Applesauce

When I was recuperating from my kidney cancer surgery, I couldn’t eat any raw foods. My insides had taken a beating, and raw foods were too hard to digest. This included my beloved apples and... pears, so I had to find another way to eat them. I settled on poaching them and, of course, making applesauce, which I came to love. It’s delicious.

At breakfast in the winter, I still eat applesauce nearly every day, usually with a dollop of Greek yogurt. I make mine with tart Braeburn or Pink Lady apples, though you can use your favorite. Just go easy on the syrup if you use one of the sweeter varieties.