Pear and Apple Sauce
Diabetic Friendly Recipe
Pack your fruit bowl with pears if you want to lose weight, reports a study out of the University of Rio de Janeiro. In the study, which was published in the journal of Nutrition, women who ate three pears a day consumed fewer total daily calories and lost more weight than those who did not. Pears are rich in fiber (one pear packs 15 percent of your daily recommended amount), and thus, pears should help you feel full and keep you from over-eating.
Recipe Ingredients
2 ripe Anjou or Bose pears
2 Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples
1/2 cup fresh cranberries
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
4 walnut halves
Recipe Directions
Cut pears and apples in half and core.
Place in medium-size saucepan with remaining ingredients except walnuts and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer over low heat 10 to 20 minutes until fruit is tender. Discard cinnamon stick.
Strain through food mill and serve warm or chilled, chopped with a walnut half.
Nutrition information per serving (1/4 of recipe):
Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories: 95;
Fat: 2g;
Cholesterol: 0mg;
Sodium: 1mg;
Carbohydrates: 21g;
Fiber: 3;
Protein: 1g;
Exchanges: 1-1/2 Fruit
See also:
Pear and Apple Saute
Apple Pear Salsa
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