Cherries with Ricotta & Toasted Almonds

From EatingWell: March/April 2007, EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook (2008), The EatingWell Diet (2007)

Warm cherries topped with luscious ricotta cheese and toasted almonds makes for a rich-tasting—yet calorie-conscious—treat.

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"I read the not so positive comments and decided to "doctor this up a little". I mixed the ricotta cheese with a tsp of vanilla and some splenda (a remembrance from the south beach diet). Also "marinated" the cherries in a couple of TBS of...

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12/29/2012

Anonymous

Bland - My modifications

I use equal amounts of sour cream, ricotta, and cream cheese and zest an orange into the mix. A drizzle of strong/reduced coffee on top with a few chocolate shavings made it pretty pretty good.

Pros: quick, easy to doctor

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01/09/2012

Anonymous

Add lemon juice to the cherries, only cook them long enough in the microwave to defrost them and add a teaspoon of sugar. It then tastes like your eating cherries that have that burst of sweet tart flavor they have when fresh, with a nice creamy counterpoint from the ricotta.

Pros: can taste really good with a little bit of modifications

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Anonymous wrote 11 weeks 4 hours ago

This is supposed to be a

This is supposed to be a no-sugar added dessert.

Anonymous wrote 1 year 11 weeks ago

I'm a little confused, then,

I'm a little confused, then, as to why you rated this 4 stars ?

09/28/2010

colbu1

I read the not so positive comments and decided to "doctor this up a little". I mixed the ricotta cheese with a tsp of vanilla and some splenda (a remembrance from the south beach diet). Also "marinated" the cherries in a couple of TBS of Amaretto. I didn't even microwave the (frozen) cherries, but this would only make it better. I thought it was delicious! Of course, adding a little Reddi whip improves it as well. Still relatively healthy

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09/12/2010

Anonymous

I have done this before, but I mixed in a little bit of protein powder. It isn't going to taste like a "real dessert", but it isn't bad. Plus the protein powder adds some needed flavor to the ricotta and some added protein to the whole dish.

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