AIBU to ask about dessert?

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After the Diet Coke thread I thought this might be interesting.

Do your kids get a dessert after their evening meal every day? Obviously if they don't want one they don't have one, but is it on offer, so to speak every day, and if so, what sort of things?

sits back to enjoy the thread

formerbabe crumbles don't really take very long. I usually make them in the morning (max 20mins prep) and pop them in the oven at 6am just before I leave for work. Dh will then take them out as he gets dd's breakfast ready. Whipped cream desserts take 30mins max in the evening & will leave them to set in the fridge until ready to eat.

It's pudding actually. We wouldn't say "dessert". Isn't it a class thing?

Fruit, yoghurt, or something out of the treat box. DD isn't really a fan of proper desserts so although she'll ask what's for pudding, usually it is just something she would have had as part of her tea anyway.

Sometimes I make avocado chocolate mousse but generally I can't be bothered to make a pudding so none of us worry about it. DD just likes the idea that she's had something to round out her meal.

I felt like a right old meanie after reading this thread so I went and made my lot rhubarb crumble and custard last night. They think all their birthdays and Christmases have come at once

Never understood this compulsion to have desert or pudding after a meal, is it a British thing? You want children to grow up with a nice healthy diet, you cook a balanced nutritious meal that should fill them up and then stuff squeeze in a pile of sugar on top. Why? Is it a reward for eating the 'horrible' healthy food?

Surly with childhood obesity so high we should be teaching children that sugary food is not a reward, it is not a normal part of any meal, and should not be consumed daily. If we are still hungry after eating dinner we got back to the pot and have some seconds.

I bake most days, or every other day, so there is always dessert available if you want it.
In the last few weeks I've make a chocolate cake with peanut butter filling, a few fruit pies, rice krispie squares, gingerbread men and homemade ice cream.

And my kids (now teens) love healthy food, they just enjoy a sweet something after!
They are skinny as heck and brush their teeth regularly, so I haven't broke them yet!

Never understood this compulsion to have desert or pudding after a meal, is it a British thing?

Absolutely not a British thing. I have the complete opposite view: fresh fruits, yogurts, cakes are all part of a healthy diet in moderation. I have a sweet tooth, so I enjoy a bit of chocolate after a meal, so do my kids occasionally. They see it as part of the food, which is much better in my view than seeing it as a treat, or a reward. A slice of cheese is not a reward either for eating your soup. In a meal, we have something savoury, and something sweet. What's wrong with that?

A trip to McDonald is something that happens a couple of times a year, and crisps are eaten at parties only. I find the habit of drinking sweet tea all day long is much worst.

You could say the same about everything. Pretty much all food must be eaten in moderation anyway. I was raised eating home baked cakes pretty much everyday (bless my mum!), and there is no one remotely obese around me, friends or family.

In the last few weeks I've make a chocolate cake with peanut butter filling, a few fruit pies, rice krispie squares, gingerbread men and homemade ice cream.

Sounds fabulous!!

We always have pudding/something sweet after meals. Either Greek yoghurt and chopped up fruit, or just fruit, or occasionally a fruit yoghurt or chocolate mousse. Sometimes an ice lolly/mini milk if it's warm.
At the weekends we have a hot pudding and custard if I can be bothered or if the kids want to bake.
Ds likes cheese and biscuits at school and we do have that sometimes at home too.

YABU asking about dessert. I have no opinion about what is reasonable for pudding, as long as it isn't dessert. I do also have an allergy to toilets, pardon and coasters, though.