breakfast apple crumble

Do you like apple crumble? How great is it on a cold winter’s night? It’s one of our faves!

Winter is a time for warm, tasty, satisfying food. Choosing nutrient poor, energy rich food over winter can wreck havoc on our waistline as it’s easy to overeat and consume more energy than our body needs. One of the tricks to eating well in winter, but still manage our appetite, is to boost the nutrition of our favourite meals, while still keeping them tasting great.

If that seems rather overwhelming to you, never fear. We’ve given one of our favourite desserts, apple crumble, a healthy makeover and it’s still just as delicious and satisfying, if not more, as it now boats a whopping 11g of fibre per serve! Thats over a third of your daily fibre needs!

In fact, this healthy version of apple crumble is so healthy, you can eat it for breakfast! Yep, now thats a great start to your day! With only 2 tsp of added sugar per serve, protein, heaps of fibre and calcium, this breakfast is a great contribution to a healthy diet. Give it a try this weekend. You won’t regret it!

breakfast apple crumble

Breakfast Apple Crumble

4.34 from 12 votes
Recipe Serves 8 people
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine Vegetarian

Ingredients
  

  • 6 apple, granny smith peeled and thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 cup water
  • 1 cup flour, wholemeal, plain
  • 1 cup oats, rolled
  • cup sugar, brown
  • 50 g butter soft and cubed
  • cup walnuts, raw crushed
  • ½ tsp nutmeg spice
  • cup psyllium husk
  • 15 g chia seeds (1 tbsp)
  • 800 g yoghurt, natural

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celcius.
  • Peel the green apples, remove the core and thinly slice. Place in a saucepan with 1 tsp of cinnamon and cover with water. Cover with lid, place over a hot stove and bring it to the boil. Reduce the heat, remove the lid and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until apples are soft and fragrant and the liquid has reduced a little. You do want the apples to be slightly watery. This is so the psyllium husk in the crumble can absorb this extra water giving both the apples and the crumble a great texture!
  • Meanwhile, to make the crumble: Mix the flour, oats, brown sugar, walnuts, remaining teaspoon of cinnamon, psyllium husk, chia seeds and nutmeg until well combined. Add the cubed butter and using your fingers rub the butter into the mixture until it resembles crumbs. Set aside.
  • Evenly place the apples along the bottom of an oven-proof ceramic dish or into the bottom of 8 individual serve ramekins. Top evenly with the crumble mixture. Bake for 20 or until the crumble is slightly golden.
  • Serve each portion of crumble with a generous dollop of yoghurt.
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