Churro Ice Cream Bowls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bEFE6Mw-fM

Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCIel-Al8JY

3 Ingredient Slow Cooked Apple Spice Cake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iODkwgwqcI

Chocolate Almond Braid

Quick and easy for chocolate lovers.  Definitely going to try this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNN6KVaaob4

Chocolate filled strawberries.  This one might be chocolate overkill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvIZMMOCQc

Mini Cinnamon Roll Bites.  Easy peasy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia7YH64FINE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNhkZq-E_M

Crepes 4 Ways

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLHjdhP7waU

Easy Apple Pie Bites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-kzh6DNURM

Apple Pie Bread Pudding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbvoOCN3R8M

Top 10 "Tasty" Desserts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D8MOeH9oYk

Sorry Cods but I accidentally deleted your post and will try to find some healthy desserts.

yeah a few skinny ones would be nice..

my big problem is I cant get around like I once did... ::) ::) I will leave that to your imagination....but yes cant do what I want to do a bit of gardening knocks me...so I need to be diligent...

I usually don't eat dessert.  However, I keep vanilla ice cream and those Wicked Sister Panna Cotta desserts on hand if I feel like a "sweet" snack. I like their Crème Caramel too.

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Sorry Black Orchid.  ;)

I keep a few of those tubs in the fridge too, Nef.  Sometimes the small chocolate mousse tubs too.

I have a busy life and don't have time to go to tons of trouble nightly to prepare dinner and dessert for 3 people so I tend to go for tasty, quick and easy.   As long as it is tasty that is all that matters but I will spend more time on weekends making more fiddly and unusual things.

What kind of desserts do you like Cods?  Do you like to fiddle and go to a lot of trouble or do you like quick and easy?

I used to make a diabetic chocolate mousse with dark chocolate and honey yoghurt.  It was creamy and nice and healthy too!

I saw Hester Blumenthal make a chocolate mousse on Masterchef last year with just dark chocolate whisked with water, of all things!  An odd combination that you wouldn't think would work but they raved about it.

I love desserts but never at home, just some freshly sliced fruit.

I dont have a really sweet tooth.. I am more of a chippee  fiend to be honest... but I have to admit I prefer the home cooked stuff to what we buy...but I usually make for others  like rhubarb and apple crumble.. have a nice recipe for that.. and cheescake of course have a son who always orders one of those...sticky date...have a grandoson who will not eat fruit in any shape or form.. so have to make something he will eat ... everything low cal of course...lolol..I make Chirstmas pud every year as well..and usually mince pies depends on the mood..


all fat and not too healthy..when I think of the things my mum used to make and I never got the recipes for.. arhhhhhhhhhhh mum made a nice baked rice pud... havent been able to make one like ever....it didnt have eggs in it like they do now...and funny thing I dont recall her having a recipe book either. of course I was here when she died so I had no access to anything..

Gordon wrote on Nov 8^th, 2016 at 6:29pm:

I love desserts but never at home, just some freshly sliced fruit.

do you remember having tinned fruit on a Sunday and thinking all your dreams had come true..lolol

I am not that keen on rice as a dessert but when the kids were little I did used to make a really nice rice custard that had toffee on the top.

Black Orchid wrote on Nov 9^th, 2016 at 2:49pm:

I am not that keen on rice as a dessert but when the kids were little I did used to make a really nice rice custard that had toffee on the top.

As a child I remember my grand mother making rice with fruit salad and ice cream, I loved it. I never really  ate rice as a savory dish until I was much older.

My wife is making some Portuguese tarts on the weekend. They're  supposed to be easy ones out of Jamie Olivers thirty minute meals cookbook that she picked up last week.
If they taste ok, and do only take thirty minutes, I will share the recipe.

skippy. wrote on Nov 10^th, 2016 at 11:47am:

Black Orchid wrote on Nov 9th, 2016 at 2:49pm: I am not that keen on rice as a dessert but when the kids were little I did used to make a really nice rice custard that had toffee on the top. As a child I remember my grand mother making rice with fruit salad and ice cream, I loved it. I never really  ate rice as a savory dish until I was much older. My wife is making some Portuguese tarts on the weekend. They're  supposed to be easy ones out of Jamie Olivers thirty minute meals cookbook that she picked up last week. If they taste ok, and do only take thirty minutes, I will share the recipe.

my son in law is of Portuguese extract  and he says theres only one bloke who can make them like the real thing. and hes in Sydney.. hes tried them all.. I dont like custard so I wouldnt know but I did make them once they looked ok  but sil said nup..... rice pud was a great filler upper in my childhood havent had it in years....my grandson loves the tinned variety....oh god that will go down well...lol

have to admit prefer fried rice.

skippy. wrote on Nov 10^th, 2016 at 11:47am:

Black Orchid wrote on Nov 9th, 2016 at 2:49pm: I am not that keen on rice as a dessert but when the kids were little I did used to make a really nice rice custard that had toffee on the top. As a child I remember my grand mother making rice with fruit salad and ice cream, I loved it. I never really  ate rice as a savory dish until I was much older. My wife is making some Portuguese tarts on the weekend. They're  supposed to be easy ones out of Jamie Olivers thirty minute meals cookbook that she picked up last week. If they taste ok, and do only take thirty minutes, I will share the recipe.

