When Life Gives You Lemons...Make: Meyer Lemon Semifreddo Ice Cream

Who doesn't love something lemony in the Summertime? With the Summer Faire Workshop in full throttle...I have been really enjoying myself...watercolor painting and sketching little things in my life. The workshop has a little class on making something yummy. My first yummy lesson was making Semifreddo which is like a soft, creamy, mousse ice cream. It was quite a bit of work to make it but so well worth it all in the end. It was divine and full of lemony goodness.

So much flavor packing in. If you are interested in trying this out for yourself, I found a

  Recipe on Pinterest Here.

I can't share the class video with you since it is for students who paid...

But this recipe here is pretty spot on! Try something new!!! Enjoy!!!

Homemade Green Tea Ice Cream

Our Summer vacation has officially ended. Now on to school. But before we blog about our home school adventures, I wanted to share this yummy, yet healthy ice cream recipe. We made this the other day as a little treat. Looks like we are heading into a bit of an Indian Summer...And to beat the heat we like cooling off with a cold treat.

     

• 2 14.5-ounce cans coconut milk (full fat)
• 1.5 tablespoons matcha green tea powder
• ½ cup agave nectar

       INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat the coconut milk and green tea powder in a saucepan over high and bring to a full boil.
2. Stir well to incorporate the powder until it is dissolved, which will take some time because matcha doesn’t dissolve easily.
3. Remove from heat, stir in the agave and allow mixture to cool before pouring it into a container and refrigerating it.
4. Once the mixture is cold, add it to your ice cream maker, following the instructions.
5. Enjoy your healthy ice cream!

 

And...What's a cold treat without a nice vintage dessert dish huh? Freckles and I found these fun dessert dishes while thrifting this last weekend. Okay so there was only three...but that didn't detour me from getting them for just a few dollars.

 

I think the dessert tasted better in them. Ha Ha...
Hope you enjoy...Try it out, your gonna love this one.
Oh....You can buy Matcha on Amazon here

Homemade Strawberry Coconut Ice Cream

Those hot Summer days you yearn for something nice and cold to quench your cravings...Sometimes it can be hard to find healthy options, so you must make your own. Right now we are in the midst of taking dairy out of our diet to see if there are any changes with allergies. Both my hubby and daughter have asma and my hubbs has allergies realllly bad throughout the year. Perhaps it is all that creamer in his coffee or cheese on the pizza's he loves. We are now on week two. All was well until Sunday after church we usually go out to fellowship and have snack...My dear Mr. Darling went out for a snack, I was standing right next to him as he was chit chatting it up and dipping tortilla chips in a bowl of CHEESE. He said " oh this dip is so good" and I'm like, hey, your eating dairy silly head. He was all " um crap"... Poor thing forgot all about it. Well later that day he was all stuffy and clogged up. I am not sure if the cheese was to blame, but we are supecting perhaps it is. So now back to the drawing board. We have to eliminate dairy for at least 6 weeks then bring it back and see how they feel. If they see a change....then we have most likely found the culparate. In doing this elimination we are also hoping to allow our bodies have a break to cleanse itself...maybe even lose a few pounds. My daughter has seen and felt a difference only within week two of eating better, less carbs,less refined sugar, no wheat, and no dairy. She has lost 5 pounds and feels happy in her skin. Since our vacation a couple weeks ago I myself have changed my diet and have been moving and excersising...and lost 20 pounds without trying hard. I don't feel a change though...I have much more weight to lose. Okay, I am rambling on. I meant to be blogging about this yummy ice cream we made. This is a great way to enjoy a cool treat on a hot Summer day. Free of dairy.

You will need 2 cans of coconut milk
1 1/2 cups of frozen or fresh strawberries
1/2 cup agave nectar or honey
a blender and an ice cream maker. I am sure you could still mix this
all together in a blender and freeze in a bowl or popsicle molds.
We used our ice cream maker this time.
 
