Not your mother's baked apples

I recently created this scrumptious new breakfast while trying to find other tasty ways to enjoy oatmeal and fruit.   Turns out this could also stand in as a dessert, it's that delicious.  Here's what I came up with and it's fast becoming a staple in my kitchen.

Here's what you'll need:

1 apple, with skin, cored and chopped (my current favorite is honey crisp)

1 zucchini, peeled and chopped (you can keep the peel on if you like the taste and if you buy organic)
1-2 T. raisins

1/2-1 t. cinnamon
1 T. dry sweetener (I use 1/2 Stevia and 1/2 coconut sugar)
2 T. water
a couple- three squeezes of fresh lime or lemon

Topping:  1/4 rolled oats, 1 T. chopped walnuts, 1 T. ground flax seed (**Lightly toast in a fry pan on the stove top while your apple/zucchini is cooking in the microwave.)

Toss first 7 ingredients together in a microwavable dish and cover loosely.

Set your microwave on power level 7 or 8 and cook for 5 minutes, depending on your microwave's output. You may want to give it another minute, but check it before you do.  Just make sure you have enough moisture so the contents doesn't dry out or burn.  Five minutes on power level 8 works perfect for me.

**While apple and zucchini are cooking, in a fry pan over medium heat, gently toast the oats, nuts and flax seeds for a few minutes, stirring frequently so it doesn't burn.  The flax seed will go from "perfect to burned in 5 seconds."  Remove from heat and set aside.

Sprinkle your oats over baked apple & zucchini and eat!  I like to stir my oats into the fruit and mix with the syrup at the bottom of the baked yummy stuff....and let the oats swell a bit.  Eat and Enjoy!

Ohsoyummersgoodforus!  Breakfast or Dessert!  You choose.  Hmmm, maybe I'll have for breakfast and dessert!

I've also made this on the stove top...just takes a bit more time, more attention, more stirring.  Do whatever floats your zucchini!