Please do.  I adore a good Portugese tart.   They have a Zouki Cafe at the RNSH and every time I have to go there I get a Portugese tart and a box of their Nut Bites.

you know what suprised me going to Denmark Copenhagen to be exact... Danish pastries the real thing are nothing like what I have had here or in England...weird... in fact I wouldnt go out of my way to buy the real thing...they were kind of dry no fresh cream...their bread is yummy though and so much variety.....and they still have the little bakeries and coffee shops of old.. not chain stuff like we have...

cods wrote on Nov 8^th, 2016 at 6:33pm:

Gordon wrote on Nov 8th, 2016 at 6:29pm: I love desserts but never at home, just some freshly sliced fruit. do you remember having tinned fruit on a Sunday and thinking all your dreams had come true..lolol

Yup and still do! Daughter loves tinned peaches.

Black Orchid wrote on Nov 9^th, 2016 at 2:49pm:

I am not that keen on rice as a dessert but when the kids were little I did used to make a really nice rice custard that had toffee on the top.

Oh rice custard and sago was a treat dessert for us, I guess that's why I love Thai black rice in coconut now. Yum.

Black Orchid wrote on Nov 6^th, 2016 at 7:07pm:

Sorry Cods but I accidentally deleted your post and will try to find some healthy desserts.

;D ;D ;D

Has anyone tried Aldi's Lebkuchen with a cup of coffee?
Absolutely delicious spiced biscuits.

bogarde73 wrote on Nov 11^th, 2016 at 12:39pm:

Has anyone tried Aldi's Lebkuchen with a cup of coffee? Absolutely delicious spiced biscuits.

Sounds enticing.

I haven't dropped into my local Aldis for literally years. I must mosey on down there and see what's on offer.

Lebkuchen with coffee?

I'll keep an eye out for that.

In Dutch cookies there are speculaas, spiced cookies with almond, sprits, zandkoekjes and more. Also buttercake, gingercake (gemberkoek) etc.

Koek, koekjes, cookies, is one Dutch word that made it into the English language.

For goodness sake, what is in “supermarkets” is not the be all and end all of food! Most real food is not found in supermarkets!

the biscuit's sound delicious Bog.. must find them

bogarde73 wrote on Nov 11^th, 2016 at 12:39pm:

Has anyone tried Aldi's Lebkuchen with a cup of coffee? Absolutely delicious spiced biscuits.

I tried them once and they were nice.  Sainsbury's in the UK have some very nice ones too.

Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 11^th, 2016 at 5:32pm:

In Dutch cookies there are speculaas, spiced cookies with almond, sprits, zandkoekjes and more. Also buttercake, gingercake (gemberkoek) etc. Koek, koekjes, cookies, is one Dutch word that made it into the English language. For goodness sake, what is in “supermarkets” is not the be all and end all of food! Most real food is not found in supermarkets!

i find them boring to be honest.....and I agree get real food when you can.. trouble is its all getting more and more expensive...lucky me I cook for one.. I am so glad I dont have a heap of kids to fill up anymore.

home cooking is definitely a dying art.

When both parents work, hard to keep real homecooking going. I have a spare meat mincing machine that I can’t give away to family or friends “no time” so buy some yucky mince from the supermarket. Yuck.

I make my own tomato sauce, even grow some of the tomatoes myself and I know what goes into it: tomato and citric acid, nothing else.

Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 11^th, 2016 at 5:32pm:

In Dutch cookies there are speculaas, spiced cookies with almond, sprits, zandkoekjes and more. Also buttercake, gingercake (gemberkoek) etc. Koek, koekjes, cookies, is one Dutch word that made it into the English language. For goodness sake, what is in “supermarkets” is not the be all and end all of food! Most real food is not found in supermarkets!

Of course not, but to be fair, Aldi has done a lot to put different European foods before the Australian public, especially with their various regional "weeks".

You need to get out more, Bog!

Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 12^th, 2016 at 6:34am:

When both parents work, hard to keep real homecooking going. I have a spare meat mincing machine that I can’t give away to family or friends “no time” so buy some yucky mince from the supermarket. Yuck. I make my own tomato sauce, even grow some of the tomatoes myself and I know what goes into it: tomato and citric acid, nothing else.

that is very commendable monk.... and one day it may come back .. home cooking I mean....

but if you think about all the old crafts most are disappearing....or most certainly becoming endangered... sadly  crochet knitting weaving all under a huge cloud..even sewing.. who would make childrens clothes when you can buy a t/shirt for $3 at Big W....

in the mean time all those skills die a natural death lack of use...they are far too busy on their iPads and mobs today....they just dont have the time or energy all too hard..

I do hope you are passing on all your skills monk..

Well, I talk about them and answer questions if I can or direct questioners to where an answer could be found.

Now I will be learning to make cider including tasting and blending. Can’t wait!

Pasta made at home from eggs laid by your own chooks simply cannot be beat.