I’m undecided: should we have the reduced fat Peppermint Cheesecake or some Baked Pears with Cranberries and Walnuts for our Christmas dessert? The fruit is lower in fat, even with the walnuts, and if I’m going to be nibbling on one of my kids’ liberally decorated holiday sugar cookies, or popping a low fat chocolate truffle, I ought to be good and stick with the Baked Pears. I think.

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