Eat and Enjoy Fruit!

Eat and Enjoy Fruit!

I'm climbing up on my soapbox today because far too many "wellness gurus" out there are demonising fruit due to the fructose it contains, and advising people to cut it out. Or telling you which fruits are "good" and "bad" according to how much fructose they contain.
There are legitimate concerns about the prevalence of High Fructose Corn Syrup in soft drinks and processed foods, and the stress this can place on our body as it tries to metabolise it.
But cutting out fruit - or demonising certain fruits that are higher in natural fructose - is absolute madness. 

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Baked Pears with Raspberries

Baked Pears with Raspberries

Fruit for dessert? Too boring! Not if you bake it! It's so much easier to bake fruit than poaching them. And pears are one of the best fruits to bake!
This recipe is so crazy-simple it almost doesn't qualify as a recipe. But it's so warming and delicious on a cold winter's evening, and so utterly satisfying I had to share it.
Trust me - you don't need to add any sweetener at all to this dish. The pears are sweet enough.

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