Marscapone cheese?

[Berrie]

What shall I do with this marscapone cheese that Tesco have sent me in error?

If it wasn't too spicy, yes I would like that.

Unfortunately, my children wouldn't touch it so it won't be one I will be making in the near future.

I have lots of Sainsbury's cookery card too - made the marscapone one a few weeks ago when we had friends round

make this - it's rasperberry and mascerpone cheesecake, and it is absolutely scrumptious. I managed to gobble nearly the whole thing, so I need to buy the reduced fat version next time!

*traybake, not cheesecake. I've got cheesecake on the brain.

DumbledoresGirl - maybe you could pick the chicken out & give them plain rice instead?

It's good with French beans or a green salad.

My ds2 is a bit picky but to my surprise he really enjoyed it.

Kelly1978 - You're a bad influence! Don't know about cheesecake on the brain - most of mine has gone to my thighs!

Fortyplus, I am gradully moving away from the enforced fishfingers and spaghetti bolognese diet our children have inflicted on us for some years, but I think the olives, and chick peas would be a step too far right now.

OMG Kelly, that looks gorgeous. I am getting marscapone this week just to make that!

DDG I think yours are a bit younger than mine - 11&13. DS2 wouldn't have touched it a couple of years ago.

Yes they are. Ds1 is 10 and tries most things but still has limitations eg fish, but the others are 9, 6 and 4 and I feel I am doing well when I get them to eat a tiny portion of a new fruit or veg.

Oh dear Dumlesdore, I made your cheesecake but I think I came unstuck with the 'packet of biscuits'. It wasn't a particularly huge one but the base was 3 times the depth of the topping
My favourite part of your recipe was 'refigerate for about half an hour and then eat' which inspires visions of me sitting beside the fridge with a teaspoon and a whole cheescake! Not far off!
Thanks though, I'm glad I posted this as there are lots of other ideas I'm going to try now. Meanwhile...cheescake for breakfast I think!

oops DumbledoresGirl, sorry wrong name!

I did say you might have to buy some more marscapone as you only had half the amount needed for the recipe! Anyway, I am chuffed you made it. Depsite being biscuit heavy, was it any good?

If you like naughty things, take a look at Kelly's recipe. I fancy making that one day soon.

My marscapone was 250g so as you said 200g I thought it would be ok but fear not, the biscuit base is my favourite bit so great outcome! Not much left though...breakfast...9.30am elevenses? 1 slice to go! Will be adding the mascapone to my order to try the other recipes next week too! Yum but I'm thinking it would have been better if they'd sent a lettuce by mistake instead!

Did I say 200g? Oh dear, so I did. I meant 2 times the quantity you had eg 2 x 250g. In other words 500g.

DDG - I was turfed off the computer yesterday by my 2 clamouring to finish their homework - an event unusual enough to make me fall off my chair!

Take heart - as I said, DS2 is 11 but was unbelievably fussy when he was little. At a year old all he would eat was peanut butter or marmite sandwiches, bananas, fromage frais and weetabix.

I actually thought I'd made quite a breakthrough when he ate his first chicken nugget!

I had been really spoilt with ds1 who would eat anything put under his nose - someone gave him garlic bread and houmos at a party when he was 8 months old!

ds2 will now eat most things except that for some reason he won't eat any fruit except bananas and apples. He happily eats all vegetables except swede & turnip. He even eats shellfish, medium hot curries etc.

At one time I was despairing about getting him to eat proper food. Funnily enough he's never been into junk food - not at all interested in McD or suchlike.

So in a few years' time you'll be able to feed yours the Morroccan Chicken, I'm sure