"I'm hungry for dessert"

Somebody (not me) declared she was "hungry for dessert" -- I think the implication was that she was not hungry for an apple, more dinner, etc. Anyway, she suggested ice cream with strawberries, so that is what we had, but I tarted the strawberries up just to be fancy.

Strawberry sauce:
1 cup chopped strawberries -I think frozen would work fine too
2-3 Tbs sugar or more -depends on strawberry quality -ours was poor
1/4 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch salt
1 tsp cornstarch
water

1. Put strawberries, sugar, vinegar, vanilla, and salt into a small saucepan over med-high heat, add maybe 1/3 cup water, cook for a few minutes until strawberries start to break down, and mixture starts to bubble
2. Meanwhile, mix the cornstarch with a little bit of water, until it makes a little paste, of pourable consistency
3. Pour cornstarch mixture into strawberry mixture and cook a couple minutes more until thick
4. Let it cool a couple minutes, then pour over ice cream and serve to people who have room in the dessert compartment of their stomach

Ross makes chocolate peanut butter bars

Ross made these chocolate peanut butter bars from Nigella's Domestic Goddess cookbook. They were like DIY reeses peanut butter cups. Peanut butter+butter+sugar+ chocolate=delicious.

Chocolate mousse cake to soothe the soul

Ok I've been taking pictures of food for a while, so I have a bunch that I can wax eloquent about.

Above is a picture of the most fabulous chocolate mousse cake that the hus made the other day. It was very involved, and he had to use a "bain marie" etc and like a dozen eggs, and was freakin delicious. He got the recipe from Nigella Lawson's "How to be a domestic goddess" -- I have a picture of him in an apron looking at the cookbook, but he begs me not to post it. Anyway, the recipe is basically just for chocolate mousse, but then you bake it. In other words, if you don't bake it, you can just eat it in a bowl.

Well, I am new to this blogging so I cannot figure out how to post multiple pictures throughout the post, so I guess this post is all about the mousse cake.