Gluten Free Caramelized Pear and Havarti Pastry

Ahoy hoy!


As I sit here I should probably be packing for training that I have in Toronto tomorrow but... isn't oogling over photos of pastry like wayyyyy more important?!


You're right. It absolutely is. I knew I could count on you to be the voice of reason in this situation.

So the lovely folks at Arla Dofino have been kind enough to allow me to try some of their delicious Havarti cheese. Havarti just sounds fancy doesn't it? Like you're not just regular cheddar. No, sir. You are a legitimately delicious, melty, exquisite fancy cheese that deserves it's own label and beautiful cheese board.

GIVEAWAY ALERT

OMG YES JUST LIKE THAT ONE! 

What's that you say? YOU SMELL A GIVEAWAY AND ALSO DELICIOUS PASTRY!?!

My goodness you really are on fire, aren't you?

So yes. Giveaway details at the end of this post OKAY?!

Moving on to this:

The second I gave my family the green light that this food item had been photographed and was A-OK for public consumption it started to disappear verrrrry quickly.


Not only that but it made the house smell like a darling little rustic cottage house in Tuscany...


Ok. I don't know what that would smell like but THAT WOULD BE WHAT IT'S LIKE IN MY MIND!




Crisp pastry, creamy Havarti and perfectly caramelized pears -- but without all the sugar and unhealthy refined flour of your average pastry.


Yep.

I would never ever believe the person who told me there were health benefits to eating this:

Emotional benefits?


Heck, yes. But why have one when you can have both?!


I think this makes a great appetizer when its cut into charming little triangles. But let's face it -- you could quickly eat enough of this to count as a meal without even meaning to!

Let's check out the recipe!

Valentines Day Recipe Round-Up

OH BOY!





So in the name of honesty, which is usually the tone I write in on this bloggy, I have had 16 major meltdowns probably in just the past two weeks. Two days. Today. OKAY SINCE THIS MORNING.



Now I am sure I can chalk some of that up to hormones and physical stress (weightlifting why you make me cry pls) but a big part of that stress is having no 'ME' time. I look at friends with children and cannot imagine how that would feel. If someone tossed a baby my way right now I would be like..OK baby. It's time to find you a job. You need to be a productive baby because mama is crying about her slowly sloping and melting cake that needs to go out for an order in an hour.


BEFORE 'me' time was usually spent blogging, drafting up new recipes and taking beautiful high quality photos of cupcakes.


Now...It looks more like me trying to find 5 minutes to thread my own eyebrows Saturday morning but mostly it's spent applying concealer to try and convey to the world -- HECK YAH I CAN DO IT ALL - LOOKIT ME -- AWE YEA -- BRIGHT EYED SUMMER IS READY FOR U WORLD. Magically Friday nights turn to Monday mornings and my weightlifting gear is thrown all over the place and my laundry is on my computer chair and I can't remember which office I am supposed to drive to.


WHERE DO I WORK. GET OUT OF MY WAY. WHY ARE YOU DRIVING SO SLOW. WHY ARE YOU TAILGATING ME, I'M NOT DRIVING FAST ENOUGH?! JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH.



Anyways -- the moral of the story is I really wish I had more time to blog and take pretty pictures -- there will be a new recipe SOON as well as a contest that I will be publishing third week-ish of the month so please stay tuned for DAT.


In the mean time I thought I would round up my Valentines Day Recipes for you and your Bae. Or just if you're your one Bae. In my case BAE means Broke, Angry and Emotional. Can I get an amen, pls?

That makes me lolllll out loud. ;)

ONTO DA ROUND UP!

1.  Healthy Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies

These are super easy to put together but look really impressive. You can also use my World's Healthiest Brownies as the base!

Let's check out the rest of these bad boys before my head explodes because now I am worried about my baby that I don't even have yet.