Pear Waldorf Pitas Recipe

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Here's a guaranteed table-brightener for a shower, luncheon or party. Just stand back and watch these sandwiches vanish. For an eye-catching presentation, I tuck each one into a colorful folded napkin. -Roxann Parker, Dover, Delaware

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Pear Waldorf Pitas Recipe

Prep: 10 min. + chilling

Yield: 10 Servings

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Ingredients

2 medium ripe pears, diced
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
1/2 cup halved seedless red grapes
2 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons lemon yogurt
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/8 teaspoon poppy seeds
10 miniature pita pockets, halved
Lettuce leaves

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the pears, celery, grapes and walnuts. In another bowl, whisk the yogurt, mayonnaise and poppy seeds. Add to pear mixture; toss to coat. Refrigerate for 1 hour or overnight.
Line pita halves with lettuce; fill each with 2 tablespoons pear mixture. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (prepared with fat-free yogurt and reduced-fat mayonnaise) equals 117 calories, 2 g fat (0 saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 165 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fruit.

Originally published as Pear Waldorf Pitas in Taste of Home August/September 2000, p27