Mix the ingredients in a blender, pour into ice cream maker and churn for 25 minute. Then place in the freezer 2- 6 hours till frozen. Now you can induldge in a sweet, creamy healthy ice cream.
Hope you enjoy the recipe. It is delish.
 
Wholesome Goodness.
Have a great Summer week

Banana Pineapple Popsicles

 

We pulled out our Popsicle molds and fruit this week to make a healthy cold treat. I used my canned bananas which I canned this last Winter...(comes in handy when you don't have bananas on hand) and a can of pineapples along with coconut milk, blended it all together, making a very natural tropical Popsicle.

  

Banana Pineapple Popsicles

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About four ripe bananas

1 can Dole pineapple with the juice

start blending this mixture while adding vanilla coconut milk until you get a smooth mixture. Pour mixture into Popsicle molds and freeze for about 8 hours.

Enjoy.

 

These are great snacks. My family loves them. I love the natural taste the best. We'll be spending the remaining Summer making different healthy fruity Popsicles.

 

We are crossing off some of our Summer Bucket List. Woo Hoo.

Hope your all having a great Summer.

Let The Christmas Week Begin...

 

We are making merry this week....I decorated another tree in my house.

 I got a little white tree for 8 bucks and set it up in the kitchen....

So glad I did...It looks so cheery.

 

Right now....We are lovin'

 She & Him's Christmas album....

We have been playing it over and over while baking and making merry memories.

 

We made Christmas Root beer Floats in some fun tall Christmasy Glasses from The Dollar Tree.

Whip cream, sprinkles and yes, a cherry on top.

 

A wonderful Santa gift came in the mail all the way from

New York City, for little ole' me.

  

This little guy was sent to me by

 My sweet bloggy buddy Viv.....

Oh man...this little reindeer is the sweetest thing I have seen in a while.

I am so excited she sent me one. He is so stinkin' cute and so tiny, he fits in the palm of my hand.

 He will be cherished for many Christmas' to come.

  

Okay, so we have been having some fun family game nights too....

We played Cranium the other night. It was loads of fun and laughs together. The boy's lost won....

There will be a re~match though...so, they better watch out.

  

Okay, so I couldn't resit.....

I had to show you this little guy one more time. Just adorable....Absolutely

 A~D~O ~R~ A~ B~ L~ E...

I love him.

Hope you have a fun filled week with your family.

We are counting down.

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream !

This Summery sort of day we are enjoying the fruit of our labor. 

By eating our homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Ice cream that is!

Since we made delicious strawberry jamlast week 

we had some strawberry puree left. 

Being one that hates to waste we used the remaining 

goodness in tis yummy, refreshing ice cream.
For this recipe you will need an ice cream maker machine.
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

Ingriedients:

1/2 C. 1/2& 1/2
8 oz. cream cheese
2 C. Heavy Cream
1  1/2 tsp. vanilla
4 oz. egg substitute

3/4 C. Pureed Strawberries
1 C. Sugar

Method:

1. Beat eggs and sugar in a blender blending well until thick and creamy colored.

2.Add 1/2 & 1/2, cream, vanilla and cream cheese. Mix Thoroughly.

3.Add strawberries, Mix well.

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I then used my ice cream machine. 

Pouring the contents into my frozen container. 

I churned for 30 minutes then put in the freezer for several hours.

Enjoy!

Wanna make some other refreshing homemade goodness?  

My dear Bloggy friend Clarice of
Storybook Woods 

makes a  blueberry sour cream ice cream that sounds delightful... 

she got the recipe here:
Blue Berry Sour Cream Ice Cream With Hot Fudge

and 

Rosina from
Rosy ~ Posy

made some yummilicious 

Orange Strawberry Yogurt Popsicle's 

over this last weekend.

You gals Rock!!!

I hope your inspired now!

Pick up some ingredients at the store and get to makin' 

some delicious memories this Summer. 

It will surely be fun and refreshing on a HOT day!