CINNAMON APPLE BREAD

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cinnamon apple bread

Time to turn on the oven. We’re making Cinnamon Apple Bread.

Up until this point my time spent baking sweet breads could be broken down into the following ratios:

  • 90% banana 
  • 5% zucchini
  • 5% pumpkin

As you can see, banana bread has been the OG around here not only because it’s f-ing delicious, but because it’s also great way to use up an overload of ripe bananas. Tied for second and third place: zucchini and pumpkin bread. Apple bread on the other hand has never even been on my radar. Am I alone here? How come apple bread has never had its viral moment? Don’t we all have a glut of apples on hand in the fall/winter too?

Well things are a’changing in my kitchen. While I am pretty sure this post won’t be the one to take apple bread viral, it’s no fault of the recipe. It’s f-ing delicious.

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HOLIDAY COOKING ROUND-UP

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Every year Thanksgiving week surprises me. How does the calendar hit September and then it’s Thanksgiving the very next day? Despite the fact that I am never prepared, it is perhaps my favorite holiday because I love holiday cooking.

Below is a selection of my turkey day fan favorites, some from me and some well-vetted from elsewhere. I hope one or two of them ends up on your holiday table!

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MUSHROOM STRATA WITH GRUYERE AND THYME

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This Mushroom Strata with Gruyere and Thyme would be an ideal accompaniment served alongside roasted turkey at your holiday table. I firmly stand by my belief that strata > stuffing. Both are bready casseroles but stratas swap stock for milk and cheese. In my book the addition of dairy is always a good thing.

If you aren’t a mushroom person (gasp!), you could substitute in browned bulk Italian sausage and/or sautéed leeks and celery for a more traditional vibe.

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THE DISORDERED EATING SPECTRUM: FROM INTUITIVE EATING TO EATING DISORDERS

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Disordered Eating Spectrum

Eating happens on a spectrum.

On one side might be something like normal eating or intuitive eating. Whatever you want to call it, we are at this end of the spectrum when we are aware of and honor our body’s hunger/fullness cues most of the time, understand how different foods and food mixes make us feel, integrate sound nutrition science if desired and/or necessary without sacrificing mental health, see all foods as neutral, allow food to be more than just sustenance; eat without worry, guilt or shame; and more.

On the opposite end are clinical eating disorders (EDs). EDs include anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia (which is actually much more common), bulimia, binge-eating disorder, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. Criteria to be diagnosed with an any given ED is strict by definition. EDs have the second highest mortality rate of any mental illness, lagging just behind opioid addiction. And while you might think EDs are rare, about 9% of Americans will struggle with one in their lifetime. That number is thought to be a conservative.

In between these two ends of the spectrum is a lot of gray space.

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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: NUTRITION IN PERSPECTIVE

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I am passionate about food and I value health. As a dietitian, I am interested in how the former impacts the latter. But I will sing from the rooftops

NUTRITION IS FAR FROM EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH.

In fact, our individual behavior is just one small piece of the bigger picture health puzzle. Yes, it’s empowering to know we have some sway over our health. However, research on the social determinants of health – the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age – demonstrates that’s all it is, some.

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