Creamy Pear Soup

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (16 ounce) cans pear halves, drained, juices or 2 (16 ounce) cans syrup, reserved
• 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 2 -3 teaspoons lemon juice, to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• mint sprig (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 thinly slice 1 pear half and reserve for garnish. place remaining pears, yogurt, lemon juice, and ginger in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. puree to a thick cream consistency, adding up to 1/2 cup of the reserved pear liquid. pour into a serving bowl, and place in the freezer for 20 minutes, or refrigerate for 1 hour until well chilled. to serve, ladle the soup into shallow soup bowls, and garnish with reserved pear slices and mint.
• 2 servings: 2.
• 3 nutritional information per serving: calories 310; total fat 1.5g; saturated fat 1g; cholesterol 5mg; sodium 115mg; carbohydrate 70g; fiber 7g; protein 9g; vitamin a 2%dv*; vitamin c 15%dv; calcium 25%dv; iron 8%dv * daily value.