Buttermilk Grosses Me Out: Using Up Some of Those Apples

So I have a couple of 2 inch thick cut pork chops from Hinkebein Hills Farms that have been looking at me, begging to be used, every time I open the downstairs freezer. After arriving home with some newly acquired apples from Centennial Farms, I decide to defrost those chops, brine them, and cook them up for dinner tomorrow. Today, I will make some applesauce to serve alongside those monster-sized chops.
A couple of years ago, there was a recipe for a microwave applesauce in Everyday Food Magazine. The magazine is boxed up in the basement somewhere, and the recipe is nowhere to be found online. So I can't link it, but here's how I recreate it from memory.

Select 4 charming looking, locally grown apples.

Peel them. Cut them into 1 inch pieces and put them in a bowl.

Find a lemon half somewhere in the fridge.

Squeeze lemon over the cut apples. (That is some amazing self photography and I don't mind saying it.)

Sprinkle with a little sugar, a pinch of salt, a dash of cinnamon and a couple grinds of nutmeg.

Cover with some plastic wrap and microwave for 10 minutes.

While the apples are cooking, I will share something with you.
There are points within this blog, where I realize that by withholding certain pieces of personal information about myself, I can present myself as a little less BSC than I really am. This is one of those points. I don't need to share this info with you, but feel compelled to. Here it goes. I don't put those apple peels in the compost. I put them in a little bowl and every time I walk through the kitchen, I snack on them. The peel is possibly the best part of the apple, and just because it doesn't belong in applesauce, doesn't mean that I am going to throw it away. Its just too wasteful, and I cannot compel myself to waste a perfectly tasty apple peel.

Here's a bowl of my little snacky treats!