Rhubarb Applesauce (Makes about 2 cups)

I’ve just started to make this delicious sauce in the last year or two…….now I wonder why I hadn’t put apples with rhubarb sooner. It’s a delicious way to share rhubarb with your family and friends.

3 cups apple wedges, peeled, cored and sliced into eighths
1 and 1/2 cups fresh or frozen diced rhubarb
1/4 cup sugar or Splenda granular
1/4 cup water
Few drops red food coloring, if desired

1. Place apples, rhubarb and water in microwave-safe
    2-quart casserole.

2. Sprinkle with sugar or Splenda, tossing to coat

3. Cover. Microwave on Full Power 15-20 minutes,     stirring once or twice to blend. Mash apples with a     potato masher, if you wish, near the end of the cooking     time.

4. Add a few drops of red food coloring, if you wish.

5. Serve as a sauce or accompaniment with poultry or     pork or as a toping for angel food cake or ice cream.

9. Continue baking 20-30 minutes more until topping is     golden and pie is set.