I love apple sauce in any weather. The thought of turning on the oven to make some right now? Or lighting up the stove? In this heat? Not a good one. What to do? Make raw apple sauce. It’s tart, tangy, refreshing and delicious. On top of that, “uncooking” cuts back on energy consumption. It also keeps the house nice and cool –as cool as it can be on these 90 plus degree days.
It seems as though the heat got to my older son this afternoon. He was out for a good part of the day at rock climbing camp and arrived home slightly fatigued and tired looking.
I pondered the possibility of mild dehydration and gave him a tall glass of water and more after that, however by dinner time he said he had a pretty bad headache. I put him in a tepid bath with Epsom salts and that didn’t quite do the trick. Next I added sea salt to his water to get him to retain some extra fluid and catch up on hydration. Then came the magnesium which sometimes works for me in a pinch; all of this to no avail.
Finally he came up with a solution — green tea. I gave him a small cup of it and in less than 15 minutes he was back to his usual self –bouncing off the walls. Well, not quite, by 7:30 pm he was begging for me to tuck him into bed. And of course I obliged. The good news? His headache was long gone and he quickly drifted off to sleep. He even managed to eat some of this apple sauce before bedtime and commented on how much he liked its tangy flavor.
Raw Apple Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in food processor
- Process for 2-3 minutes, stopping as necessary to scrape sauce down the sides
- Serve
Equipment
As you can imagine, this smooth, soothing sauce is a comforting summer dish; I especially like that the cinnamon and lemon provide warming elements to balance out the coolness of the raw apples.
This gluten free raw apple sauce is delicious plain or as a condiment –we ate it straight up this evening, though I think I might try it over pancakes. If you made this raw apple sauce, would you eat it plain or serve it with something?
Laurie Rodd says
Try looking on your low cost to clearance racks or tables. Walmart has $1 bags of apples and pears most times. Use a Vitamix if you have one. Add a pinch of Himalayan salt, 1/2 tsp. ascorbic acid and a squirt of lime juice. never any “browning” then. I just wash my apples well, no peeling and put in the machine.
enjoy this raw!
Elana says
Thanks Laurie!