Isn’t It Lovely…

….when your child wants to make dinner and dessert?  Lovely may not be the right word.  Glorious?  Wonderful?  Fantastic?  Cool?

Well, whatever word you choose from your thesaurus, it makes it a fine, fine day indeed.  Yesterday was that day for me.

For dinner, Bonny Annie made baked potatoes and topped them with ranch dressing and real crumbled bacon.  They were really good.  But then she served these little babies for dessert….

And since I don’t know their proper name, I’m just going to be calling them Little Bits of Lusciousness.

It is really quite simple to make the Little Bits of Lusciousness.  First you will need to soften some cream cheese (one brick….I think it’s 16 oz, but I’m too lazy to verify that right now).  Put it in a bowl along with about 1/4 c. of sugar and blend.  Next you will place about a tablespoon of that mixture into pre-prepared Phyllo shells.  These were the mini ones and came in packs of 15.  Bonny Annie was able to use almost all of the mixture, and what was left is delightful if scooped out with your fingers and eaten while standing over your kitchen sink.  I don’t know this personally, but I’ve heard.  To finish, you just top the little cups with whatever fresh fruit you have on hand.  As you can see, we had blueberries, strawberries and blackberries.  We also had cherries, but these would have required pitting, so they did not make it as a topper on this occasion.

Because she has a flair for the dramatic, Bonny Annie arranged the Little Bits of Lusciousness on a pretty plate and included a lovely strawberry/fancy toothpick garnish.  Now I’m forcing her to triple this recipe and serve it on Independence Day.  That will teach her to get all fancy-smancy in my kitchen!

Now, go forth and enjoy….especially if your kids do all the work!