Baked Pear With Cardamom |
1. Preheat the oven to 350.
2. Peel, cut pears in half. Spoon out the seeds and lay face down in a small baking dish (so the sweet pear juices don't dry out).
3. Coat the bottom of the dish with water to keep pears moist during the baking process..
4. Sprinkle the pears with cardamom. Optionally sprinkle with 1tsp sugar as well.
5. Bake covered with tinfoil at 350 until tender, about 30 minutes. Baste with liquid from the pan every 10 minutes. Optionally sprinkle some sugar on top when done and carmelize with a creme-brule torch..
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Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Water
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Pears
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Water
Active Ingredients: Pears, Water
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
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Active Ingredients: Cardamom
MILD QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Pears, Water
STRONG CARMINATIVE Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
MILD RELIEVES-BURNING Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.
Active Ingredients: Pears, Water
MILD HIGH-FIBER-LAXATIVE A class of laxative that adds bulk and water to stools. The large size of the stool stimulates peristalsis so the stool can pass more easily through the colon. It is important to drink plenty of water when using high fiber laxatives, as they can be dehydr
Active Ingredients: Pears
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
MILD REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Pears
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
MILD SOOTHING Calms and alleviates irritation, discomfort or pain in a particular region.
Active Ingredients: Pears
MILD SOOTHES-THROAT Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.
Active Ingredients: Pears
STRONG BRONCHODILATOR An herb that encourages the widening or opening of the lung airways. They are helpful in wheezing and asthma.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
STRONG EXPECTORANT Expectorants help you eliminate mucus from the lungs. These herbs often work by increasing the quantity of mucus, or thinning the mucus. Expectorants are indicated when phlegm congests the lower respiratory tract.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Pears
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
MILD ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Pears
MILD CALMS-HEART An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'
Active Ingredients: Pears
MILD REBUILDS-FLUIDS Herbs or substances that create moisture in the body and increase fluids.
Active Ingredients: Water
MILD REFRIGERANT An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.
Active Ingredients: Pears
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
STRONG ANTISPASMODIC Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom
MILD CATECHINS Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.
Active Ingredients: Pears
MILD INOSITOL Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.
Active Ingredients: Pears
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