Apple, Grapes and Banana lime

This emerged as a part of my refrigerator cleaning process. I had some apples and grapes  leftover from a fruit salad that I made a few days back. I noticed some ripe bananas too on my kitchen rack. And there you go, I blended together all three and squeezed some lemon too and ended up with this super tasty fruit smoothie!!

Ingredients

1 tbsp Lime juice
2 small apples, cored and quartered
2 medium bananas, preferably frozen
1 1/2 cups green grapes, preferably frozen
1 1/2 cups water

Method

Layer ingredients into the blender in the order listed. Puree until completely smooth. Enjoy!

Apple and Avocado Chicken Salad

This is quick, basic chicken salad that uses mashed avocado as a binder instead of the more traditional mayonnaise.The unexpected ingredient in this chicken salad is chopped apple. Apple brings sweetness, tartness, and crunch to the chicken salad, helping to round out the flavors.
Avocado replaces the fat of a mayonnaise, but not the seasoning. So I am adding salt, pepper, and a good dose of lime juice.

Ingredients

1 cup finely chopped cooked chicken
1 ripe avocado, seeded and peeled
1 apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1/4 cup finely chopped  onion
2 Tbsp finely chopped cilantro
2 teaspoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pinch of freshly ground black pepper

Method

Place the chicken, avocado, apple, and onion in a medium bowl. Gently mash the avocado with a fork and stir it around so that everything gets well mixed.
Add the cilantro, lime juice or lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Add more lime juice or salt to taste. If the mixture seems a little dry, you can stir in a teaspoon or two of olive oil.

Fruit Raita

This can be called as the King of all Raitas. This is a medley of a variety of fruits immersed in a cream and yogurt sauce. A very healthy, rich and easy to prepare raita recipe that can adorn any meal with its presence. A must try recipe for all my diet conscious friends! I've used cucumber here because it helps to balance the sweetness of the raita.

Ingredients

Pear -1
Apple- 1
Peaches -2
Plums- 2
Pineapple -4 slices
Banana -1

Mango -1 

Almonds- 4
Fresh mint leaves -10
Cumin seeds- 1 teaspoon
Lemon-1/2 tsp
Yogurt -2 cups
Salt to taste
Black peppercorns,crushed freshly -1/4 teaspoon
Fresh cream -1/2 cup

Cucumber- 1

Method

Wash and chop pear, apple, cucumber,plums, peaches and pineapple . Peel and chop banana and mango. Clean, wash and chop mint leaves. Dry roast the cumin seeds and powder.
Add the roasted cumin powder to the yogurt in a bowl. Add salt, freshly crushed peppercorns, fresh cream and whisk.Add all the chopped fruits and mint leaves and mix well.

Apple Raita

Another great Raita recipe. It is the best accompaniment for rice and biryani and also a perfect snack to satiate the sudden pangs of hunger. One of the healthiest Raita recipes.

Ingredients

1 1⁄4 cups plain yogurt
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
fresh ground black pepper, to taste
1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
1⁄2apple, peeled and chopped into a small dice

Directions

Put yogurt in a bowl.
Beat lightly with a fork until smooth and creamy.
Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.

Apple Milk Shake

Apple milk shake is a very tasty and easy to make recipe. It is the best milk shake recipe to break a fast or keep us sustained during a diet plan. It is a no fuss shake recipe and can be made in no time.

Ingredients

2 medium apples, 1 cup tightly packed chopped apples
2 cups chilled milk
¼ tsp cinnamon powder/dal chini powder (optional)
2 to 3 tbsp sugar or add as required

Instructions

Peel, core and chop the apples. Add them in the blender jar along ¼ tsp cinnamon powder and 2 to 3 tbsp sugar. The amount of sugar to be added depends on the sweetness of the apples. So add as required.
With ½ cup chilled milk, blend all the ingredients till smooth.
Add the remaining 1.5 cups chilled milk and blend again.
Pour the apple milkshake in glasses sprinkled with cinnamon powder.

Apple pocket pies

This is the easiest dish to be made with apples and one of the tastiest of all pies. I make a wide variety of such pies using different fruits but this one is the tastiest of all. The mixture of cinnamon and sugar  is the standing out factor which gives the pie a unique taste. It is a great tea time snack.

Ingredients

3  apples - peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ginger
1 pinch of cloves
1 pinch of salt
1  package puff pastry, thawed
1 egg
sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 F.
Put apple slices in a bowl and add vanilla. In a small bowl, mix together sugar, flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt. Sprinkle spice mixture over apples and toss to combine.
Roll out one puff pastry and fold it into a small cone shaped pocket. Pour some butter into the cone. Fill it with sliced apples.
Make an egg wash, lightly beating one egg with 1 teaspoon water. Brush the tops of the puffs with egg and sprinkle with course sugar.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, until pies are flakey and lightly browned.