Apples are one reason fall is the best time of the year. The leaves changing colors, cooler weather, baking with seasonal foods, football, and carving pumpkins are聽 a few聽more reasons I love the fall season. As a child, my dad 
would take my brothers and me to the apple orchard every fall. He always let us get a caramel apple. My mouth still waters with the memories of a juicy apple drizzled in warm caramel. Now, when I take my kids, I like to keep the tradition going. We sample all the different varieties, pick out a couple pecks, and each one of us leaves with a caramel聽treasure in hand!
I love the warm memories that flood my brain when I bite into an apple. It’s amazes me that certain foods can trigger such wonderful memories from long ago! Food is very powerful!
I wanted to know more about one of my favorite fruits. Here are some fun聽facts聽I discovered:
- Apples聽are low in potassium. One聽medium, raw and without skin has 142 mg of potassium.
- One medium apple聽has 77 calories.
- They have聽no fat, sodium or cholesterol.
- There are 2500 varieties of apples grown in the United States.
- They are grown in all 50 states.
- Apples are a member of the rose family.
- A peck of apples weighs 10.5 pounds.
- It takes the energy of 50 leaves to produce an apple.
- Most apples are still picked by hand.
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- Apple Crisp
- Apple Crepe
- Apple Pie
- Apple Caramel Dessert
- Easy Apple Oatmeal Crisp
- Quick Microwaved Cinnamon Apples
What are some of your favorite apple recipes? Do you have any that you’d like to share?
