Pear & Cranberry Crisp

Pear & Cranberry Crisp

4 pears cut into pieces
1/4 Cup of craisens
Dash of Nutmeg
1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
splash of lemon to coat the pears
1 Tsp of vanilla

Combine in a large bowl, stirring to combine. Add pears; toss gently to coat. Spoon pear mixture into a shallow 2-quart baking dish lightly coated with cooking spray.

Top with favorite Crisp recipe

• 1/4  cup  all-purpose flour ( I did not use my coconut or almond flour, next time I will)
• 1/2  cup  regular oats
• 1/4  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 3  tablespoons  chilled butter, cut into small pieces

Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle flour mixture over pear mixture.
Bake at 375° for 35 minutes or until topping is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes.


Mine was loosely based on this recipe from Cooking Light, I had forgotten where to find it and did the first portion by memory, before finding another recipe with a crisp topping and used it.  Gingered Pear Crisp.


I love crisp's and so does my husband, even when he's not a big fan of the fruit used.  This one turned out great even with improvising a bit on the fruit part.  I had to use the lovely pears that come in our Farm Fresh to You box, dear hubby loved it.

I'm not quite a food photographer, but I am having lot's of fun working on it.  I've also come to realize I'm not good at living on a strict diet.  I will get better, especially since I can tell now much more so when I've eaten things with gluten, it hurts.  I've never been one to visit the doctor much, but I may need to have this clarified a bit more, and see if I have an allergy, intolerance, or if it is just a sensitivity that I only need to partly reduce this in my diet.  I know that I feel better not eating it, but some of these things taste so good.  I will have to know for sure before I give them up entirely.

I wonder how many other people are like that?  I have some co-workers who are not willing to give anything up to have a longer life, they are older and I'm pretty sure they are set in their ways.  I personally would like a long and healthy life, if reducing things gives me a better quality then I'm game.

Well, tonight I'm finishing up a GF chocolate cake, I will be layering it tomorrow like this recipe, and having it for my birthday desert.  I will post pictures later and share the excitement.  This whole PCOS adventure has turned up the most interesting ways to cook, eat, and look at life.  One day I will look back at this and see all the progress I've made, and hopefully I will have accomplished all of my goals, and making new ones.