Yummy Ice Cream to Make in your own Kitchen
• Fresh Ground Peanut Butter and Banana Ice Cream
Serves: 8
4 cups vanilla low-fat ice cream
1 cup mashed ripe banana (abut 2 small)
1/4 cup whole peanuts mashed in your own food processor. Add a bit of olive oil to make the butter creamy
Place a large bowl in the freezer and let the ice cream stand at room temperature. Combine the bananas and the peanut butter in a small bowl and mash with a fork until well blended. Combine the ice cream and banana mixture together till well combined in the chilled bowl. Cover and freeze to desired consistency.
• Chocolate Mocha Ice Cream
Serves: 8
4 cups chocolate low-fat ice cream
1/4 cup Kahlua (this is coffee-flavored liqueur)
1 tbs. instant coffee grounds
2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate finely chopped
Place a large bowl in the freeze and the ice cream stand at room temperature. Combine the liqueur and coffee grounds in a small bowl and microwave on high for 30 minutes. Stir until the coffee is dissolved. Allow to cool completely.
With a rubber spatula or a wooden spoon, combine the ice cream, coffee mixture and chocolate chunks in the chilled bowl. Cover and freeze to the consistency you are wanting.
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Earthly Eating Tip:
The best diet is a diet that is healthy in more ways than one. Here are a few tips to living a healthy and chemical free eating lifestyle.
When you head out to the supermarket to update the stock in your fridge or pantry, keep a few of these tips in mind as well as keep these tips in mind for things your body really doesn’t need in the first place.
1. No refined white sugar
2. No dairy that isn’t organic
3. No caffeine (this is a negative for anyone)
4. No sword fish
5. No tuna fish (if you must eat tuna, make sure it’s only 1 can a week or less)
6. No alcohol (cooking with alcohol is a bit different. The alcohol is cooked out while the food cooks.)
7. No peaches unless they are organic
8. No strawberries unless they are organic
9. No celery unless it is organic
10. No processes meats such as lunch meats or packaged meats of any kind.
Happy Eating!
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