Monday, May 9, 2011

Healthy-ish Dessert

This is one of our favorite desserts- that you won't feel too guilty eating....only a little : )

It's from college friend, master cook, and now mother of twin girlies- Shelly

Desserts with fruits are the best!

Featured Ingredients:


Hazelnuts: High in vitamins, minerals and protein of course. More of a buttery tasting nut- super delicious roasted. Make sure you rub off the skins after you roast them a few minutes. O- and chocolate hazelnut spread..a nice way to cheat and pretend you are eating some healthy nut-butter. I compared it to peanut butter and its about the same in calories and fat- just a whole lot higher in sugar. (Totally worth it though- I eat it with a spoon) 


Mascarpone- italian cream cheese made with creme fraiche...ummm- Yuuuuuumm. Okay this baby is hiiighh in fat- I won't lie. But hey- it has calcium haha. And this recipe only uses a little dollop! 




FYI- Most of the time we use Grill-Pans on the stove. Less hassle. Also- we use Organic Chocolate Hazelnut Spread with no hydrogenated oils instead of Nutella brand.


                     Grilled Pineapple with Nutella

¼ cup hazelnuts
¼ tsp. pure vanilla
1/3 cup mascarpone cheese
1/3 cup Nutella
3 Tb whipping cream
olive oil
1 pineapple- ½ inch in thick slices

Toast hazelnuts in oven 7min. Rub them to get skins off. Chop. In a small bowl- stir mascarpone, vanilla in other bowl combine Nutella and cream. Microwave until warm. Stirring 1 min. total.

Lightly oil grill rack, cook 3 mins,

Drizzle nutella sauce over Dallop mascarpone
Mixture atop sprinkle nuts.

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