Up until now, you would not have found many, if any, ice cream recipes on this little blog o’ mine. Why? Well, I am extremely lactose-intolerant. So bad that one little bite of regular ice cream will send my stomach into fits for hours, and that is so NOT FUN! I can take the medicine that helps, and it does just that, helps, but it does not go away completely.
All of that is about to change. You may see a dozen ice cream or frozen treat recipes on here all in a row because of a birthday gift that I received. My in-laws (God bless ‘em, they are wonderful!) gave me a tabletop ice cream maker along with a recipe book titled “lick it!”, which is full of vegan ice cream recipes. Now, I am not a vegan, and probably will never be a vegan, but one thing that vegans and I share is a need for food without dairy in them. This book rocks!
The ice cream maker is a Cuisinart model ICE-21 and it is awesome! Check it out here for all of the info. It makes 1.5 gallons at a time in about 20 minutes. At that point the ice cream is like soft serve which is the way I like it. If you want it firmer, just put the deliciousness into a freezer-safe lidded container and let it harden for a couple of hours. That is if you can wait that long!!
So far I have made the chocolate rocky road, vanilla, and orange sherbet recipes from the “lick it!” book, and they are great! I couldn’t tell that they weren’t the real thing.
If you are lactose-intolerant or vegan or just want to try something a little different, get yourself an ice cream maker and this book. A little word to the wise, you might want to invest in coconut milk and soymilk stocks. Just wait, you will understand!
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