Honey Baked Pear with an Oat, Date and Almond Topping

Guess whose a happy girl?

After a week of wearing the dreaded cone, Harley’s rash has healed and I was able to take the cone off of her. In true Harley style, having the cone on was anything but easy. Besides her being generally miserable and refusing to eat for the first couple of days, there were 2 particularly annoying parts of the cone:

1.) The first night she had it on, Harley walked around whining and pacing my bedroom the entire night. You’d think she would tire herself out, which she would for 20-30 minutes at at time, but then she’d be back at it. It.sucked.

2.) While driving with her in my backseat, I had the window cracked for her. Harley took it upon herself to put it all the way down (yes, she just pushes the button), and just as I was telling her to get her head back in the car so I could put it up, Harley’s cone got stuck in the window. She panicked and frantically backed out of it, and with that, her cone, collar, and leash all went flying out of my window and onto the busy road. After having a mild heart attack watching cars dodge it, I was able to run into the middle of the road and recover her gear! This obviously did not phase Harley, and after I put the cone back on, she kept crying for me to open the window again.

She’s nuts!

We celebrated her cone freedom by going for a lunchtime hike today. It was cooler but nice out, and as usual around here, the views were pretty!

Moving onto food, this morning’s breakfast was a good one. I had a pear that was passing its prime and needed to be used ASAP (Anyone else feel like pears go from being underripe to being overripe in like half a day??), and I was feeling a little creative, so I came up with the idea to bake it with some honey, oats, cinnamon & date yumminess.

First I sliced my pear and layered it in a small baking dish.

Next I combined a few dates, old fashioned oats, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt in my food processor, then I spooned it over the pears. I drizzled honey over top and sprinkled honey slivered almonds evenly around.

After baking it for about 20 minutes, I practically inhaled my bowl of warm gooey pear. It turned out to be a healthy sweet tooth satisfier – at 9 am! Sometimes I eat things that pass as a meal but could really also be a dessert. No complaints here! 🙂

Honey Baked Pear with an Oat, Date & Almond Topping

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Servings 1

Calories 390 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 ripe Bosc pear
• 1 TBSP honey
• 2 TBSP honey slivered almonds
• 3 pitted dates
• 1/4 cup old fashioned oats dry
• 1/4 TSP cinnamon
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375. Coat a small baking dish with cooking spray.
• Slice the pear, then layer in the baking dish.
• Combine the oats, dates, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor, and pulse until oats are fine and dates are chopped into pieces. Spoon on top of pear slices.
• Add almonds and drizzle honey over pear.
• Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until pear is tender and almonds are lightly browned.
• Transfer to a bowl or plate, and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 390kcalCarbohydrates: 77gProtein: 7gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gFiber: 11g

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Question: Do you ever eat dessert-like meals or nosh on snack foods/meals as a nighttime dessert?

I sometimes eat a Greek yogurt, granola bar or chocolate protein bar for a late night treat. And I would definitely make this pear dish as dessert sometime!