Fruit

Had you told me at the beginning of 2009 that I would come to think of fruit as a wonderful dessert, I'd have told you that you were nuts. Chocolate cake, almost any kind of pie, brownies, creme brulee -- they are desserts! In a pinch I would mix peanut butter with Splenda (the non-sugar sweetener makes it perfectly OK) and nuts and dried fruit and eat it with a spoon. Store-bought cookies are dessert in a pinch. Ice cream certainly works.

I haven't had those things in ages. They do still sound good, but not that good. A perfect pear, some melon, even an apple (I used to practically dislike raw apples) sound quite good to me. I had some Kiwi tonight, and can't say that it is my favorite. It's good for me -- lots of potassium -- but is missing something. In just a few months we will have really good peaches, plums, and nectarines. White nectarines are worthy of the fanciest restaurant to me these days.

Alex still gets the richer stuff. He recently bought three packages of brownie mix and I made one for dessert Thursday evening. It made a good sized pan. The extras got frozen and he had a little zipper bag of them tonight. Blueberries, bananas, or oranges for breakfast and other fruits for lunch and dinner really are great!