Our Healthy Family Vegetable Recipe Share Day:

-Cooked Onions and Apples-

Presented by the H.E.L.P. Forward program of A Time To Learn Academy

(9/02/2014)www.easysite.com/atimetolearn

Cooked Onions and ApplesServing: Makes 4

Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

3 c peeled and sliced onions

3 T olive oil or butter

3 c peeled, cored, and sliced firm apples, such as Granny Smiths

Pinch ground allspice, mace, or cinnamon (1/8 teaspoon)

Sugar, if needed, to taste

Salt and freshly ground black

pepper to taste

Minced fresh parsley leaves for garnish

Directions:1. Place the onions in a large, deep

skillet over medium heat and cover. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring once or twice, until they are dry and almost sticking to the pan. Stir in the fat.

2. Add the apples and spice. Turn the heat to low, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples begin to soften, about 10 minutes.

3. Uncover and taste; add sugar if the apples have not contributed enough sweetness. Season with salt and pepper, turn the heat to medium, and cook until the apples are completely tender but not mushy, a few minutes more. Garnish and serve.

Nutrition Value• Families, unique households, Did you

know that canned goods never expire or will last (in appropriate temperature) for up to 30 years?

• A unique household goal should be to eat in-season, fresh, or frozen vegetables.

• Did you know that onions (Yellow, white, Bermuda, Spanish, pearl, red) will change the color of everything that it is cooked along with?

• Why do we cry around onions? It is called lachrimator. This substance combines with the moisture in your eyes forms a weak solution of sulfuric acid.

Source: Recipe and nutrition facts courtesy of Mark B. (1998)

This presentation, Onion series, design was created by Sherlene Stevens. Picture courtesy of Stevens.2014.