dessert quick fixes

Running short on time and need to whip up a delicious dessert? These little chocolate cups are the perfect solution.

Whip up some hazelnut mousse (you can even cheat and use the box mix!)

Add Frangelico liqueur for an extra zing  

Melt caramel squares in 2 tablespoons of whip cream to adorn plates 

and use as extra topping

Frangelico: good baked into a dessert or to sip on the side

Fruit toppings

The end product!

The short list of ingredients and small amount of time needed

means you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time

with friends.

obsessions this week

(Wish I Was) Watching: Like Crazy



 Listening: to 8tracks.com which streams thousands upon thousands of playlists. My favourites are the French music mixes, such as this one. Perfect for setting a relaxing atmosphere in my office.

Reading:The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

Browsing: Anthropologie's October Catalog -
full of lovely finds & begins with the following poem:

Go he said,
Until rock gives way to sea, gives way to
Salt and air and the elements all - 
Until feet touch land that creaks, melts and sighs.
Rippling, crashing, splitting beneath you.
It's tired arms open to the cold of night - 
Everything frozen, everything hushed.
And then, with eyes at rest, look closely.
Closer.
Closer still.
And in that moment, you will find me - 
Indeed you will see.