Recipe: Apple and Nut Sweet Treat

For a delicious after dinner snack, try this apple and nut spread on whole wheat crackers. This dish is actually a version of a traditional Jewish food called Charoseth, a symbolic dish served during the week of Passover.
Food weight: 1.5

Ingredients

Yield:  12 servings (serving size: 1/12^thof recipe, 57 grams or ~ 2 tablespoons)

• 2 Red Delicious apples, cored and cut into chunks
• 1 ½ cup walnuts, chopped coarsely
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
• 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons red table wine 

Directions

In a food processor, pulse apples until chopped into small bits. In a mixing bowl, add apples, walnuts, lemon rind, cinnamon, sugar and wine and blend by hand until all ingredients are well combined. Chill until serving.

Nutritional Information per Serving (1/12^thof recipe or ~ 2 tablespoons):
Food weight: 1.5, Calories: 128, Fat: 10 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 1 mg,
Carbohydrate: 9 g, Dietary Fiber: 2 g, Sugars: 6 g, Protein: 2 g