Today I made fresh Strawberry Ice Cream and decided to share my recipe!

I decided to make homemade ice cream with some of the fresh strawberries that we picked at the farm yesterday. I have some really neat gadgets that I find on craigslist. Today I pulled out my cuisinart ice cream machine that I purchased from a very nice lady about 5 years ago that had it listed on craigslist. I have really enjoyed using it. It is easy to use and easy to clean up! I keep the freezer bowls in my freezer also found on craigslist that is in my garage! This ice cream recipe is one I made up and used with the ingredients that I already had in my kitchen.

                         Strawberry Ice Cream
1 3/4 cups organic granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups cream
1 1/2 cups milk  ( I used coconut milk)
1 tablespoon vanilla
Strawberries ( I used 2 cups of berries and pulsed them in my mini blender)

Mix the milk and cream in a large bowl and whisk in the sugar until creamy and well mixed. (You could use a blender or mixer but I needed to get in a little arm exercise so I mixed it the old fashioed way!) Stir in vanilla and strawberries and pour the mixture in about 3/4 full in the freezer bowls. Turn on your machine and you will have ice cream in about 1 hour or less!

I decided to mix in banana's in one of the bowls. Bananas are so yummy when frozen. I like to slice them in little pieces and freeze them on a cookie sheet until frozen and then store them in a freezer bag. They are great in the summer to eat for a smooth frozen slice of heavenly banana. It is creamy and yummy! I also use these to make smoothies if I decide to add banana in the morning. If you buy a bunch of bananas like I do and you can't manage to eat all of them before they are too ripe, this is a great thing to do with the extras before that happens. You could also dip the bananas in melted chocolate ( I buy organic chocolate candy bars to melt) and freeze for another yummy low calorie sweet treat!
 Be sure to line them on parchment paper before freezing so you can easily remove them and repackage them in freezer ziplock bags for later. (if you have any left)

I stored the extra ice cream in freezer containers to eat later. I have lots more for later! Cheap, yummy, easy and healthy! I couldn't ask for more! Life is good!!

Enjoy!

*** Hours later I decided to enjoy another cup of banana Strawberry ( I put the extra in an empty ice cream carton in the freezer) It was still creamy and yummy!

Today I made fresh Strawberry Ice Cream and decided to share my recipe!