{"id":10106,"date":"2011-10-26T11:40:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=10106"},"modified":"2011-10-26T15:17:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T20:17:19","slug":"enjoying-fall-pears-with-jessica-from-life-as-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/26\/enjoying-fall-pears-with-jessica-from-life-as-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Fall Pears with Jessica from Life as MOM"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Tis the season for pears, and Jessica from GoodCheapEats<\/a> and Life as MOM<\/a> is here to give you a few great ideas of what to make with them.<\/em>
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\nI’m taking some time this week to get caught up on work, get my manuscript off to my editor and whatnot. If you follow me on Twitter<\/a>, you’ll know that Kjell was referred to Mayo Clinic<\/a>, and we’ll be headed there next month. Thanks so much for all your kind thoughts and prayers. Jessica graciously offered to step in while I get caught up, and I will have a fun giveaway for you later and a recipe to go with it, so stay tuned!<\/em>
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\nPears were not a fruit I knew well as a child. In fact, canned pears were the only ones to appear on our family table. It wasn\u2019t until I lived a year in France when \u201cmy French mom\u201d interrogated me as to why I wouldn\u2019t eat them.

\nThey\u2019re mushy and mealy.<\/em>

\nI no longer remember how to say that en francais<\/em>, but she got my point — and proceeded to peel a yellow pear she had sitting in a bowl on the table. What she handed me in no way resembled the pears of my youth. Oh my.

\nIt\u2019s almost a Proustian moment, when I think about it. Sweet, juicy, and not at all mealy. Delicious!

\nFrom then on, I realized the beauty of the pear. And since it is one fruit that is extremely affordable during the fall and winter months, it\u2019s one I serve often at my table. Pears are an every day kind of food for my<\/em> children.
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One of the tricks I learned along the way was to buy them green. Let them ripen on the counter, and you won\u2019t have the overripe, bruised fruit you may have encountered in the past.
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\nRecently, I ordered an extra ten pounds of Clear Lake pears from our organic produce co-op. They were fantastic. We ate many fresh. We baked and devoured cakes and muffins. I made pear sauce in the crockpot<\/a>. And we even tried Shaina\u2019s fruit leather trick<\/a> with the leftover sauce. My children thought I was a genius and cried when \u201cthe candy\u201d was all gone.
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Got a windfall of Fall or Winter pears? Enjoy one of these delicious ways with pears:
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::Maple Vanilla Roasted Pear Parfaits<\/a> | Simple Bites
\n::Vanilla Spice Pear Butter<\/a> | goodLife {eats}
\n::Spiced Pear Cake<\/a> | Life as MOM
\n:: Reisling Poached Pear Tart<\/a> | Roost Blog
\n::Spiced Pear Sour Cream Bundt Cake<\/a> | 5 Dollar Dinners
\n::Crock Pot Ginger Pearsauce<\/a> | Cookin’ Canuck
\n::Apple Pear Sauce with Caramel Cider Vinaigrette<\/a> | Food + Words
\n::Brie and Pear Tart<\/a> | A Spicy Perspective
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\nPears are such a luscious and versatile fruit, you really can\u2019t go wrong.
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\"Jessica<\/td>\nA foodie at heart, Jessica Fisher has learned to reconcile a tight budget with her love for great food. As a busy mom of six voracious eaters, she regularly shares healthy, delicious and budget-friendly recipes at GoodCheapEats<\/a>. She also writes at her parenting blog, LifeasMOM<\/a>. Her first book is due out Fall 2012 from Harvard Common Press<\/a>.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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