Baked pears with blue cheese, pecans and cranberries. These stuffed pears that are great for dessert

blue cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Goat cheese offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

pecans

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: almonds

Walnuts provide healthy fats and are often less expensive.

dried cranberries

🥗Healthier: fresh cranberries

💰Cheaper: raisins

Fresh cranberries are lower in sugar and raisins are a budget-friendly swap.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Maple syrup offers a unique flavor and is often less expensive.

Cut the washed and dried pears in half lengthwise and remove the seeds using a fruit spoon.

Combine the agave syrup and oil in a bowl, then brush each pear half thoroughly.

Place the pears with the skin side up in a baking dish and put them in the oven preheated to 190 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the diced blue cheese with cranberries and coarsely chopped nuts.

Carefully remove the baked pears from the oven and fill them with the blue cheese, cranberries and pecans.

Put the stuffed pears in the oven again, this time for 20 minutes and at a temperature of 190 degrees Celsius.

Serve the pears immediately after baking, while they are still hot or warm.

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