Pear-Walnut Sandwiches

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 sandwich)


Ingredients

1/2 cup (4 ounces) tub-style light cream cheese (sub for yogurt cheese)
8 (1.1-ounce) slices cinnamon-raisin bread, toasted (use Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin found at your local health food store in the refrigerated section)
2 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts, toasted
2 Bartlett pears, cored and thinly sliced
1 cup alfalfa sprouts

Preparation

1. Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese evenly over each of 8 bread slices. Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon walnuts evenly over each of 4 bread slices. Top each evenly with pear slices, sprouts, and 1 bread slice. Cut each sandwich in half diagonally.

Nutritional Information

Calories:335 (29% from fat)
Fat:11g (sat 3.7g,mono 0.4g,poly 1.8g)
Protein:8.7g
Carbohydrate:52.2g
Fiber:5.9g
Cholesterol:15mg
Iron:2mg
Sodium:363mg
Calcium:56mg

Source: Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast, Oxmoor House, APRIL 2009
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