Desserts001

It is that time of year.  Desserts and treats are desirous and acceptable.  So in honor of this tradition, dating back to the era of when we semi-hibernated, let us begin sharing with each others our favorite treats.  It can be cakes, pies, cookies, puddings, or any other kind of sinfully delicious and appealing foodstuff we wish to pass on to others.

From me, a delicious candy dessert my mother made.

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1-6 oz. pkg chocolate chips

2 Tbsp margarine

1 egg, beaten

Coconut

3 cups multicolored miniature marshmallows

½ cup chopped nuts

Melt chocolate chips and margarine in double boiler.  Add beaten egg, cook stirring constantly until thick and smooth.  Cool to room temperature.  Add marshmallows and nuts..  Roll into log 1 ½ inces in diameter.  Sprinkle or roll in coconut.  Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.  Slice and serve.

I recommend buying enough chips and marshmallows to make at least 2 batches, as they will be consumed rapidly and with abandon.

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javaz
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Sugar-free mousse

1/4 cup water
1 package (4-serving size) sugar-free lime gelatin
2 – 6 oz. containers of fat-free, sugar-free Key Lime yogurt
1 – 8 oz sugar-free, reduced fat whipped topping thawed

1 low-fat graham cracker crust – optional (graham cracker crusts contain sugar)

Combine gelatin and water in large bowl and microwave until gelatin dissolves

Fold in yogurt and whipped topping and then pour into serving bowl(s) or pour into graham cracker crust

Chill 4 hours and garnish as desired

You can choose any assortment of fruit flavors
Such as strawberry gelatin, strawberry yogurt, and you can cut fruit into the mixture before chilling.
Lemon gelatin and lemon meringue pie yogurt
Orange gelatin and orange yogurt
etc

The recipe takes 5 minutes to prepare and is diabetic friendly!

BigDogMom
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BigDogMom

Morning javaz, I see I missed a wonderful night of decadence discussing desserts…my favorite subject!

Cakes, cookies and pies are my favorite, every once in a while I get the baking bug, all from scratch, not big on processed foods.

I have to watch eating anything that is sugar free, they usually have aspartame in them, makes me feel real sick….

javaz
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Morning BDM!

Well, you could use the ingredients that contain sugar.

I love sweets, all sweets, but especially lemon meringue pie.
I used to bake lemon meringue pies from scratch using my mother’s recipe, but once I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, that was the end of that.

Fortunately for diabetics they do sell sugar-substitutes that can be used in baking, and I’m going to try a cake from scratch using it.
The problem is the icing.
I’ll probably resort to sugar-free pudding mixed with sugar-free whipped topping as the frosting.
I’ve done that before and it really does make a great cake topping, but the cake must be refrigerated.

BigDogMom
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BigDogMom

I always refrigerate my cakes, I love it when the frosting is hard! Sounds weird but it’s a texture thing, I really don’t like anything that is mushy!

My late brother-in-law used to make the best key lime pie, unfortunately he went to the grave with the recipe, why do people do that!

How’s everything today? I saw on the news this morning that southern AZ had a big dust storm, was thinking about you and Monk, hope all is OK with both of you.

KevenSeven
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On the newsstand just now is my fave Italian cooking mag, with cream filled puff pastries topped in chocolate sauce.

Very tempting.

Questinia
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Profiteroles?

Ultra-mega-super YUM!

Khirad
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Pavlov proved proud…

Kalima
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Gosh FM, I wish that I could join you in giving my favourite recipe for a sumptuous dessert but I hardly ever eat them and certainly not when I’m eating out, prefer a glass of Amaretto instead. I might eat a piece of dark, bitter chocolate once in a while, that is is hubby hasn’t found it and scoffed the lot.

Now if you were talking about pickles and sour things, I’m all ears.

Questinia
Member

Umeboshi?

Kalima
Admin

😆 Yes in the summer, but I would be mad if anyone ever took a picture of me eating them.

Questinia
Member

Why?

Kalima
Admin

Try the real Japanese ones and take a picture of yourself as you chew them, not the latest Vogue cover, I can assure you but great in summer for balancing the salt loss due to the sauna like weather.

Questinia
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How about eating natto naked in a sauna?

Kalima
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LOL, too sticky and too stinky too. People would leave and complain I’m sure. Many Japanese, especially the younger ones, don’t eat it, they think that I’m nuts, they might be right. I eat it every morning, it makes me bounce.

Questinia
Member

Bounce? Where?

I’m DEFINITELY finding natto somewhere in NYC. Wts whetted my curiosity and you, K, klinched it!

Kalima
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You know what they say about beans Q, it’s true.

If you do find some, please add a little soy sauce and yellow mustard, if you eat it the way it is, it might be similar to eating dirty socks, just fair warning.

Questinia
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I make soup stock with dirty socks… Nah! I’m not afraid of a few moldy beans cooked in Satan’s anus.

Questinia
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Sorry Kalima, that was unnecessarily harsh. But a way I read natto described!

Forgive me!!

Kalima
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Actually Q they are not moldy just fermented and you could never say anything to me that I would perceive as harsh, not from another OG. 🙂

Questinia
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I give you the OG salute!

(pssst, have we come up with one yet?)

Kalima
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All I can think of is the arm in the air, hand bent, mimicking the times we scrabbled at branches on our way to the ground while falling out of the trees.

I’m saluting you now. |_

Questinia
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I return the OG salute, Kalima!

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Did I do it right? (It’s a good one!)

Kalima
Admin

It was spot on Q, even if we can only do it standing on our heads.

Well done fellow OG!

Questinia
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LOL! I seem to recall we were on our heads when we learned it. Remember how the sky looked when it was the floor?

Kalima
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Yes I remember that view very well 😆 it was what I remember the most about the OG times. Amazing that we didn’t break anything or were permanently brain damaged. I seem to remember always falling either on my head or my shinny knees. My grandmother thought that my bones were made of rubber.

Questinia
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I saw deserts on my email and I hot-footed it right on over here. Eating deserts with abandon! I love it. Reminds me…

When I was 19, shy, melancholy, and traveling alone in Paris I bought a Charlotte Malakoff cake (chocolate mousse cake surrounded by lady’s fingers) an apple tart, eclairs and napoleons, then went back to my little garret hotel room, displayed them all on my bed, got naked, and went to town. Charlotte and I had quite a time. But it was the eclairs what done me in.

Questinia
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No desserts make me feel like I’m in a desert.

Kalima
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Got naked Q? 😆

I like to make an absolute mess when I eat alone, spare ribs with my hands, sauce dripping down my chin and fingers. I wonder if that’s what they also mean by “pig out?”

Questinia
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Eating anything naked and with your fingers turns even fast food into ambrosia.
With spare ribs, best to eat with someone, so they can lick off the sticky you can’t reach.

Kalima
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I was thinking about that but only have the cats, it wouldn’t be the same, very rough tongues.

Questinia
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Ikageni shiro!!

Kalima
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😆 it’s Sunday, in my mind I have a day off, in reality I have to start cooking in an hour, the mister is off.

Questinia
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Like I said before….ikageni shiro!!

Kalima
Admin

😆 Q, I’ll try my best. I sometimes rue the day that I taught you that phrase, not really, it makes me laugh when you say it OG.

Questinia
Member

OK, OG!

choicelady
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This is lovely! I am very wheat intolerant, so holiday treats are often off-limits for me. This is a keeper and sounds delish! Thank you, FeloniousMonk!