The ultimate fall salad! Maple glazed pears, toasted pecans & mixed greens come together in this goat cheese salad. Perfect combo of sweet and savory! Maple Pear & Goat Cheese Salad You know you’ve hit the salad jackpot when your 16-year old son stands at the kitchen counter after dinner, eating up every last bite…
Updated Waldorf Salad Cups Recipe
Pull out this salad cups recipe from Andie Mitchell’s cookbook for a fantastic, healthy take on Waldorf salad! 303 calories and 6 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP My father-in-law is famous in our family for saying that “Life is electrically neutral”, meaning that the positives and negatives that we encounter in life tend to balance each…
Easy Appetizer: Pear & Blue Cheese Crostini Recipe
This easy crostini appetizer has all of the flavors of fall. Pear slices and blue cheese lend a perfect salty-sweet flavor to this seasonal recipe. Every time I bring home pears from the grocery store, I get the same reaction from my boys…a fist pump and a hug. That makes me wish that pears were…
Mini Brie & Pear Appetizer Quesadillas Recipe
These mini quesadillas with melted Brie cheese, pear, cranberries and hazelnuts make the perfect bite-sized appetizer at only 57 calories apiece. As much as I love a good cookie at Christmastime, it’s really about the Brie. In fact, it’s a little too much about the Brie sometimes (says my jeans, not my heart). It was…
What’s Cookin’…Best Blogger Pear Recipes
Fall is when the sweetest pears appear at the farmers’ markets, and everyone is baking and cooking them. Here is a collection of inspired and inspiring pear recipes. There is a reason that my friends are sending me texts that read things like, “You’re loving this, aren’t you?” or “I can see your smile from…
Grilled Pear, Goat Cheese & Prosciutto Crostini Recipe
An easy New Year’s Eve crostini appetizer, with grilled pears, goat cheese, prosciutto and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. This is always a bittersweet time of year for us. We’re experiencing the post-Christmas blues after saying good-bye to my parents and in-laws, and reminiscing about plenty of silly moments. At the same time, we look…
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe with Brie, Pear & Hazelnuts
There’s nothing quite as comforting as a grilled cheese sandwich on a cold day. This vegetarian version pairs gooey, melted Brie cheese with sweet pears, toasted hazelnuts and arugula. Whenever I make a grilled cheese sandwich, I get a sudden craving for a bowl of soup, preferably tomato. This certainly is born straight from the…
Caramel & Sea Salt Pear Pancake Recipe
There’s something about burning calories that makes good food taste great. Runner’s World Magazine recently published an article on pancakes, touting them as one of the most-craved foods following a long run. Pancakes, breakfast burritos, bacon, homefries…it all sounds pretty darn good to me after exerting any sort of energy. But okay, let’s stick with…
Gorgonzola Cheese Cups with Pear & Hazelnut Green Salad Recipe
I’m bringing these fun Gorgonzola Cheese Cups filled with a Pear and Hazelnut Green Salad to a surprise virtual baby shower. There’s nothing more exciting than the imminent arrival of a new baby. When that baby is coming to someone as sweet as Jen of My Kitchen Addiction and her husband, that calls for a…
Asian Slaw with Cashews, Pear & Ginger Dressing Recipe
I’m not kidding when I say that I could eat this salad all day long. Not only is it dressed with a vinaigrette made of some of my favorite flavors, ginger and sesame, but it is healthy and refreshing, which is a nice contrast to some of the heavier stews and soups that are passing…
Crockpot Pear & Ginger Applesauce Recipe
This easy pear and ginger applesauce takes very little effort when made in the slow cooker. It’s great when eaten on its own or as a condiment or ice cream topper. There are times when it’s best not to mess with tradition. When it comes to our Family Crockpot Applesauce Recipe (care of my mother-in-law),…
Pork Tenderloin with Pear, Shallot & Vermouth Sauce Recipe
(Note: Remember to enter my cookbook giveaway. The deadline is today at 4 pm PST.) Shortly after my second son was born, my parents came to visit, offering invaluable help and moral support. Most of their assistance came in the form of the usual grandparent-ly duties – playing with my eldest son, doing laundry, making…
Spiced Pear Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar & Oat Streusel Recipe
We finally picked the rest of the pears off of our prolific Charlie Brown pear tree. Its little branches have finally sprung back up to their pre-fruit bearing days and it seemed to breathe an audible sigh of relief as we picked the last pear. After indulging in my Pear, Blueberry and Ginger Cobbler recipe,…
Pear, Blueberry & Ginger Cobbler Recipe
Growing up, one of my fondest Christmas traditions was watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special. Despite Linus’ heartfelt telling of the Christmas story, Schroeder’s upbeat Christmas medley, and Snoopy’s hilarious antics, the star of the show was the spindly, but proud, Charlie Brown Christmas tree. I am reminded of that tree each time I walk…