Apple pie is healthy, it has fruit doesn't it?!

I give myself the chance to take a break from exercising regularly and eating healthy around the holidays.

October thru December, I rarely step on the scale.

It's not very healthy, I know,

but I sure enjoy it!

I bake lots of goodies, and keep the holiday trays filled.

We live large…oh, yes!

My husband and I both have a sweet tooth!

We have lots of memories of yummy desserts our mothers used to make for our families.

I also have fond memories of baking with my mom and Nina for the holidays.

Making goodies for the holidays has always been a tradition for the women in my family,

and I intend to carry it on with our girls.

Since I love to bake, we bake all year long, but during the holidays I get to make traditional recipes, and try many new recipes that I don’t during the other months.

So needless to say, when January 1st arrived I was ready to get back into shape!

A few days ago, I finally decided to suck it up

(since I am getting tired of sucking it in :)

and I got on the scale…

I cried some…

Not really! 

But I did decide to get right back into a health regime.

Recently, I had my first trip back to the grocery store since the holidays,

I planned to spend more time in the produce section...but I didn’t.

…It’s a process!

You see…

I still had one pie crust left in the fridge.

So I had to buy apples for the pie crust, and vanilla ice cream to go with the apple pie.

(Because that is one of my hubby’s favorite desserts.)

Joc and I hurried home to bake this and surprise Matthew with a yummy after-dinner-dessert,

and the apple pie recipe that we used was delish!

Sweet Apple Pie

1 cup of sugar

1 tsp of cinnamon

1 tbs flour

1/4 cup of apple cider

2 tbs butter
4 cups of sliced apples

pie crust

bake at 350 for 90 minutes

Unfortunately, we had leftovers,

 so my diet didn't start the next day either,

but it was well worth it!