Apple Season is here!

I love apples! Especially honey crisp apples.  Apples are in season all year around, but their peak is during July through November, which means it's already apple season and I want to eat them all! Many apples are ready to go by September, so start stocking up. Here are a few nutritional facts, apple facts, and recipe ideas:

Nutritional Facts for a medium-sized apple:

• 72 calories
• 3 grams of fiber, mostly from the skin, so eat it!
• 11% of your daily vitamin C
• Contains flavonoids, which are said to help fight heart disease and cancer
• Contains beta-carotene. This is vitamin A, which helps build healthy bones, skin, and eyes.
• Helps lower bad cholesterol and high blood pressure.
• Helps stabilize blood pressure and it has an ingredient that works as an appetite suppressant (so you'll stay fuller, longer). 

Did you know?

• That apples are part of the rose family. Pears are too!
• That there are over 7,000 varieties of apples in the world.
• The average American eats over 20 pounds of apples a year.

Recipe Ideas:

• Homemade applesauce-my goal is to actually make homemade applesauce this year! I've always wanted to, I just never have gotten around to it.
• Candied apples
• Scotch apple pie
• Apple cake
• Baked apples

Click here and here for my sources and recipes that I've mentioned above!

Happy eating, happy cooking, and have a happy day!