Pretty Pear Salad Recipe

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Sweetened cream cheese is a simple and satisfying way to dress up canned pears. Plus, they look so pretty on the table. For a different twist, you can use canned peaches in place of the pears.—Barb Marshall, Pickerington, Ohio

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Pretty Pear Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

2 cans (one 16 ounces, one 29 ounces) pear halves
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup seedless grapes, halved

Directions

Drain the pear halves, reserving 1 tablespoon of syrup. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and reserved syrup until smooth. Fill pear halves; top with grapes. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 230 calories, 10 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 92 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Pretty Pear Salad in Country Woman March/April 1996, p37