Sometimes life just stops you...

I accidentally overslept this morning and didn't get my workout in, but I let it be. I'm still toying with yogurt making so I thought I'd start a batch with the microwave method and let the milk cool down as I got ready for work. After all, my doctor told me to take it a little easier on the exercise.

My car broke down today, fortunately it was at my parents' driveway as I was dropping off my son. The tow truck came late, but it was ok, I was in the comfort of my parents' home and my cousin was there to workout so I got to chat with her for a bit. I decided to take the whole day off since I didn't have any deadlines (yay for a three day mother's day weekend!). I'm excited that my cousins have the day off too and we're going to go have lunch and work out together! So I guess it all worked out in the end! :)

I took care of some paperwork that I've been meaning to finish and because I was home I was able to catch a call for my son's future grade school for an orientation! It's funny how things workout sometimes.

The only potential bad part of the day is getting the repair bill for the car :(

Baked Apples with Oat Crumbles

I love me some apple cobbler, but cobblers generally have a ton of sugar and with each recipe I make more cobbler than I can resist! When I saw this recipe on skinnytaste.com I was so excited! I followed the recipe to a "t" the first time and it was good, the only downfall was that any crumbles that didn't stay on the apple ended up being a burnt mess on my baking sheet (the wasted crumbles was just such a tragedy!) ! -_-. By slicing the apples and placing them in a ramekin I was able to maximize the crumbles and cut the baking time by a little. This is budget friendly and can be easily scaled up for larger families. And also because this dessert is so small and isn't extremely temperature sensitive, you can bake them in your toaster oven! HUZZAH! 

In the future, I'm going to make the crumble mixture sans butter in bulk and store in an airtight container and add just mix 1 Tbsp of butter per 4 Tbsp of crumble mixture. I've also substituted the butter with coconut oil the second time around and it was just as delicious!

Baked Apples with Oat Crumbles
Adapted from Skinnytaste
Makes 2 servings
Nutritional Value per serving - Calories:152 Fiber:3g Protein: 1g Sodium: 0mg Sugar: 13g Carbs: 20g

1 large apple

1 Tbsp butter, melted 

1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp quick oats
pinch of cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, slice apples (I used an apple slicer and then sliced those slices in halves). Arrange apple slices into a ramekin.

In a small bowl combine butter, brown sugar, flour, oats and cinnamon. Spoon on top of the sliced apples and bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes until apples are tender.

Here's a picture of the Apple Slicer, the price is a little steep but it's super convenient to slice apples for baking or even just to slice apples in seconds for a healthy snack!

OXO Grips Apple Slicer/Corer (photo courtesy of Amazon.com)