Apple Crisps

Apples and pears

The color of the edible portion of fruits and vegetables reflects the presence of beneficial phytochemicals, such as carotenoids and flavonoids. White-flesh fruits and vegetables, such as apples and pears, are the most helpful.

Chicken and Apple Hash

Blueberries have the highest amounts of antioxidants of any fruit, and promote healthy vision, brain function and digestion. They’re also delicious when prepared as a smoothie. Chicken and Apple Hash is packed with low-fat, high-energy ingredients.

Sour Apple, sweet results

Dave Perry/The Explorer, Victoria Friel is the new owner of Sour Apple Fabrics and Home Boutique. One of her employees is daughter Taelur, right.

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Harvest - Dessert

Apple pie with ice cream was the perfect ending to a good meal at Harvest in Oro Valley.

A Maizing maze

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Trailers pulled by tractors, lined with bales of hay, take visitors to and from the pumpkin patch at Apple Annie's Produce and Pumpkins in Willcox.

Art in the classroom

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Rio Vista Elementary School music teacher Marcie Young leads a class during Camp APPLES last week at Amphitheater High School.

Finally! Quicker movies

Courtesy of New Line Cinema Fans of “The Golden Compass” had to wait until the movie came out on DVD to buy it, but a recent change at Apple means that movies will be available on iTunes the same day they hit stores.

Planet Smoothie

Planet Smoothie owner Michelle Williams puts together a Crazy Carnival Bowl, which is made with acai, mango, raspberry, apple, banana, granola and honey.

A Maizing maze

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Visitors walk through a corn maze at Apple Annie's Produce and Pumpkins in Willcox, Ariz. The three corn mazes cover 18 acres and have more than six miles of pathways.

A Maizing maze

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Families can either walk or have a hayride out to the pumpkin patch at Apple Annie's Produce and Pumpkins. Visitors can pick, cut and collect their own pumpkins from the patch.

Art in the classroom

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Jane Peterson, an art specialist at Lulu Walker Elementary School, laughs as she plays the hand drum at the Amphitheater's Camp APPLES (Arts Promotes Positive Learning Experiences for Students). About 45 teachers from across the district participated in the 3-day camp at Amphitheater High School last week.

The royal treatment

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Nine-year-old Marco Gonzalez who recently had a transplant, coats an apple wedge on a stick with chocolate and coconut.

A Maizing maze

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, "Passports" are given to corn maze-goers with questions pertaining to each checkpoint. The correct answer will send people in the correct direction.

I CAN COOK THIS! Indulge in the fruit of cacao

Explorer file photo, Remember that about four ounces of dark chocolate contain more than 500 calories. An apple, in comparison, contains only around 50 calories.