{Clean Eating Pear Crumble}

Want a quick and healthy dessert?? I have one for you! This is super easy and super delicious! Last week, my kids and I, went to visit my Mom. She only lives 5 minutes away luckily! We went for a walk and went to check on the pears on the family's pear tree. My Grandma has been canning these pears for pear preserves but luckily there were a few left that we could reach! My daughter got a big kick out of picking these pears! There were huge and sweet!

Gorgeous right?

She was so excited!! 

When we got home...I knew I wanted to make something with these lovely pears....so this is what I made! It was a huge hit!

Clean Eating Pear Crumble

• 1/2 cup oats (I used old fashioned oats)
• 1/4 cup organic Sucanat (any organic unrefined sugar will work)
• 2 tbsp. whole wheat flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tbsp. coconut oil
• 3 pears (medium to large size) **diced into cubes
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• coconut or olive oil cooking spray
• organic whipped topping, TruWhip or Organic Vanilla Ice Cream for topping (if desired)

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

Combine oats, Sucanat, four, salt, cinnamon and coconut oil and mix well. I used my hands for this. 

Place diced pears in a 2 1/2 qt. dish that has been sprayed with coconut oil/olive oil spray. Drizzle with lemon juice and stir to combine. Add crumble topping. Spray the top with cooking spray.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until pears are fork tender and topping is golden brown. 

Add desired topping and DEVOUR!! :)

Dijon and Pear Kale Salad

Kale is kind of THE perfect food! It has iron, antioxidants, vitamins, lowers cholesterol, decreases inflammation in the body and even detoxes your body! Really?? That is amazing!! The trick is finding a way that you can enjoy Kale so that you can easily eat it all the time!! My favorite way to eat kale is either in a green smoothie or a marinated salad. Kale can be slightly hard to eat raw....if you ask me. The trick is making a delicious dressing and letting the kale marinate in the dressing for a few hours before you eat it. It absorbs the dressing and softens! SO good!!! My husband devours this salad! He loves to take it for lunch because it is just as good leftover! Perfect to mix up a huge batch, separate in Tupperware and eat all week!

Dijon and Pear Kale Salad

{Serves 4}

• 1 small bunch of Kale (hard stems removed and chopped) **I used 1/2 bag of pre-washed and chopped Kale from Trader Joes
• 1 bartlett pear (sliced in bite size pieces)
• 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp. Braggs Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1 tbsp. Dijon Mustard
• 2 packs of stevia
• salt and pepper to taste

Add chopped kale and pear to large salad bowl. In a mason jar or small bowl, combine olive oil, vinegar, mustard, stevia, salt and pepper. Shake or stir until combined thoroughly and add to salad. Mix salad until all of the kale is covered with dressing. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. 

Enjoy!!!