I grow too much rhubarb.

There, I've said it. That feels better. Sure, I've been accused of it before, but I was reluctant to accept it. How can I possibly grow too much food? I love growing excess because I love love love giving it away. I put it in a bucket out front with a cardboard sign that says 'FREE' and I come home and it's gone. I don't know who takes it but I sure hope they're enjoying it!

Anyway, I kinda thought that maaaaayyyybbbeee my friends were right. What's the point of it if you're not going to eat it? Okay, you're on, I thought. I'm damn well going to make a desert!

The thing is, I'm not a desert person. I hate baking, and I'm not very good at measuring. I go to make stuff and I'm missing half the ingredients. Thus, I decided to make some coconut yoghurt, and top it with stewed rhubarb. That'll make a good steem post, right? And doesn't it look TASTY! (excuse the blurriness - food photographer I aint)

Well, that's NOT yoghurt - I didn't have half the ingredients - namely, full fat coconut cream and the culture needed to make it yoghurty.

So, there I was tossing a can of coconut milk in my hand staring at the rhubarb patch.

My rhubarb patch is sexy. It's fat and plump and fertile. Ooh er. She gets a good old fertilise with alpaca poo and compost and some comfrey fertiliser and this time of year, when the rain comes in, she's worth picking and eating. All summer, she's looked sad and half dead and eaten by grasshoppers. She always seems to survive though - never in full sun, and always just enough water.

This time of year though I get busy dividing her - somehow, I'm totally obsessed by dividing it and thinking - ooh, free plants, more food for the apocalypse!! Wonderful. If the zombies do come, we can sit and eat rhubarb all day long.

This is the point I realised I also had an apocalypse cupboard - not a lot to make a desert. However, I did find some limes on the tree, a half jar of rice syrup, some agar agar and some chia seeds. A-ha! I thought! That's my kind of desert - a make it up out of random ingredients kinda thing!

By some rhubarbalicious miracle, it worked, and was totally yummy!!!

Rhubarb, Coconut, Chia and Lime Pudding

• 1 can of coconut milk
• 2 tbsp of agar agar
• 3 tbsps of chia seeds
• 3 stalks of rhubarb
• a few drops of vanilla essence or one scraped vanilla pod
• 4 tbsps rice syrup
• juice of one lime
• zest of one lime.

Simmer the coconut milk with 1 tbsp of agar agar until slightly thickened and agar agar is dissolved. Add chia seeds and simmer 2 more minutes. Add the vanilla and sweeten with rice syrup (you could also use honey or maple syrup). Stir through the lemon zest. Pour into two small jars or bowls and place in the fridge to half way set.

Meanwhile, slice the rhubarb and simmer in the lime juice until softened. If it's quite runny, you can add the other tablespoon of agar agar and simmer until dissolved (I'd put the juice of a BIG lime, so that was the case for me).

Gently place the rhubarb on top of the chia pudding.

Gently fry coconut until browned, and spoon over the top. Granola would work nicely here too.

Jamie was pleasantly surprised that I'd made him a desert, and seemed suspicious, thinking I'd made it just to write a steemit post about it. What do you think? Was I just being enthusiastic about rhubarb, or just serving up my own best rhubarb interest?

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