As fall approached, Syracuse students took full advantage of the beautiful outdoors. With the leaves falling, the brisk air, and ripened apples, orchards flooded with people and Facebook flooded with photos. Abbott Farms and Beak and Skiff Apple Orchard are just some of the many orchards around the Syracuse area where students went to pick their fresh fruit, laugh and enjoy time well spent with friends.
Not
only was the day away from campus a great study break but also a healthy
activity! Grocery stores have bags of picked apples that are easily accessible
and sorted, but a trip to the orchard allows you to walk around and get in a
little exercise while picking your very own fresh and healthy snack. Junior
Rachel Schectman, in the picture to the left, enjoyed a nice little workout as she gathered apples and took a bite out of them as well.
Along with being a healthy snack, these apples are locally
grown crisp fruit. Bored of eating apples plain? Spruce it up with these
recipes for a fun and exciting new way to eat apples! A personal favorite is a
the Kraft Foods: Nilla – Apple Crisp which we tried this weekend with friends.
1. Food Network’s 2005, Ellie Krieger, Apple Muffin Recipe
2. Kraft Food’s Nilla Apple – Crisp
3. However if you want a quick snack try
some sliced apples with some peanut butter on the side.
Enjoy a
nutritious and fun time with friends at the apple orchard; even partake in
other fun activities after. At the end of your apple-picking take a stroll
through the corn maze or for something a little more relaxing, go enjoy a cup of hot apple cider with a cinnamon covered apple donut. Just remember eat them in
moderation! Be healthy, be happy!
Erin O’Shaughnessy
and Rachel Johnson
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