{"id":45424,"date":"2015-11-15T09:15:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T14:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=45424"},"modified":"2021-05-18T07:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T11:32:28","slug":"apple-nachos-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/apple-nachos-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Almond Butter Apple Nachos Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Almond
Photo by Alexa Schrim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An apple eaten straight out of a hand certainly hits the spot on a crisp fall day. But when we\u2019re hankering for something sweet, we turn to this inventive \u201cnachos\u201d recipe. Plain apple slices get a serious upgrade when drizzled with nut butter and yogurt sauce and then topped with decadent dark chocolate shavings. At 200 calories and four grams of filling fiber<\/a> per serving, these apple nachos are a healthier way to indulge after dinner or at snack time. Children and grown-ups alike will love the sweet, nutty flavor in every crunchy bite. (Need more kid-friendly snack ideas? Check out these healthy versions<\/a> of childhood favorites like Cheez-Its and Fig Newtons.)<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> 14 Amazing Apple Recipes for Fall<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Almond
Photo by Alexa Schrim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Almond Butter Apple Nachos Recipe<\/h3>\n

Serves 6<\/em><\/p>\n

Serving size: Approx. 12 apple slices<\/em><\/p>\n

Prep Time: 10 minutes<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n

4 apples, cored and thinly sliced
\n2 teaspoons cinnamon
\n4 tablespoons almond butter, warmed (or another nut butter<\/a>)
\n1\/4 cup dried cranberries
\n2 tablespoons crushed pecans
\n1 tablespoon shaved dark chocolate<\/p>\n

Yogurt-Cranberry Sauce:
\n<\/em>1\/4 cup cranberries
\n2 tablespoons honey
\n1\/4 cup plain yogurt<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Wash and core apples, then thinly slice them and lay them on your cookie sheet.<\/li>\n
  2. Next, make the yogurt-cranberry sauce by adding cranberries, honey and plain yogurt to a food processor (or blender) and puree until smooth. Set aside.<\/li>\n
  3. Sprinkle apples with cinnamon and drizzle with warmed nut butter.<\/li>\n
  4. Finally, drizzle the cranberry yogurt sauce and top with dried cranberries, crushed pecans and dark chocolate. Serve immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more recipes from Alexa, visit Simple Roots Wellness<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    These apple nachos are loaded with healthy nut butter and decadent dark chocolate shavings. Hello, easy and delicious dessert! Recipe right this way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[428,26,27,9,427],"tags":[244,39,171,220,87,345,350],"class_list":["post-45424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dessert","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-snacks","tag-appetizer","tag-dessert","tag-fall","tag-nuts","tag-snacks","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2type-2-diabetes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}