Broiled Grapefruit Slices

I LOVE grapefruit. The smell, the taste- I am joyfully obsessed with this luscious, juicy fruit.
I recently came across the idea to broil a grapefruit, and I immediately had to try it.

I'm not one to flinch from brown sugar and butter, but I am trying to promote healthier eating in my life, so I thought why not try a little experimenting?

beautifully broiled

Broiled Grapefruit Slices
Healthy Style

1-2 Grapefruits (I used 1-Ruby Red, and 1-Marsh Grapefruit)
Vanilla Powder
Chinese Five Spice
1 pkg Stevia Sweetner

After I set my oven on Broil,

and moved my oven rack to the closest position to the broiler...

I started by cutting the fruit in half, and placed them in

my lovely Emile Henry 9x9 square baking dish.

Sprinkled on Vanilla Powder, Chinese Five Spice and Stevia

I popped them into the oven under the broiler for 6 minutes.

BEAUTIFUL!!!! And taste delicious, BUT......

I wanted to taste the spices on ALL of the grapefruit,

not just the tops.

Sooo....

I sliced off the broiled ends,

and sliced the halves into additional slices

placed on an un-greased cookie sheet

and added vanilla, spices and Stevia

and placed under the broiler for 6 minutes!

The results......AMAZING!!!!!

The warm grapefruit is so beautiful to taste! Plus, the Chinese Five Spice has this perfect way of adding such a bold vibrance to the flavors of the grapefruit- it's perfection.

If you'd like to do this the brown sugar and butter way, please visit Megan's blog: Running Foodie

and see her yummy recipe that I adapted this version from.

As well as eating this beautiful treat on it's own, I'm thinking of using it as a salad topping in place of mandarin oranges! YUM!!!

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