Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is simplicity itself Summer. Such a happy word, with so many memories and feelings attached. Long hot days at the town pool. The incredible freedom of riding our bikes all over town. Laying on our backs and watching clouds float by through the canopy of our favorite elm tree. Another sweet childhood recollection involved sitting on the porch. We were waiting forever for the ice cream churn to give up its sweet treasure. Surely it must be done by NOW? With ... Read More about Vanilla Bean Ice Cream {Philly Style}
Ice Creams & Frozen Delights
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Summer certainly took it's time finding us this year. Now that it is here, in all it's hot, steamy, Upstate New York glory, there is no better time for some Strawberry Cheesecake Ice cream. The strawberries have been really good this year - sweet, juicy and, locally at least, huge. Strawberries like things cooler, and a bit on the rainy side. Certainly better than we do. If there are no more fresh strawberries where you live, this is easily made with frozen berries. Just take care that the ones ... Read More about Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Coconut Milk Fudgesicles
Coming up with a good dessert can be a challenge in the summer time. We don't have AC, so unless it is going to cool off really well at night, I am not turning on the oven. We eat a lot of fresh fruit, and enjoy plenty of ice cream, but while that may satisfy us, it doesn't do much for the blog, ya know? But, every so often, I stumble across a concept that not only takes care of my desire to have a sweet recipe here on the blog, but also blows me away. This is one of those recipes. It is ... Read More about Coconut Milk Fudgesicles
Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
There are a lot of advantages to having enough land to grow pretty much whatever you want to eat. We have tons of fresh veggies all spring, summer and fall, and now we're even starting to get some fresh fruit. We have room for a nice little flock of chickens who not only give us fresh eggs every day, but help keep some of the bugs and pests cleared out of the veggies. They have been running loose a few hours every day, till this weekend, when they discovered that there are some tasty little baby ... Read More about Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Double Blueberry Ice Cream
Double Blueberry ice Cream? Isn’t just the regular kind good enough for most people? Why do you need to have double blueberries? Because I am fiendishly clever, that is why, and once you give this a try, you will be thanking me for my fiendish ways. I tried a couple of different recipes last year, and ended up not posting them, because I just wasn’t getting the flavor I was looking for. It's an insider secret to the incredibly interesting world of a food blogger that when you have to test each ... Read More about Double Blueberry Ice Cream
Cherry Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
It is possible that we are just wee bit crazy over cherries. We love the darned things, and it is nothing for us to sit and consume an entire pound between the two of us. I don't cook with sweet cherries a whole lot, because cooking them tends to kill some of the flavor and sweetness. Cooking is generally reserved for tart or sour cherries. Those can a little difficult to find in the supermarket, but they do grow around here, so a couple years ago, we planted a tree. This year it has something ... Read More about Cherry Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Strawberry Rhubarb Sherbet
Back a few years ago, my sister gave me an ice cream maker for Christmas. We were both low carbing at the time and I used it quite a bit to make some sugar free ice creams, which weren't as available then as they are now. It has been sitting in the spare room for a awhile, but this year, I seem to be inspired to use it more. This is the ice cream maker that I have: Cuisinart ICE-21 Frozen Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker. It makes a quart and half per batch, which is about how much a carton ... Read More about Strawberry Rhubarb Sherbet