How often do you have dessert?

[caitlinsmom]

Growing up dessert was a rare treat reserved for things like Thanksgiving and what not. Sometimes we would have a popcicle or ice cream in the summer but that is about it.

 

Dh grew up with some form of dessert after dinner each night. Usually nothing bit, a scoop of ice cream, a few cookies, etc. However his mom was big on cobblers and crumbles so they had those routinely also.

 

Our married life has mostly been like my childhood, mainly because I am pretty anti sugar for a variety of reasons.

 

Anyway whats the scoop in your house? Nightly, weekly, monthly, never...?

[RebeccaS]

Almost never here. Growing up we were pretty poor, so meals didn't include a lot of extras routinely. Desserts were reserved for special occasions-holidays and birthdays. I've done the same here.

[Tutor]

I voted every night, but it's probably more like every other night. Desserts can be anything from a cupcake to a small handful of M&Ms to a dish of fruit with cream. Depends on the day.

[LauraGB]

We rarely have dessert, and if we do, its almost always fruit based. However, when I was growing up, it was an expected part of the meal.

 

Its interesting because we care for people who used to live in an instution of some sort. All of them over age 45-ish didn't understand (or like very much) the non-dessert thing at our house. They had always had cookies, pudding, jello or cake to round out a meal. They even do this in the hospitals.

 

I would love it if someone could share why, since that blows my whole Its The Generation thing to heck.

[ChristusG]

I allow our family to choose one treat from the store to have on Saturday evenings.

 

Of course, we have desserts at special events. And occasionally, if the dc are having a hard time with a particular dinner, I'll offer one small cookie as a reward for finishing their dinner.

[nukeswife]

I said every night, but it's never anything planned or specially made. Just something we have in the house, ice cream, a few chocolate kisses, etc.

[Daisy]

I put weekly because usually about that often we have cookies or scoop of ice cream or homemade applesauce with cream (no sugar added). Some kind of "treat".

 

Unfortunately, when I make a dessert, we eat it until it's gone, so I try not to make them too often. Hubby has it before bedtime, and then a 10am snack on a Saturday, etc. He is stick thin though. I made two loaves of persimmon bread (applesauce replaced oil and lower sugar) yesterday. One is GONE already. I put the other one in the freezer.

 

I bake the dessert and eat one slice. The family devours the rest of it AND I GAIN THE WEIGHT. :glare:

[OrganicAnn]

I put every night, but it isn't exactly every night. We usually have sorbet in the freezer for any who wants it. Since sorbet packs a lot of favor, you just need a small amount. We will occasionally make brownies, but that is only about 3 times a year. If we have guests (including family) we always have dessert.

[blessedmom3]

If fruit & yogurt counts as dessert , this is what I have :)

[TravelingChris]

I said other because it is more than once weekly but less than every day. It usually is not a planned dessert but sometimes it is like when my youngest made an apple pie by herself this week.

[Michelle T]

those are our "dessert" nights. We just had fresh made chocolate chip cookies, mmmmm!

 

In actuality, dessert often happens more frequently than those two nights.

Michelle T

[Melissa in Australia]

I make a desert nearly every night. we have things like chocolate cake, crumble, fruit pies, self saucing chocolate pudding, rice-milk-and honey, sago etc.

I have found desert is a great encourager to get kids to eat all their veggies, they don't get desert unless their plate is clean.

We are a family of very thin, active people.

[Amber in AUS]

I voted everyday. A very old friend of the family once told me when my DD was a baby you should serve 2 courses at every meal because babies/toddlers will become sick of the texture before they are full. So we have cereal and toast at breakfast, sandwich and fruit at lunch and meal and desert for dinner.

 

Desert can be anything from yogurt, fruit, jelly & custard, pudding, cake, whatever we have on hand, almost always something homecooked.

[babysparkler]

I put other, because it is more like 3-4 times a week... dessert is anything from icecream, to pie/cobbler to a bowl of fruit salad.

[Tonia]

Mostly just on the weekends here. During the week we eat fruit after a meal and I might have a small square of dark chocolate in the evening. We generally bake cookies or brownies on the weekend and I freeze half for the next weekend. Keeps my sweet tooth in check. :001_smile: I'm one of those who would nibble all day long if it was around so I don't keep sweets in the house during the week.

[Melinda in VT]

I voted other.

 

DH and I are trying the S diet, so no desserts during the week unless it's a holiday or family birthday. Some weeks we have dessert on both Saturday and Sunday; other weeks it's only one of those days.

[gandpsmommy]

Well it used to be daily here, but we are trying to majorly change our eating habits and lifestyle to become more healthy and fit. So now it's maybe weekly. I used to bake something sweet almost everyday. Sometimes it wasn't really dessert (like scones or muffins for breakfast, or zucchini bread or banana nut bread just for a snack), but it was sugary and full of fat. And we always seemed to have something sweet in the house for the kids to have after a meal.

 

Now, the only baked goods left are a ziploc bag of chocolate chip brownies in the freezer that I made in October, right before our healthy makeover began.

