Baked Grapefruit

Do you shy away from eating grapefruit? Maybe it is too tart and adding a lot of sugar seems to defeat the purpose of eating a healthy piece of fruit? Well I have a solution for you. You need to give baked grapefruit a try!

Change your mind about grapefruit with this recipe!

Some varieties of grapefruit are sweeter than others. However, you can improve the flavor of any grapefruit by adding just a touch of natural sweetener and doing a little baking.

This recipe adds a bit of maple syrup or honey but not enough to rack up the calories. In fact, each 1/2 grapefruit serving will have approximately 70 calories. How’s that for a low calorie nutritious addition to a breakfast?

Grapefruit is a good source of dietary fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C. It’s also refreshingly juicy and fun to eat when you are not in a rush. You can easily keep one or two on hand all the time because they can be stored in the fruit bin of your refrigerator for as long as 6 to 8 weeks.

Baked Grapefruit

Ingredients for 2 servings

1 grapefruit

2 tsp. maple syrup or honey

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Cut the grapefruit in half around the “mid-section”

2. Loosen the sections with a small paring knife or grapefruit knife if you have one

3. Drizzle just a teaspoon of maple syrup or honey on each half.

4. Top with cinnamon.

5. Bake at 375 degrees F for about 15 minutes.

Wonderful! The warmed up juices have just a touch of sweetness and no more tartness or possible bitterness.

Approximate nutrition per serving:

Total calories: 70

1418 I.U. of Vitamin A

38.8 mg Vitamin C

2.6 grams of dietary fiber

18.4 total grams of carbohydrates

NOTE: The original source of this recipe is Food.com. 2011 Details have been slightly modified for this post.