Apple Butter

Here's a healthy sandwich to try from the OnSugar blog Twins That Blog. Amanda took her favorite restaurant sandwich and gave it a healthy twist!

I travel back and forth from Northern Virginia and Charlottesville, VA for work just about every week. As much as I love NoVA, I have a soft spot in my heart for UVA and the wonderful city of Charlottesville. NoVA and DC might have a huge variety of restaurants, but Charlottesville has the QUALITY. Cville has hands down the best restaurants and food ever.

One of my favorite lunch places is Revolutionary Soup. They have delicious soups, salads, and sandwiches, all made with local, fresh ingredients. My newest obsession has been the Adam's Apple Sandwich — AMAZING. They make it on sunflower wheat bread with turkey, bacon, chèvre, arugula, garlic aïoli, sliced apples, and house made apple butter. I have ordered it every time with no bacon and it's wonderful. I loved it so much, in fact, that I instantly bought the ingredients to make it at home! Adding my own healthier (of course) spin, I've eaten it about five times in the past week — no lie! I've substituted fig preservers for the apple butter, largely inspired by yet another delicious Charlottesville lunch spot — feast!

To see Amanda's healthy twist on the sandwich, read more

Here's a healthy breakfast to try from the OnSugar blog Sophie's Sweeties. Sophie shares her recipe for warm kasha with cinnamon apples.

Ever heard of kasha? Maybe you know it as buckwheat groats. Kasha is quick to cook (it only takes 15 minutes!), full of essential amino acids and vitamins, and has a really unique nutty flavor. One cup of cooked kasha has 155 cals, 5.7 g protein, 4.5 g fiber, 1 g fat, and 1.3 mg iron. Good stuff right there! To cook kasha, combine one part kasha to two parts water and simmer for 15 minutes. This morning I swapped kasha for my regular bowl of oatmeal. 

See Sophie's easy recipe when you read more