To just take a fruit salad?

[freerangelady]

We've been invites to a friends for a late lunch tomorrow with another couple. I offered to bring a pudding as they've a young toddler I know she doesn't have much time.

However, I'm 37 and a half wks pregnant and knackered. I can't be bothered to make something fancy and would feel a bit rude rocking up with a waitrose pud. I do a good line in fruit salads and merengues - aibu just to go with that?

I'd take the waitrose pudd. You are heavily pg.

That sounds like a really nice pudding, YADNBU. The price of fruit these days means its actually quite a luxurious pudding.

Go with what you feel able to provide. No one would sneer at a Waitrose or M&S pudding!

That sounds lovely or just take a ready made one can't see anyone minding at all

Take a waitrose pudding. Make your life easier

Why dont you just text her and say I'm gonna do a fruit salad will that suit? Otherwise i think it sounds perfect, are you going to take some cream too?

I'd love it if you brought a fruit salad as pudding to my place! I don't see any problem with shop bought desserts either, pregnant or not. Why would anyone mind?

Peeling and chopping fruit is proper work!

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10600/triple-ginger-cheesecake is easy, i use lemon zest/juice instead of ginger in the topping and skip the rhubarb

Do the fruit salad and take a Waitrose pud. Don't forget the cream!

Can you do a pavlova? Not really any more work than a fruit salad.

Yay! Thanks for the positive responses! Will go with fruit salad; merengue and cream.

Weirdly, I can make great merengues but ask me to make a big merengue I.e a pavlova and it never works! Don't know why, it's really frustrating!

Fruit salad, meringues and cream is my idea of a fantastic pudding.

I'd be grateful for a guest to bring aything tbf :D

Why would it be rude to bring a Waitrose pudding? Or any other pudding, come to that?

One of my sisters bakes and makes really nice homemade things and one buys M&S cheesecakes but none of us mind, its bringing something that counts :)

fruit salad sounds nice, and toddler friendly too so I bet that will go down really well.
waitrose sounds equally good, Id be happy with that- can you tell youd be lucky to get asda round here

Do people really worry about things like this?! Buy the pud fgs!

Good luck with your baby

Fruit salad and home made meringues is a great pudding for Sunday lunch. If you were my friend I would be very happy with that

What proudnscary said. When one of my friends offers to 'sort pudding' I generally expect something shop bought. Especially for a lunchtime with kids! I'd maybe take a nice cheesecake for the grown-ups and some french fancies for the kids. If anyone moans about that you send 'em to me and I'll tell what ungrateful gobshites they are!

NB- I'm sure your friends are not ungrateful gobshites, OP

I don't know. Fruit salad is very summery to me. I'd make or take a warming dessert like a pie or crumble with custard. But that's just probably me.