Slow Cooker Simple Fruit Cobbler

2 (15 ounce) cans sliced pears, drained
1 (21 ounce) can blueberry pie filling
1 (15.2 ounce) box Cinnamon Streusel Muffin mix
5 tablespoons butter

Spray slow cooker with non stick cooking spray.  Add pears and blueberry pie filling.

Sprinkle dry muffin mix over top.  

Dot butter over dry muffin mix.

Cover with lid.  Cook on high 1 hour. 

Uncover.  Cook on high uncovered 1 hour.  Serve with ice cream if desired.

Pears and blueberry pie filling sounds like a strange combinations, but they go together like peanut butter and jelly.  By combining them, they make the other ingredient taste even better.  

This recipe is perfect for summertime.  You get a delicious cobbler without heating up the kitchen.  Serve it with ice cream and you have a dessert that everyone will love.

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Delightful Pear Cupcakes

Delightful Pear Cupcakes

1 (16.5 to 18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can pear halves in syrup, undrained
1/3 cup sour cream

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In large bowl, combine all ingredients.  

With an electric mixer, beat on medium speed 2 minutes.  

Pour batter into muffin pan with liners, 3/4 full. Bake 18 to 23 minutes.  

Frost with vanilla or cream cheese frosting.

This recipe is from our new cookbook the, ULTIMATE BUSY WOMAN' S COOKBOOK.  We sponsor cooking contests at the Iowa State Fair.  Delightful Pear Cupcakes, is one of the recipes that was entered in a dessert contest.

The judges all loved this easy cupcake recipe.  We look for recipes that are unique  or recipes that use unusual ingredients.  Everyone has heard of using applesauce in cake recipes, but this was the first one the judges had seen using pears.

The pears keep the cake moist.  Even after setting around for a couple of days, they still taste fresh baked.

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Recipe: Cabbage & Pear Dish

Cabbage & Pear Dish

3 tablespoons butter, divided

1 small head cabbage, shredded

2 pears, peeled, thinly sliced

1 teaspoon sugar

In large skillet, melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter over medium heat.  Add cabbage.  Stir to coat with butter.  Cover.  Cook 10 minutes.  Remove from heat. In small skillet, saute pears, 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, and sugar.  Cook 1 minute.  Add to cabbage.  Salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.  Makes 4 servings.

Recipe can be found on page 96 in 

MY KIND OF COOKING COOKBOOK

I love cabbage!  I remember my great grandmother in the kitchen cooking up a big pot of it.  With lots of butter and bacon.  It was so good!  That is probably where my love of cabbage started.  

My husband is not  a big fan of cabbage.  Shortly after we were married, I prepared cabbage just like great grandma taught me.  He didn't like it!   How could that be?  It has bacon and butter, two of his favorite things. He didn't try cabbage again until years later when my mom asked us try a new dish.  It was the recipe above.  He liked it!  He said the pears mellowed out the flavor of the cabbage.  Now when I make cabbage he will eat it.

If you have a picky eater in your house, or if your kids have never tried cabbage before, this is the perfect recipe to try on them.