Apple Cobbler for Two

As a single person I am always on the lookout for recipes that serve only one or two people. While I don't mind leftovers, making enough for 8 people means I have 8 meals of the same thing...so the smaller the recipe the better. Since the advent of my life changes I have been looking for easy, good and relatively healthy ones, which is even harder! So, I found a good one that is not all that healthy, but not too horrible I guess. Great Sunday afternoon treat with little prep and lots of flavor.

Apple Cobbler for Two:

One large apple (I like to use granny smith but gala are also pretty good too)
1/2 cup of butter
1 cup of white or brown sugar (or half and half)
1 tsp. cinnamon

Peel, core and slice apple. Place in oven safe dish, add butter, sugar and cinnamon. bake for 1 hour on 350 (works great in a toaster over, since it is such a small portion, less energy!). After the hour put 1/4 to 1/2 a cup of heart healthy reduced fat Bisquick mix (depending on if you like lots of cobbler or just a little, you can adjust butter as well, I used 1/4 for both) into baking dish and mix. Bake for 10 more minutes.

Serve warm with ice cream or by its self! Two servings.

I enjoyed this this afternoon after an amazing dinner of coconut-lemon chicken and rice dish with lots of veggies and some cashews...yum! Super easy recipe, all in a rice cooker!

Let me know if you have an great recipes with small serving sizes!

Too Literal?

So I think I may have taken "Labor Day" a little to literally. Opps.

The 6 hours of Accounting have turned my brain to mush. Although I enjoyed snacking on fresh pumpkin-spice bread with walnuts. yum! I think I am off to paint a little and who knows what else. For now though, I am done with the "laboring" of the day.

Yummy Lemon Bars

I was craving lemon bars today and pulled out my super easy and favorite recipe. I didn't think to take pictures of the process, but it is so easy you will whip through it too.

Lemons Bars:

Crust:
1 cup flour
7 Tbsp. butter (you can use a substitute, but it isn't as good)
2 Tbsp. of powdered sugar

Combine flour, butter and powdered sugar and press evenly into 9x13 pan or they are very sophisticated in tart pans. Preheat oven to 350, you won't want to do this until this point. Refrigerate for 15 minutes, then bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until it is golden brown. Cool.

Filling:

3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup of lemon juice (or you could spice it up and use lime!)
2 Tbsp. flour

While the crust is baking/cooling, wisk eggs, sugar, lemons and flour in large bowl until it is smooth. Pour into crust.

Bake 15 to 18 minutes until it is set. Sift powdered sugar on top of hot bars.

I like to eat one right out of the oven, but I like right of the oven stuff. Cool for about 10 minutes and you are ready to serve. With a very light but definite taste it is sure to please. Let me know if you try these out!