Desserts

Use low-fat varieties of the desserts listed below if you are watching your weight, and regular varieties if you need to gain weight.

• Fresh fruit and/or milk puddings such as custard, yoghurt, rice pudding, fromage frais or mousse.
• Fruit-flavoured jelly.
• Fresh, tinned or stewed fruit.
• Meringue – topped with custard or yoghurt and/or fresh or tinned fruit.
• Ice cream or sorbet.
• Trifle – made with sponge cake fingers (perhaps soaked in sherry for extra calories), custard, and fresh or tinned fruit.
• Fruit tart (or crumble/cobbler) – with or without custard or ice cream.