 

We'll make a dessert or two to take to our family's Thanksgiving meal, but we won't be making any to keep in the house. Otherwise we end up eating way too much.

 

Now, I might let the kids get a cookie at Subway once a week when we go out for lunch, or let them get a package of Dip 'n Dots when we go to the science museum, but it's more of a weekly treat than a daily (or twice-daily) snack.

 

I am doing so well with this once a week dessert. Last week I had a miniature ramekin of creme brulee and a shot glass of chocolate mousse off the buffet when we went out for Sunday brunch at one of my favorite restaurants. This week I had a chocolate chip cookie at Subway on Saturday. Other than that I have avoided desserts.

 

My problem is that I have a major sweet tooth and so does dd, so if we let ourselves indulge more often, then we end up eating way too much and craving only sugary things all the time. With just once a week, we do okay.

[sassenach]

I voted weekly, because we host a small group and someone always brings dessert. Without the small group we would probably have it monthly.

[fivetails]

I voted 'other' because none of the answers quite fit - each of us has dessert if/when we *want* dessert. :)

 

(It's usually not anything fancy - I'm not baking pies everyday or anything...it might be a couple of cookies, handful of chips/crackers/something, banana, pudding cup, freezie, muffin, pumpkin loaf, granola bar, whatever.)

[Ellie]

We are not a dessert-eating family. I usually have desserts only when I invite friends over for dinner. Sometimes I'll make dessert on random occasions.

[Miss Marple]

As often as possible.

[sunshine]

NEVER more than 3 times a day.

[Mommyof4ks]

Daily, sometimes twice a day lol. It is usually something small like a piece of candy or a scoop of pudding or something. My grandparents have had dessert every night for 50 years except during times when money was tight, so I just grew up with it. My dh grew up with large bowls of ice cream after every meal.

[myfunnybunch]

I voted "Other."

 

Sometimes we'll have dessert 3-4 nights in a row, then go for a month without. We usually have dessert on special occasions, when I've gotten the urge to make something sweet, or when we decide to have a family game or movie night that includes a treat.

 

Cathy

[Blessedfamily]

Every night we eat a healthy snack -yogurt, fruit,whole wheat crackers, something like that- and then once every few weeks we'll have so mething like ice cream.

[Liz CA]

Define "Dessert". :lol:

 

 

If you mean anything sweet, I have whip cream in my coffee every morning.

 

[Cera]

We have fruit available for anyone who wants it as well as popsicles (fruit bars or homemade with juice) that the kids eat a few times a week. The kids like to bake so once or twice a week we make something for Dh's office and if it is a sweet we save a bit for dessert that night.

[justamouse]

Whenever I want? As long as my kids eat a decent meal I let them have some if we want. They're not overweight-they're pretty skinny actually, and I've found that the less restrictions I put on them, the less they ask/demand/sneak. The same with myself. I don't have a Can Not Have list so I find we don't over eat sweets.

Edited November 16, 2009 by justamouse

[Georgiana Daniels]

I truly admire those of you who have dessert weekly/monthly/never.

 

My problem is that my husband sells dessert. That means our freezer is often full of tasty treats. Right now I'm stuck on chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches.

 

Sigh.

 

This does not bode well for my weight loss.

[myfatherslily]

My "Other" is that when I buy dessert, we (mostly I) gobble it up super fast - treats at breakfast, lunch, supper, snack, I can't stop!! GIVE ME COOKIES!!!!! So I only buy one thing when I'm at the store, once a week max. We (I) inhale it, then we just make chocolate milk once a day. I just HAVE to have my chocolate milk!!! Ice cream is the one thing I can keep around and not eat up too fast.

 

But then if you were to get a bag of cookies and just eat two eat every evening, it might actually last a week and you'd have eaten the same amount that we inhaled in a days' time;)

[Cheryl in NM]

Did you mean per day or per week?:lol:

 

I couldn't resist!:D

[Melissa in Australia]

to me " desert' means the next course after 'tea' ( which is what we call the main meal of the day eaten at about 6 o'clock at night) any other sweet thing eaten during the day is a snack.

[KidsHappen]

My motto is, "Eat dessert first!"

 

We have something sweet every day. Sometimes instead of a meal. For instance, this morning I had pumpkin pie for breakfast.

[caitlinsmom]

My motto is, "Eat dessert first!"

 

We have something sweet every day. Sometimes instead of a meal. For instance, this morning I had pumpkin pie for breakfast.

 

:D Sounds like me. For lunch I had a slice of double fudge candy crunch pie. Oh boy now that was tasty!!

[Lovedtodeath]

I voted special occassions, but we have sugar fairly often, just not dessert after a meal.

[Vanna]

...I can easily make just about "anything" a "special occasion" (ghoulish laughter:lol:).

 

In reality, it could be "several" times a week we have dessert but I try to avoid having it every single night (the operative word here is *try*;)).

[6packofun]

I voted monthly because it averages out to that. I don't make dessert specifically...sometimes we just get in the mood to make cookies or muffins or something like that. I don't even make dessert on special occasions and we rarely have company so the occasional baking is it.