Awesome, adaptable recipe!

I have been talking with a few mommy-friends of mine and co-miserating about how hard it is to find new, healthy food options for our growing boys.  It's easy to get some initial foods established once they start to routinely eat solids:  basically, whatever you're eating they can eat it too!  But they eventually get bored with the same menu options all of the time as does mom!  They also start to eat larger portions so you end up needing to make more of whatever it is you're eating.  So, we're all in the same boat:  we need new, tasty, healthy and fairly easy/quick options for breakfast, lunch and dinner that will satisfy baby, mom and dad when he's eating with us! 
As many of you may know, my mother is a fantastic chef.  She is self-taught and really could make great money if she turned her hobby into a job but "that would take the fun out of it" she says.  I did not inherit her kitchen-savvy genes.  I can squeeze out some recipes and now that I'm a SAHM I certainly have more time to practice but I'm certainly not a natural!  If/when I find new things I will start posting them here to share the wealth and you can rest-assured they're not too complicated if I can master them! ;)
I found this recipe on the Rachael Ray show last week, tried it and loved it!  As did Declan!  My favorite part about the recipe is the paste and the apples.  These two elements can be adapted to almost any sandwich you can think of. Use the paste on a grilled turkey and cheese, throw some apple slices in there and you have a whole new thing!  Try it on a tortilla wrap and there's another option!  I'll give you the recipe as she calls for it and then explain some of my adaptations:

Rachael Ray's Apple Cheddar Turnovers:

6 slices whole wheat bread
1 small Gala apple finely diced
nutmeg
salt
lemon juice
1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese finely diced
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. maple syrup
canola cooking spray. 

mix your Dijon Mustard and maple syrup in a bowl.  Mix your diced apple and cheese in a separate bowl.  sprinkle some nutmeg on the apples and cheese, a pinch of salt and squirt a little lemon juice on there.  Mix thoroughly.  Roll out your six slices of bread with a rolling pin.  Spread the syrup/mustard paste on the bread.  Spoon about 1 spoonful of apple/cheese mixture onto the paste and fold over into a triangle.  Pop in the oven on a cookie sheet at 400' for 10 mins or until Golden Brown and ENJOY!

My adaptations:
I add a sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar to the apple/cheese mixture. 

I have a "thing" for Pink Lady apples!  I used one of these instead of a Gala.  She said on the show that any apple is fine.  I think a Golden Delicious or even a Grannysmith would be awesome with this recipe!

I tend to like "sweet" things rather than spicy. The Dijon mustard certainly has a bite to it!  So I swapped it out for a Honey mustard (which Rachael said to do on the show if you didn't like the Dijon) and liked it MUCH better!  It still has a little tang to it but without that firey aftertaste of the Dijon. 

The first time I tried rolling out the bread it didn't work that well (they definitely didn't look like the photo lol!) so I made it as a full-sized sandwich with 2 slices of bread  and it worked just fine! I've baked it at 400 for 10 mins and I've also grilled it up in a pan like a grilled cheese and both were delicious!

Just today, I made it with a few slices of roast turkey breast and it was awesome! 

I think next time I try the turkey sandwich idea, I'll "slice" the apple into think sheets rather than dice it into cubes.

I love the cheddar cheese but I'm sure any cheese would work as well.  Monterey jack or a colby jack block??

This is an excellent recipe!  The hardest part is the prep. (slicing the apples and cheese!)  The first time I did it I had enough apple/cheese mix leftover to keep it in the fridge overnight and make the sandwiches again the next day.  With the lemon juice in the mix it keeps the apples from browning.  So it might be ok to make the mixture in bulk and use throughout the week. 

Hope you enjoy!