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These two delicious delights come from the kitchens of fenrirs_child

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Apple Butter

My neighbor's tree overfloweth with apples this year, and they offered to let us pick some. We got a milk crate full of them, and I've started canning them in different recipes. This one is apple butter, and is deliciously horrible for my diet.

Crock-pot Apple Butter

Ingredients:

5 lbs apples, peeled and finely sliced
3 cups sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. Place apples in Crock-pot in thirds, layering sugar between each layer.
2. Add rest of ingredients on top and pack them down as well as you can.
3. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
4. Reduce heat to low. Open and give it a stir. Keep covered and cook 8 hours or until thick and dark brown, stirring occasionally. (You can do this overnight and can in the morning, it's what I did).
5. Uncover and cook for the last hour on low.
6. If a smoother apple butter is desired, you may puree in blender or food mill (I put mine through the food processor).
7. Place in sterile jars with lids and process for 10 minutes in hot water bath or you can freeze instead.


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Fridge (overnight) Oatmeal

Kitfox is a carb fiend, and I had to find something easy and suitable to his tastes to wean him off of cereal. This is a simple 'formula' recipe, and takes about 5 minutes to make enough for 3 days worth of breakfasts/snacks!

Fridge Oatmeal

Ingredients:

6 tbsp oats
1/4 c soy milk (or milk, rice milk, almond milk, etc)
1/8 c greek yogurt
1 tsp sweetener (sugar, Splenda, honey, syrup, jam, etc)
1/8 c fruit/goodies (1/2 banana, chocolate chips, blackberries, etc)
2tsp chia seeds (optional)

Directions:

Measure all ingredients into a container (I prefer using half pint mason jars, they're the perfect size) and shake to mix! Leave in fridge at least 4hrs, preferably overnight. They keep in the fridge for about 3 days, so try not to make more than you can finish in this timeframe.

The flavor combinations are only limited by your imagination and your tastes! Some of our favorite combos are

apple cinnamon (1/8c apples, 1tsp sugar, 1/4tsp cinnamon)
peanut butter banana (1/2 banana and 1tsp peanut butter)
strawberry banana (1/2 banana and 1tsp strawberry jam)
blackberry honey (1/8c blackberries and 1tsp blackberry honey)
pineapple (1/8c pineapple chunks and 1tsp pineapple juice)
Nutella (1/8c chocolate chips and 1tsp Nutella)
PB&J (1tsp jam, 1tbsp peanut butter)
berries and cream (1/8c berries of choice, 1tsp sugar, 1/4tsp vanilla extract)
and the list can go on forever!

Pictured here, from left to right, are apple butter, pineapple, blackberry honey, and cherries and cream.

Also, a note about chia seeds: they are protein-packed little miracle seeds! They have virtually no taste, are packed with nutrients, and are very filling. I seriously cannot even tell they're there when I eat the oatmeals, and going into it I was afraid I'd not like them because of it. I was pleasantly surprised, and even upped the amount called for by 1/2tsp.

These oatmeals all are around 250cal, give or take a few depending on add-ins.

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