Microwave Melted Brie with Honey, Nuts & Dried Fruit

Baked brie might be THE classic when it comes to elegant appetizer that are easy. But, making brie in the microwave takes the convenience of this crowd-pleasing nibble to a new level – it only takes just a few minutes to heat up and assemble into a beautiful brie appetizer!

Like traditional oven-baked brie, but even easier, thanks to warming brie in the microwave! Customize this 3 minute appetizer recipe with the dried fruit, seeds, nuts and honey variety of your preference. Festive enough for any celebration -- easy enough for every day snacking!

Serve this “like baked brie” dish for pre-game, pre-meal, pre-anything, just be sure to prepare enough as it will be gobbled up before it has a chance to even fully ooze out of the rind!

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How to melt brie in the microwave is very easy and no different than in the oven, but MUCH faster. Set the brie wheel in a microwave safe dish (a dish you want to serve it in, as it will be too gooey to pick up after heating). When it comes to the rind, you have the choice of 1) leaving it all intact and cross-hatching the top with a paring knife or 2) using a pairing knife to slice off the top of the rind (leaving the side and bottom as is). A question I get asked frequently – Can you eat brie rind? YES, yes you can eat the rind on brie! It’s perfectly edible, so no worries which method you choose.

Like traditional oven-baked brie, but even easier, thanks to warming brie in the microwave! Customize this 3 minute appetizer recipe with the dried fruit, seeds, nuts and honey variety of your preference. Festive enough for any celebration -- easy enough for every day snacking!
Removing the top rind is optional — brie rind is totally edible! Don’t remove sides and bottom though, you’ll have a mess!

 To heat brie in the microwave, simply set to cook level to about 70% and heat for 90 seconds to 2 minutes (the actual time will depend on the microwave and also the size of your brie wheel). That’s it! You will see that the cheese has soften, is melty, and the natural oils are being released. It’s ready.

Like traditional oven-baked brie, but even easier, thanks to warming brie in the microwave! Customize this 3 minute appetizer recipe with the dried fruit, seeds, nuts and honey variety of your preference. Festive enough for any celebration -- easy enough for every day snacking!

During those 2 minutes that the brie was melting, toss together the toasted nuts and dried fruits of your choice with honey to create a decadent, sweet-salty topping. For my fruit and nut brie appetizer, I used dried apples, dried cherries, toasted walnuts and roasted pistachios – with the bigger pieces chopped coarsely to create a more uniform topping.  

Customize by using the dried fruits and nuts that you prefer!

You can use whatever fruits and nuts (or seeds) you prefer to top microwave brie – slivered almonds, chopped pecans, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, chopped dates or figs, dried mango, toasted coconut – really, it’s up to your imagination.

To pull the topping together into a wonderful, sticky delight, I used Manuka Honey – it’s an amazingly flavorful, thick and rich honey (almost like caramel, in my opinion) that comes from New Zealand. However, and good-quality honey will do!

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Microwave Melted Brie with Honey, Nuts & Dried Fruit
Prep Time
1 min
Cook Time
2 mins
Total Time
3 mins
 

Like traditional oven-baked brie, but even easier, thanks to warming in the microwave! Customize this 3 minute appetizer recipe with the dried fruit, seeds, nuts and honey variety of your preference. Festive enough for any celebration — easy enough for every day snacking!

Course: Appetizer, Snack
Keyword: blue cheese, brie, holiday, super bowl, walnuts
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 lb Brie round
  • ¼ cup dried apples chopped*
  • ¼ cup dried cherries halved*
  • ¼ cup roasted pistachios*
  • ¼ cup toasted walnuts chopped*
  • 3 tbsp Manuka honey or other good quality honey
  • Pinch Himalayan Sea salt
Instructions
  1. Slice top rind off (or leave on and lightly cross-hatch), leaving side and bottom rind intact (rind is edible).
  2. Place brie round in small microwave-safe dish.
  3. Microwave on 70% power for about 90 seconds to 2 min. until warm and bubbling. (if preferred, brie can be baked in oven, at 350 F for about 20 to 25 minutes).
  4. While brie is heating, toss together dried fruit and nuts (if needed, chop into smaller pieces). Drizzle with honey, stir lightly, and pile to top of warmed Brie.
  5. Sprinkle with Himalayan Sea salt (may skip if nuts were salted)
  6. Serve with apple slices, crackers or baguette.
Recipe Notes

*can substitute topping ingredients to be dried fruit, nut or seed of choice.

