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Eating right can be easy and delicious when you have the right ingredients... and recipes. Here's a unique apple recipe from Terri Holley and her blog, The Health and Life Mixing Bowl:

Have the basic rules for eating healthier got you stuck in a rut? Each week, The Health and Life Mixing Bowl will serve up some good stuff to expand your nutritional options and perhaps ignite a genuine interest in eating better.

My daughter went apple picking last weekend with her friend. They brought home some of the best tasting apples I have ever eaten. 'Tis the season! A medium apple has 5 grams of fiber, almost 20% of what you need for the entire day. Other health benefits of apples include age-related memory improvement, reduced risk of heart disease in women, and weight loss.

Here is a great recipe for Crunchy Apple Stir Fry from Virginia Apples. Enjoy!

1/2 cup onion, vertically sliced
1 cup fresh or frozen Chinese pea pods
1 cup (2 medium) carrots, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp. water
1 1/2 tsp. vegetable oil
1 medium Fuji apple, cored & thinly sliced
1 tsp. dried basil, crushed

Stir-fry onion, carrots and basil in oil in non-stick skillet until carrots are tender. Stir in pea pods and water; stir-fry 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in apples, Serve hot. Makes 4 servings.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: Calories, 69; Fat, 2 g; Cholesterol, 0 mg; Fiber, 3 g; Sodium, 13 mg; Percent calories from Fat, 26%.

via Terri Holley, MS, CPCC, is a Certified Professional Life Coach and Life Enrichment Consultant. She is the owner and founder of Momentum Health and Life Coaching, LLC.