Raspberry Pear Mascarpone Toast

Welcome to Foodie Friday! I’m linking up with Annmarie from the Fit Foodie Mama + Esther from Chocolate Runner Girl to create awesome healthy recipes each week! This week’s theme = Make Ahead!

Sadly, the recipe I had planned for this theme is likely going to manifest itself in a different Foodie Friday down the road. I unfortunately caught the plague (it’s just a cold) this week and am still on my 12-hour shifts (week 5!).

Thankfully, the team I’m working with is awesome–my senior resident and I have rather similar personalities and as we both like to get stuff done efficiently, we work really well together! She said she’d heard lots of good things about me so she trusts me with a lot, which is both flattering and terrifying.

I led a “goals of care”/end of life discussion yesterday morning that actually went surprisingly well, and things actually went pretty smoothly while I was “on my own” in the afternoon (my attending was there peripherally in case I needed anything). All things considered, I’m feeling slightly more comfortable, but still very much prefer the outpatient setting. We’ve had a number of patients in house that are really awesome to talk to though, and if not for my cold and the long hours, I’d actually love to sit down with them after my shift and chat, but alas–there’s always more work to be done!

In other news, this recipe was created by none other than my best friend/facebook spouse of 10 years (going on 11 this year!!)! I very much miss the days where we used to live together. <3 Be sure to check out our past creations too!

Raspberry Pear Mascarpone Toast

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Raspberry Pear Mascarpone Toast

Change up your toast game with this raspberry marscapone spread topped with sliced pears! (The recipe for the spread makes a lot, so you'll have lots of extra to get creative with!)

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time5 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: easy

Ingredients

• garlic olive oil*
• 8 oz. mascarpone cheese
• ~1-2 tbsp raspberry honey or flavor of choice, to taste
• freshly ground black pepper
• sea salt
• 1-2 pears** sliced
• balsamic vinegar
• fresh mint optional, for garnish

Instructions

• Drizzle garlic olive oil onto bread and toast (e.g. on grill pan or in oven).
• Mix together mascarpone cheese, honey, salt + pepper and spread onto toast.
• Top with sliced pears.
• Drizzle with balsamic vinegar.
• Top with chopped mint, if desired.

Notes

• *If you don't have any garlic olive oil, you can toast the bread and rub a cut raw garlic clove on the bread, then drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.
• **You can also use peaches or figs if you'd like!

You can get all fancy with the different types of balsamic vinegar you use if you’d like! :] We used a peach mango one and a honey balsamic one on the ones pictured here!

End-of-Week-ish Recap!

• I just finished a month-long rotation in the MICU (Medical Intensive Care Unit) not too long ago! Check out my Day in the Life post!
• Back in November (I know, I know, I have a lot of posts to catch up on), I went on a hike with one of my friends from grad school through Hacklebarney State Park! (There’s a part 2 to that adventure that I still need to write about at some point…)
• Come on back tomorrow to catch up on life some more with me at February’s Ultimate Coffee Date! :D (See previous coffee dates here!)

• What’s your favorite type of cheese? I’m slightly ashamed to admit that I realized just yesterday night (as I was writing this up…) that I’ve been spelling “mascarpone” incorrectly all my life. (…)  But to be fair, the only cheese I ever ate willingly for about 2 decades was mozzarella, so mayyybe not entirely my fault?
• Got any favorite “fancy toast” recipes to share with me!?

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