{"id":918,"date":"2010-10-15T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2010\/10\/cook-with-me-friday-fresh-figs.html"},"modified":"2010-10-15T10:39:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T10:39:32","slug":"cook-with-me-friday-fresh-figs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2010\/10\/cook-with-me-friday-fresh-figs.html","title":{"rendered":"Cook with Me Friday: Fresh Figs Drizzled with Honey Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am going to a friend’s home for dinner tonight, and I volunteered to bring dessert. Why would this 50 pound weight-loss-winner, the voice of Our Lady of Weight Loss volunteer to bring – of all things – dessert?
\nBecause … Now, I have control over the most tempting of all courses!
\nAnd “why?” you ask,”Fresh Figs Drizzled with Love specifically?”
\nBecause – “Fresh Figs Drizzled with Love” is …
\n1. Delish!!! a 5 Yum Dessert
\n2. Healthy – It is made with real food; nothing processed about this baby.
\n3. Aesthetically Pleasing – Stunningly beautiful when arranged artfully on the perfect platter!
\n4. Easy to Make – only 5 ingredients.
\n5. Difficult to ‘Taste as you Make.’ (If I were making a tray of brownies, I’d want to lick the batter, taste it while baking, taste it when done.)
\n6. Fresh Figs are In Season! Available from June through October!
\nFresh Figs Drizzled with Love<\/strong>
\nIngredients<\/em>
\n1\/3 cup chopped walnuts
\n12 ripe figs
\n3 tablespoons whipped (reduced fat) whipped cream cheese
\nPinch of nutmeg
\n1\/3 cup honey
\n1\/4 cup orange zest
\nDirections<\/em>
\nOver medium heat, in small frying pan lightly toast walnuts (3 minutes or so).
\nPlace in plate to cool.
\nSlice the stems off the figs.
\nCut an “X’ in the top of each fig.
\nCut down into the fig – about 1 inch.
\nWith love and awareness squeeze each fig from the bottom to open it slightly.
\nSpoon 1\/2 teaspoon of the cheese into the opening of each fig.
\nSprinkle the nutmeg on top.
\nArtfully place figs on platter.
\nSprinkle with toasted walnuts.
\nDrizzle evenly with honey and love. (Don’t forget the love part, it infuses into the dessert!)
\nSprinkle with orange zest.
\nEnjoy!
\nSpread the word … NOT the icing!
\nJanice
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