No-Bake Strawberry Chocolate Cheesecake Bomb for One

This better-for-you, no-bake, single-serving dessert is an explosion of flavor without fallout.  Only 200 calories per the single ginormous bomb of deliciousness! All the adjectives I crave in a quick dessert – creamy, juicy, chocolatey, and healthy!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this single-serve strawberry recipe stuffed with cream cheese and covered in a no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookie. Gluten-free, no added sugar.

Cooking for one dessert recipes are a favorite of mine – I can make just enough to satisfy me at the time, without lots of leftovers sitting around tempting me. Plus, I have young adult sons – they tend to want decadent desserts while I go for the more mindful recipes that fuel my sports goals.

This strawberry cheesecake bomb is based on a childhood favorite recipe, no-bake oatmeal cookies. You just quickly microwave unsweetened cocoa, milk and sugar option (old days we used real sugar, today I’ve used a lower-carb monk fruit blend). Be careful it doesn’t boil over your bowl. Immediately stir in nut butter of choice, oats and coconut.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this single-serve strawberry recipe stuffed with cream cheese and covered in a no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookie. Gluten-free, no added sugar.

While this quick strawberry dessert sets up for 5 minutes in the freezer, hull an extra-large strawberry (or two smaller ones) and stuff with a bit of cream cheese (no need to sweeten it, this no-bake dessert recipe is already sweet enough.

Just mush and mold the cookie dough over the stuffed strawberry, then pop in the freezer for another 5 minutes to firm up. It’s not the most attractive thing as a whole, but when you slice it open or bite in you see the layers – that vibrant red of the berry pops and the cream cheese, well, looks so creamy!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this single-serve strawberry recipe stuffed with cream cheese and covered in a no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookie. Gluten-free, no added sugar.
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This strawberry dessert for one is gluten-free and 200 cal per serving with 12g fat, 24g net carb, 6g protein! Enjoy!!!!!   

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No-Bake Strawberry Chocolate Cheesecake Bomb
Ingredients
  • 2.5 Tbsp. granulated sweetener cup-for-cup sugar alternative
  • 1 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 Tbsp. milk
  • 1 Tbsp. creamy nut butter
  • 1 Tbsp. old-fashioned oats
  • 1 Tbsp. unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 extra-large strawberry or two smaller
  • 1 tsp. cream cheese
Instructions
  1. Mix together sweetener, cocoa powder, and milk. Microwave on high for 45 seconds, watching to ensure it doesn’t overflow. Remove, immediately stir in nut butter, oats and coconut. Stick in freezer for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, hull strawberry and stuff with cream cheese. Remove dough from freezer, mold around strawberry. Return to freezer for 5 minutes to set up. Remove and enjoy!
Recipe Notes

This strawberry dessert for one is gluten-free and 200 cal per serving with 12g fat, 24g net carb, 6g protein! Enjoy!!!!!

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This easy mug muffin cooks up in 1 minute and provides a warm, nourishing breakfast on your busiest days! Gluten-free.

So, don’t even thing about grabbing a bar or eating cereal out of the box– this two-minute mug muffin can be prepped and cooked before your coffee finishes brewing.

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Food that Takes Care of You! Daily Harvest Review & Discount

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But, I still want to eat beautiful, wholesome, food that takes care of me physically and mentally — and that’s where Daily Harvest comes to the rescue! Read on to learn more about the awesome benefits of this meal subscription service (including a Daily Harvest discount code) that is delivered straight to your door and how it might fit into your life – especially right now when there are food deserts at the grocery store (that is, if you even still are shopping in person).

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