Showing posts with label ice cream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ice cream. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Summer School: Letter I

We've gone a little light on the letter I. Munch already knows it because it's in her name, so we did some painting instead and mailed it off with a love note to her cousin.It was also a gymnastics day, so off we went to that- along with a bunch of errands.Neither of us was in the mood for the full alphabet routine when we got home, so for a nice treat, I brought out the ice cream maker. I got the recipe from a Ben & Jerry's cookbook- we decided that chocolate mint Oreo cookie ice cream would be just right for all of us since I like chocolate, Munch's favorite is mint, and AudioDad like cookies n'cream. While I melted the chocolate, Munch got to work crushing the cookies and beating the eggs-we mixed up all the ingredients, poured them into the ice cream machine, and let it crank away.Unfortunately, it didn't freeze well. I discovered the issue was the scraper insert- it wasn't meeting the edge of the freezer bowl, so none of the frozen mixture was getting incorporated with the rest. I stuck a spoon in to scrape the edges as it froze, which worked okay, but what a pain! The ice cream was a little soft when I served it,but after putting the rest away in the freezer overnight, it turned out really nicely.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Just for fun...

We just love our OnDemand! Munch usually gets to watch TV at home only when she's sick, and it's so nice to have programs she likes at the ready. We recently found this little video- she had a great time dancing along to it. And who doesn't love ice cream (and guacamole)? Enjoy!



PS- New for the holidays- Coldstone has GINGERBREAD ice cream!