Baked Apples

I've recently revisted my quinoa cookbook and found a wealth of delicious sounding recipes that I had previously ignored. This recipes is not one of those. I knew from the moment I read it that I had to make it. And with John and I trying to eat well, this recipe really fit the bill for an after dinner snack.

Please read below for culinary bliss:

1/3 c. quinoa
4 Gala apples, cored
1/2 c. toasted slivered almonds
2 tbsp brown sugar
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1 c. blueberries
1 c. yogourt

Cook the quinoa until fluffy.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut a piece of parchment aper to fit a baking dish. Make a shallow cut around the midsection of each apple to allow movement of the skin during baking. Stand the apples in the baking dish.

Combine quinoa with toasted almonds, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and allspice. Add the berries and spoon the mixture into the cored apples and around the base. Loosely place a piece of foil over the top of the pan to prevent the apples from burning.

Bake for 35 minutes until apples are tender. Remove from the oven, place in individual bowls and add a dollop of yogourt on the side, sprinkled with cinnamon.