Time for Ice Cream

It's suddenly gotten to be 100 degrees here and hot!  That can make for some pretty miserable end-of-the-school year events, but it's perfect for at least one of our favorite foods: ice cream!

I have always wanted an ice-cream maker at home, and lingered over the recipes for home made sorbets, frozen yogurts and the perfect vanilla ice cream.  Well, this year, my mother sent the kid-chefs a summer-celebration gift.  Yup, you guessed it - they have their own ice cream maker!

Since they share the experiments with me, I can't be too terribly jealous....

Our first trial was a learning experience.  We learned that 2% milk is no substitute for cream when making ice cream.  Ice cream.

After a series of well-timed turns of the crank, we dished up some frozen 2% milk with blueberries.

It was delicious - sweet milk, defrosting rapidly in our dishes, with perfectly ripe blueberries.  It didn't last long!  Our next experiment turned out better - stayed tuned!