Fruit Salad

Apart from being lactose intolerant, one of my daughters has gluten sensitivity so I have to carefully plan what I make for her. A few days ago, we bought some fresh fruits from the super market and it had been in the fridge ever since. I hadn't touched them because we went out of town for a couple of days. Personally I'm not a dessert person but coming back to a fridge full of fruits, I decided to do a fruit salad. Fruit salad is a combination of different fruits chopped into pieces and with a squeeze of lemon juice served chilled or served with whipped cream or ice cream. I love to eat my bowl of fruit salad just as it is without any accompaniment. It's an ideal dessert for the summer. I had a couple of mangoes, kiwi fruits, pears, apples, plums, mandarins and a medium sized papaya.My daughter was full of smiles when she figured out that she could enjoy the bowl of fruit salad without any guilty feelings.

Instructions
Wash and peel whatever fruits you have in your refrigerator
Cut into small bite size pieces (best if it's cut into the same size)
Toss them into a glass bowl
Squeeze in juice of a lemon
Chill for 2-3 hours so that  the fruits get well blended with its own juices
Serve into individual dessert cups and enjoy

My daughter and I ate it without any guilt

What's For Dessert?

I love to give a home made touch to ready-made food that is bought from the supermarket.The other night I had invited some guests for dinner ,while the menu for dinner was cooked from scratch ,I didn't have enough time to plan out a proper dessert.That's when I thought I 'll make a custard pudding straight from an instant pudding packet.Now from there on, I innovated a made- at- home look to the pudding.Once the pudding was made according to the instructions on the packet,I lined a dish with a layer of coconut biscuits ( soaked in syrup).Over this,I poured the custard pudding.I kept it in the refrigerator for it to set.When the pudding was set ,I topped the pudding with glazed cherries,that I had made earlier in the day.Everyone liked it and commented that it really tasted fresh and good.

Another day ,I cooked bananas in sugar syrup and enjoyed with some vanilla ice cream