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Pears!!!

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

It’s Saturday morning and I think it’s a good time to experience a little bit of the world of pears, shall we?

Today, I am experimenting (operative word experimenting) the baking of 3 kinds of pears: Anjou, Bosc, and Asian.

  • Pears have an average of 100 calories and roughly 25 grams of carbs.
  • They have about 30% more potassium than apples
  • b/c of their denseness they deliver more nutrition per calorie than calorie per nutrition.
  • They are also a good source of fiber and Vitamins C and E

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