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Recipe: Healthy-eating-approved apple crisp for one

Healthy, single-serving apple crisp. Courtesy Angela Simpson
Photo courtesy Angela Simpson

 

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves: 1

 

The holiday season, for many, is a time of sweet, sweet (but mostly unhealthy) indulgence. But with this single-serving, healthy-eating-approved apple crisp recipe, you’re welcome to indulge without the guilt!

 

Note: If you’re cooking for more people you can double or quadruple the recipe and prepare it in a large pyrex dish before baking it in the oven.

 

✓ This recipe has been approved by a Sunnybrook dietitian.

 

Ingredients

  • 1 apple, cored and diced
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 1/4 tsp finely minced fresh ginger or ginger paste
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
  • 1 tsp coconut oil, melted
  • 2 tbsp oats
  • pinch of stevia

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400F.
  • In a small bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients, plus 1/4 teaspoon of the cinnamon and stir.
  • Transfer the apple mixture to a small oven-safe ramekin or dish.
  • In the same mixing bowl, stir together the remaining cinnamon, melted coconut oil, oats and stevia. Pour this on top of the apple mixture.
  • Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Let the apple crisp cool for about 5 minutes before serving

 

Want more recipes? Visit Angela’s blog at  Eat-Spin-Run-Repeat.com

 

About the author

Angela Simpson

Angela is an avid runner and triathlete, health coach and healthy food enthusiast. Her goal is to encourage and inspire others to live life to the fullest, making the most of every day by setting goals and chasing them with passion. When she's not creating new recipes in her kitchen and working with clients, you'll find Angela out for a run, at the farmer's market, and exploring Vancouver, the city she's now proud to call home. You can learn more about her on her blog, Eat-Spin-Run-Repeat.com, as well as on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.