These goat cheese honey stuffed plums are a sweet, cute and easy summer appetizer or snack.
You know these stuffed plums are legit when you open the fridge at 10pm for a quick snack because your 1.5 egg and swiss chard scramble for dinner kept you full for approximately 1 hour after a death by burpees crossfit class and you pick these instead of the chocolate glazed donuts.
Seriously, that happened.
I don’t even know who I am anymore.
All I know is that my quads are scaaah-reaming and it’s only been 2 hours and 3 minutes (as I type this) since the class ended. Front squats + burpees. Who knew 2 moves could hurt so bad?
The weird part?
I’m hooked. Totally. Like paid for the rest of the “On-Ramp” classes before I even left kind of hooked. It’s funny how $50, $60, $70 for a regular gym membership always seemed like wasted money to me and I’d much rather just work out at home in my basement, yet I forked over $100+ without any hesitation for someone to tell me to do burpees until I physically couldn’t move anymore.
Before the class started I had to fill out some forms and waivers. You know, the basic stuff, I will not sue you if I get hurt, how much I weigh, height, fitness level, blah blah blah and then there was the food question…a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being “health nut” and 1 being “couch potato”. I circled 8.
I’d like to at least think I’m not an obsessive 10, but at the same time, I’m already internally freaking out about the fact that I have to attend a local work conference today and I know the lunch is going to be crap.
Between that and the late night fridge decision of goat cheese honey stuffed plums, I’m thinking a “9” would’ve been a bit more truthful. I guess if I have to be any sort of “nut” though, I’ll take the health one.
While I guess I could’ve made plum juice, sugar plums like these are the perfect size for stuffing and becoming a one to two bite appetizer or snack. Regular plums, or any other stone fruit, can also be used, you’ll just be satisfied with one rather than like five.
Goat Cheese and Honey Stuffed Plums
Ingredients
- 6 sugar plums, or 4 regular plums, sliced in half and pits removed
- 2 ounces goat cheese
- 1 teaspoon honey, plus more for garnish
- 3 leaves basil, chopped and divided
- 1/2 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted
Instructions
- Combine goat cheese, 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 leaf of chopped basil in a small bowl and mix together with a spoon.
- Spoon cheese mixture into the well of each plum half.
- Top with toasted pine nuts and remaining basil.
- Drizzle more honey on top before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gina Matsoukas is an AP syndicated writer. She is the founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.
These look so good! Is there ANY fruit that is not delicious with goat cheese? Yum! These look delicious… Ok maybe bananas wouldn’t be so good with goat cheese but plums? yes!
Always so happy to hear about another recruit to the CrossFit club! No one seems to understand why anyone would fork over the amount I do for my gym membership, but the experience is unlike any other! Keep us posted on how you like it :)
I think I could live on those – protein, fat, carbs, check.
Did they try to make you go Paleo at the class? Only kidding.
You should try your Pivot Shorts for the class. If anything, to give me feedback on how they work during Crossfit :).
Yikes! Burpees are so bad, they’re good. Beautiful pictures as always!
Burpees are always my downfall.
These photos are absolutely gorgeous! And the recipe sounds wonderful. I always say plums are the most underutilized fruit when it comes to dessert. Love it!
WOW these look adorably delicious! I happened to just buy plums the other day, but wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. Guess I found my answer !
Wow, I could make a meal out of these appetizers!
The Mr loves plums so I’ll have to make these for him!
I HATE burpees! Whats a front squat? I don’t mind squats so much, anything to tone the inner thighs. Today I am going to try the Bosu ball for the first time. My ball came with 5 DVD’s, so I can’t wait to try it out! I have 3 weeks to lose my muffin top! ha ha
Your goat cheese plus look delish!! Have a great day!!