easy puddings

[manealca]

has anyone got a good recipe for an easy to make dessert, either one that can be frozen or made the day before. I've promised to make two desserts for a lunch time party and one of the ones I'm making is quite complicated & takes quite a while to make so I'm looking for an easy way out for the second one.

[janbee]

fresh raspberries and cream in a chocolate roulade

[mccfluff]

fruit salad has got to be the easiest thing and handy for those on diets

[ethandron]

yep, fruit salad. i make 2 or 3 a week for us and it takes maybe 10 minutes to make.
quick recipe for a large bowl full:
i use tropicana tripical fruit juice as a base, there's enough citrus in it to keep the fruit from going brown.
4/5 bananas
a large apple (we like braeburn)with peel on, chopped very small
2 large pears (very ripe if poss) - ditto -
5 or 6 clementines/tangerines, segmented and cut in half
probably 2/3 cups of seedless grapes, halved.
very ripe melon is also nice added to this as are firm strawberries, and you can adjust all the fruit to suit.

[ethandron]

that should have been tropicana tropical, never tasted the tripical :)

[tamborine]

bread & butter pud - chucked in dish & oven for 20m, dirt cheap & delish....cover with fresh cream, lemon/orange zest for luxury finish.

[pastafreak]

Eton Mess....layer broken meringues ( best if homemade),raspberries, and fresh whipped cream in glasses. So easy and quite scrumptious.

[manealca]

Thankyou for all your suggestions, I'm sure one of them will be ideal.

[naughtyboy]

If you make Eton Mess fresh then it's the best but if you make it the day before the meringue will turn to mush......