My last dessert with sugar for a year

I had some great friends over for dinner last night and I made three things that I have never cooked before and have wanted to for a long time. Roast chook followed by a pavlova topped with lemon curd and in season strawberries. I served roast potatoes and tomatoes, plus steamed baby carrots with the chicken and the whole meal was a success.

I'm glad that I snuck that pav in before the year ends because it is the best one I have ever had. Proud? Yes!! Although, I did raise my eyebrows at the 400 grams of sugar that I needed for the entire dessert. I used Karen Martini's pav recipe from her cookbook and this brilliant lemon curd recipe which produced a beautifully yellow, tart curd. I'll be saving that recipe for 2012. Although, I have been told that when you stop eating sugar and return a long while later, desserts and chocolate are sickly sweet. I think I have already had a lifetime supply of sweets so that wouldn't be the worst outcome of the impending challenge.

Today didn't pass without chocolate... thankfully only two sleeps remain until My Year Without Sugar.