Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Apple-Cinnamon Breakfast Risotto



Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup of butter (1/2 stick)
  • 4 medium Granny Smith Apples. peeled, cored, and diced
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cup Aborio rice
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 4 cups unfiltered apple juice at room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla 

Sauteed apples, cinnamon, salt and butter
Directions:
  1. Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. add apples, cinnamon and salt. cook and stir for 3 to 5 minutes or until apples begin to release juices
  2. Transfer the apple mixture into crock pot
  3. Add rice and stir to coat
  4. Sprinkle light brown sugar evenly over top
  5. Add apple juice and vanilla.
  6. cover and cook on high for 2 hrs (mine took a little closer to 2.5 hrs to cook)
Serve and enjoy! I made a huge amount of it and I am having it as a morning snack this week! its great to grab and go. you just pop it in the microwave and warm it up and it is absolutely delicious heated up! Simple and Easy!

Hope you all enjoy this and have an amazing day!

Nicole Keating
Emerald Beachbody Coach