heard anyone say, "Oh boy, it's got celery in it?"  I searched for celery recipes and found several. This recipe is from, "A Couple Cooks." 

Ingredients

8 celery ribs plus 1/2 cup celery leaves ·      1 red apple ·      1 tablespoon white wine vinegar ·      1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard ·      1 teaspoon maple syrup or sugar ·      1/2 teaspoon kosher salt ·      3 tablespoons olive oil ·      1/4 cup shaved Parmesan cheese INSTRUCTIONS 1.  Thinly slice the celery ribs. Measure out the celery leaves. Thinly slice the red apple. 2.  In a medium bowl, whisk together the white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, maple syrup or sugar, and kosher salt. Gradually whisk in the olive oil one tablespoon at a time. 3.  In another bowl, toss together the celery and celery leaves with the apple, dressing, and Parmesan cheese shavings. Serve immediately or refrigerate until serving. This tastes best the day of making, but you can refrigerate leftovers for a few days (refresh them with a little vinegar or salt if necessary).   I didn't like it. I ate the apples and cheese out of it and threw the rest away. That's it. *** ReplyForward

RED HOT APPLE PIE IN A MUG

Spying the March 5th issue of Woman's World in the check out line I bought a copy.  Another just- for- one recipe was inside.   I did Chocolate Cake in a Mug in 2010. It turned out to be delicious.

The ingredients for the apple pie called for red hots, apple,graham crackers, cinnamon, whipped cream. The recipe is below. Click the picture to enlarge.

I gathered the crew with some exceptions as I always do. I bought honey grahams instead of cinnamon grahams, not because they're my favorites but because I didn't make an ingredient list before going to the grocer. Instead of Reddi Whip I had store brand whipped topping so I used that. 

This picture taken in my mock up home made light box

I peeled and  cubed the apple then put it into the cup. At first I thought I'd have to use 2 cups but as it cooked the juice caused the fruit  torelease its juices. . But I'm getting ahead of myself.

 I placed a sufficient amount of the cinnamon candies on top of the apples and placed it in the microwave for the instructed 2 minutes. After that time I took the mug out and stirred the contents. That's when I noticed that the apples had cooked down to about half of the original amount.





I also noticed that the juice had boiled over from the mug.

  

Deciding to live dangerously, I stirred in  more cinnamon candies . Placing the mug back into the microwave, I allowed it to cook 2 more minutes.  I had to wait a while before adding the graham crackers and whipped topping because the mug was so hot.

Here is the final product. It tasted good  but losing so much of the juice made it a little dry. Next time I'll micro for 1 minute instead of the 2 minutes and I'll watch it.

BTW I've been toying with photography. I want to get a light box to make better pictures. In the picture of the crew I used my home made light box. The remaining pictures were taken outside of the light box.




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