Desserts

There's something about a sweet little bite after a meal to make the meal whole. I've been know to have a sweet tooth (or teeth, depending on the amount of sugar I consume that day). I love eating candies and I used to buy and eat Chupa Chups daily in high school. When I go out to dinner, I feel that the meal is incomplete if we don't order dessert at the end. Do you feel that way or am I the odd one?

Since there's only two of us in the household, I can't make batches of cookies or pastries because I will be the one to finish them all in the end. Husband doesn't snack and I can't bare wasting food. I have to think of easy desserts that don't take much to make but can last. We've been eating a lot of ice cream lately and you know what? You can be creative with ice creams too! I made affogato the other day just to spice it up. We are a coffee drinking family and I would use as much coffee in my cooking as possible. Curry? Add coffee. Chocolate anything? Add coffee. Ice cream? Add coffee. See the trend?

I was running low on things to make desserts, which usually consists of milk, eggs, and sugar for western style desserts, so I decided to make coffee jelly. Jelly = Jello = gelatin based. This is not the jelly you put on sandwiches for PB&J. It's super simple and I can make 2 cups portion that will last me for a week in the fridge.

On a side-note, I think coffee jelly is a Japanese dessert, at least I've never seen it in the States.

Here's the recipe below. You can eat it alone or with a scoop of ice cream.

Ingredients:
2 cups water
1 packet of gelatin (get it in the baking isle)
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbs instant coffee powder

• Heat 2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan.
• Lower heat to simmer.
• Add 1 packet of gelatin and1/4 cup sugar to the water. Stir until the water is clear.
• Stir in 2 tbs instant coffee powder.
• Let cool till the coffee water is lukewarm.
• Pour the mixture into a container and chill in fridge.