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"These muffins are very, very yummy! They are juicy from the pears and so chocolatey good! Mmmm! This recipe originally was meant to make a cake, but I liked it better as a muffin. Naturally this means that the dough is stiffer and the muffins come out more cake like. I hope you enjoy!"

Ingredients: chocolate chips, cocoa powder...

"This recipe is from Tesco, a yummy & filling breakfast or lunch on the go."

Ingredients: clear honey, ice cubes, pears...

"Spinach, cream cheese, walnuts and pears are rolled up and sliced for this delicious, make-ahead appetizer. I love this as a lunch time sandwich too since it holds well in a lunch sack.
This recipe calls for lahvosh which can be hard to find; just substitute a good quality flour tortilla instead and ignore the instructions for preparing the dried..."

Ingredients: fresh spinach leaves, cream cheese with chives...

"From Cooking Light (October 2001). I love pears, and they are wonderful in salads. Some feta and/or some nuts (pecans, walnuts) would also be good in this."

Ingredients: Dijon mustard, honey...

"Fresh Pear Cake"

Ingredients: eggs, nuts, pears...

"This yummy and super-rich chocolate brownie recipe has been adapted from a recipe by Maggie Beer, a revered Australian chef and author of many cookbooks. If Sangiovese Verjuice is not available use any Verjuice; and you could use glacé cumquat, ginger - or whatever glacé fruit you like instead of the pear - and you could use a mixture..."

Ingredients: egg yolks, eggs, pears...

"My kids love this healthy snack"

Ingredients: honey, lemon juice, pears...

"I used raspberry flavored dried cranberries in this recipe.

I make tea breads in an oversized muffin tin. The twelve muffins equal 2 loaves of tea bread. Of course the baking time for loaves would be longer than for the oversized muffins.

Individually wrapped, they freeze well."

Ingredients: ground cardamom, dried cranberries...

"Serve these warm or cold, but do serve them freshly baked. (If you do want to eat them later zap in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds to refresh.) I like them just the way they are but you could spread with some low fat spread and honey or jam."

Ingredients: eggs, golden raisins...

"Good for diabetics. It has no artificial sugar, deriving its sweetness from pear concentrate, apples and prunes. If pear concentrate is not available, I'm sure apple juice or similar would be fine. The original recipe by Judy Davie called for semolina but I substituted wholemeal flour with great results. You are always welcome to try it with semolina...."

Ingredients: eggs, warm water, margarine...

"From Cooking Light (April 2001). This is one I haven't tried, but I've been trying to use more tofu, and this recipe looks interesting."

Ingredients: salad greens, green tea...