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After 32 years of marriage, I learned that my DH would like a dessert every night. My DD agreed with him. I've never been a baker, so I guess I will be learning some new skills. I also plan on lots of fresh fruit, ice cream, yogurt, etc.
How many of you have a dessert every day and what do you have?
This won't help much probably, but we sometimes have "dessert dessert."
DH must eat some ice cream after dinner because of a medicine he takes, so that's his usual dinnertime dessert. I often skip dessert unless eating out. Otherwise, I'll have a square of high quality chocolate.
But, we may have what we call dessert-dessert, typically eaten after finishing an actual dessert: Werther's caramel popcorn from WDW's Karamell Küche if we still have some from a recent trip, from the bagged Werther's sold at Walgreens and Walmart if we don't. Yummy YUM!
Baking can be great fun! Be sure to measure precisely as it's more science than art.
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We never have dessert after dinner because I hate to bake. Sometimes we'll have left over birthday cake or Christmas cookies but that only happens a few times a year. In the summertime, we like to walk to the local ice cream shop for a treat after dinner which we usually do about once week.
No, we don't do dessert every night. It's more a special occasion (birthday. Thanksgiving or Christmas) or a just because (I go to the store and feel like something I see) thing for us so we don't have it often.
We have dessert every night but it isn't always something elaborate. We are trying to be careful about what we eat since we have an athlete in the house. It can just be a small candy or a couple of store bought cookies. My daughter will cut up strawberries and put some low fat whipped cream or a small cup of frozen yogurt. The reason dessert is had after dinner because it is believed to cut down on the acid in your stomach and aid digestion. Even if it isn't true we are running with that idea
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The reason dessert is had after dinner because it is believed to cut down on the acid in your stomach and aid digestion. Even if it isn't true we are running with that idea
Naw. The real reason is eating dessert sweetens the disposition, helping you to get along better with others. Dessert makes you happier, and happy people live longer.
I have it on the best authority... ME!
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I never had dessert until I got married. DH needs some kind of dessert after lunch and dinner. I don't bake that often because I'm trying to lose weight and it's just the two of us at home now. But DH is good with a Fiber One treat at lunch and then either ice cream or a few cookies at dinner. If you want to stay healthy, I'd go with the fruit: strawberries with whipped cream, an orange, apple slices, etc.
No, we don't. But - my grandparents used to. Lots of fruit, yogurt, sometimes a small scoop of sherbet or ice-cream. Every now and then a cookie or two.
I just started a new diet - NO sweets, however, once every couple of days I allow myself a very nice treat - a small, cut up apple and some cheddar cheese.
You could do baked apples, we had those a few weeks ago. Cut out the core of the apple, but don't cut all the way through. put cinnamon sugar in the hole, top with a pat of butter, wrap in foil, and either set on the edge of the fire (like we did) for about an hour, or bake in the oven at 350° for about 30 minutes.
You could do baked apples, we had those a few weeks ago. Cut out the core of the apple, but don't cut all the way through. put cinnamon sugar in the hole, top with a pat of butter, wrap in foil, and either set on the edge of the fire (like we did) for about an hour, or bake in the oven at 350° for about 30 minutes.
My Nana used to make me those as an after school treat on cold days!
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No need to wrap apples in foil when oven baking them. Just set them in a shallow baking dish. They'll do just fine.
I like to fill the center with real butter, golden raisins, a few shakes of cinnamon and a bit of nutmeg then pour a mixture of half apple cider (or juice if you haven't a good cider) and half real maple syrup over them. (You can use brown sugar in the centers if real maple syrup doesn't fit your budget.) You can add chopped nuts if you like. My mom used to stuff a big marshmallow in each shortly before they're done so it got all toasty and gooey.
Part of the fun is tinkering with the amounts to get a combo your family likes and to adjust based on personal tastes.
Check as they bake, adding more cider/juice/water as needed to keep a bit of liquid in the dish to prevent scorching. Test with a fork after about 20-30 minutes at 350 to see if as done as you like. The fork should enter easily.
Heavenly!
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ice cream is my go-to dessert since it involves no cooking and can be kept in the freezer for a period of time. cookies are next, store-made or homemade but rarely from the cookie aisle.
Only on special occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas do we ever eat a dessert. If I do eat one on any other day it usually will involve mixed fruit and whipped cream.
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