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April 17, 2006
CR Friendly Chocolate Hazelnut Pear Dessert
Last night I thought MR was going to have a major spiritual experience at the dinner table. He bit into my newest creation and began to laugh hysterically. "This is really good," he said, and continued to giggle and glow as he ate.
I got the idea from Luke, who had used his hazelnut oil on Nutella crepes. Then when we went to the CR Conference, I sampled some Walden Farms Calorie-Free chocolate sauce. Usually I don't like that kind of thing, but this particular product was quite yummy. I had it on fruit at the conference, and they had sent a ton of samples to the CR Society so MR took some home for us. I took a Trader Joe's low carb, no transfats tortilla, covered it with two tablespoons of Walden Farm's chocolate dip, put 1/4 cup of fat free ricotta on top of that, then put thinly sliced pears on top. Baked at 300 for about half an hour, till the tortilla was just barely beginning to brown. Then I took it out, topped with a teaspoon of hazelnut oil. You could put hazelnuts on it too if you wanted. MR loved it, and it looked so pretty! You could use other fruits as well... I think a blueberry one would be beautiful, and an apple would be good too. Even pumpkin at Halloween!
The amazing versitility of the Trader Joe's low carb tortilla continues to fascinate me. Praise to TJ's!
Posted by april at April 17, 2006 12:29 PM
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Speaking of pears, I recently discovered the easiest and tastiest dessert which even makes me eat fruit! (I am not a fruit or sweets fan). Some pears were going to go bad, so I peeled them and just steamed them with 2 lemon halves in plain water, for about 1/2 hour. I sprinkled them with cinnamon after they were soft. It was yummy and a great way for me to get in some fruits! I guess you can do the same thing with apples, peaches, appricots, etc.
Posted by: zeynep at April 17, 2006 12:40 PM