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Poached Pears
Diet Types:
Portions: 4
Serving Size: 1/2 pear
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 ’Anjou pears
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 2 cups cranberry juice
Nutrients per serving
Calories 165
Protein 0 g
Carbohydrates 30 g
Fat 5 g
Cholesterol 11 mg
Sodium 31 mg
Potassium 131 mg
Phosphorus 13 mg
Calcium 21 mg
Fiber 2.4 g
Preparation
- Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
- Cut pears in half and using a spoon scoop out seeds and stem.
- Make a thin slice across round part of pear, so that it lays flat in baking dish.
- Place pears skin side down in a baking dish and sprinkle tops with cinnamon and sugar mix.
- Place 1 teaspoon butter in the seed hole of each pear.
- Pour juice in bottom of pan.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350° F approximately 30 minutes or until pear is soft when poked with fork.
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Renal and renal diabetic food choices
- 2 fruit, low potassium
- 1 fat
Carbohydrate choices
2Helpful hints
- If your baking dish is shallow you may need less juice. The juice should only come halfway up the side of the pears.
- Pour juice over pears before serving if desired.
- For people with diabetes use low calorie cranberry juice and subar substitute instead of sugar.
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