Sattvic Apple-Pear Crumble

It actually turned out pretty damn well! I was surprised people in my yoga class actually asked for the recipe. That was cool. However, my badass friend Amy and her group (made up of my other badass friends Emily and Alaia) made some pretty legit Margherita Pizza. It was voted best recipe in the class.

And really, I just made a crumble to make an Old Greg reference.

Oh right, recipe!

Uhm, yeah, this recipe is something that I kinda just created, and will be different in a few ways. This recipe contains no added sugar or bleached flours, so its a lot better for you too! I'm not too sure about the nutritional facts, but i'm pretty sure its healthier than that Malomar bar you are eating.

Don't you try and hide that from me. You vile person.

::INGREDIENTS::
- 3 overripe pears
- 2 large or 3 medium Apples of your choice
- 3 tbls. of honey
- 1 tbls. of Roasted Flax seed w/ blueberries (can be found at Trader Joe's or
your local health food store)
- 1/4 tsp. each of cinnamon and nutmeg, divided evenly among fruit filling and
crumb topping
- 1/4 teaspoon of Vanilla essence (no vanillin- only use the real stuff)
- 3/5 cups of Whole Wheat flour (1/2 cup plus then some)
- 1 single serving packet of regular instant oats (or about 1/3 cup of rolled oats)
- 1/4 cup of butter
- optional: chopped walnuts

::PROCEDURE::
1). Peel and slice your pears, then mash them until they are somewhat smooth, yet still chunky.
2). Place mashed pears on a sieve over a bowl, and let drain for 30 minutes.
3). Slice apples, leaving skins on or off according to your preference (yet leaving the skins on is healthier ^^")
4). Take mashed pear out of sieve and onto the bottom of a 8x8 or 9x9 pan.
5). Put sliced apples in bowl with drained pear juices. Drizzle honey on top of apples, sprinkle with half of the cinnamon, half of the nutmeg, and all of the vanilla essence, mix, and let flavors co-mingle for 15 minutes.
6). Put apple mixture on top of the mashed pears, and sprinkle with roasted flax.
7). Cut up butter into small pieces and put into a bowl. Fill with flour and oats, sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon and nutmeg, then cut the butter into the flour and oats until it resembles a biscuit dough. You may add more flax if you wish.
8). Spread crumb dough on top of fruit mixture, and top with walnuts if you prefer, and more roasted flax as well.
9). Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

And of course, you may add sugar to your hearts content, but the point here is to try and be healthy! Besides, the drained pear juice form the overripe pears will bring enough natural sugars into the crumble, that you won't even need any additional sugars. Just the fruit and the honey does well on its own.

So yeah. Im'unna try and update this more often. Depends how often I can find time to cook. I have a Chemistry final in 5 days anyway, and nearing the end of school means finals, state standardized testing, yatta yatta yatta.

The yoga food class party was actually pretty successful. Everyone was creative didn't really make any bland-ass food. Except Nicole. But her hummus was ruined and needed something quick, so she made some granola.
Bless her heart...