Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

Hey Peeps!!

I'm back with some honest to goodness recipes today!   I know color me surprised as much as you.   

I told you that a couple of weekends ago I made two batches of homemade ice cream and the Strawberry Ice Cream has been declared "one of the best ice creams I've ever eaten" and "the best strawberry ice cream" and the Coffee Toffee was "the perfect ratio ice cream".    I cannot take credit for the recipes at all, they come from this book. Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book

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This is the BEST ice cream recipe guide I've ever owned and it's literally less than $10.  If you make homemade ice cream then get it, you won't be disappointed at all.   And yes, the Cherry Garcia recipe is included and the initial reason I purchased the cookbook.  

Let's make ice cream and I should also apologize, I have few pictures because I wasn't thinking ahead. haha

Before we get started I'm going to tell you that the MILK you choose makes all the difference in the world.  It's whole milk- we're making ice cream not dieting here and you only need 1 cup for the batch so let's splurge a little.  Also, if you live in Texas then I cannot recommend this milk enough.  Their whipping cream is also incredible as in the orange juice and it all comes in glass bottles.  I return the bottles to the grocery and get cash back for doing so, just like the good old days of returning your coke bottles.  

The one on the left is the Strawberry milk and the one on the right is Cappuccino flavored milk.  As you can see, the strawberry milk is one that other folks will drink - not me, not a strawberry milk fan.  I'm actually going to divide that milk up into 1 cup servings and freeze it.   Those milk flavors are seasonal flavors for Vollmans and I'll be able to make the ice cream any time with the leftover milk plus then I can wash and return my bottles.  Also, you can use regular whole milk if you don't have those flavored milks where you are but I beg you....use a high quality whole milk!!  

Coffee Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream

4 original Heath Bars (1 ⅛ oz each) or 1 cup of Heath Bar chips (this is what I use because I keep them in the freezer so I'm ready any time) 

2 large eggs

¾ cup sugar

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 cup whole milk

3 Tbsp good quality freeze-dried coffee (I use Cafe Bustelo)- divided 

1) Cut the candy bars into ½ to 1 inch chunks.  You should have about 1 cup or measure out 1 cup Heath bar chips.  Place in a bowl and put back in your freezer

2) Whisk eggs in mixing bowl until light and fluffy; 1-2 minutes.  Whisk in the sugar, a little at a time, then whisk until completely blended.  Add the cream, milk, and 2 Tbsp of the coffee and whisk until blended.

3) Transfer mixture to ice cream maker and freeze following the instructions on your machine.

4) After the ice cream stiffens and a few minutes before it's done, mix in the candy and 1 Tbsp of the coffee.   (I do not add in another full tablespoon, it's more like an additional teaspoon since I used cappuccino milk )    Continue freezing until done.

Makes a generous 1 quart of ice cream.

Strawberry Ice Cream

1 pint fresh strawberries- hulled and sliced

⅓ cup sugar

Juice of ½ lemon

Sweet Cream Base:   2 large eggs.   ¾ cup sugar  2 cups heavy whipping cream     1 cup milk

1) Combine strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in mixing bowl.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

2) Make Sweet Cream base:  Whisk eggs in mixing bowl until light and fluffy, slowly whisk in the sugar and whisk until completely blended.  Pour in cream and milk and whisk to blend.

3) Mash strawberries to a puree and stir into your cream base.   I like to leave some of the strawberries chunky.

4) Transfer to ice cream maker and freeze according to directions.  

Makes a generous 1 quart of ice cream.

Now, let me tell you about these ice cream containers.  They help to prevent freezer burn and they help keep the ice cream a little bit softer.     I have two of them and I always use them when making home made ice cream.    I think they are well worth the money.

ice cream container

Ok, so that's all there is to it, so you are free to go and get your supplies to make some ice cream this holiday weekend!

That's all for today!!

Peace, Love, & Milk

SammaSpot SnapShot 6/30/26

Hey there my Peeps!!

Well, we have hit the DOG days of summer indeed!  All that glorious rain has ceased, the sun is out and trying to torch us and our electric meter sounds like a helicopter about to take off.   Thankfully today and tomorrow they will be reinstalling our solar system on the roof.   I've become so accustomed to doing the laundry, running the dishwasher, etc. all during the middle of the day to let the solar offset some of the electricity costs that I'm out of sorts on my schedule.   In case you wondered, we unfortunately, do not have a battery back up system for the solar so what we don't use just goes away so we run the dishwasher, washer/dryer, pool, etc. all during the day when the solar is taking the pressure off our electricity usage then at night, it's just about trying to stay cool.  Anywho, my heart is with those guys out there now, the new gutters are guards are going up and the solar guys are here unloading everything so they can start that bright and early tomorrow.  Oh, and the guy is back painting the fencing on our balcony upstairs and dear lord, that boy has got to be so hot!!   

Anywho, let's move on to the mess that was last week and the very few pictures I took because listen, I haven't left my house since Saturday, the 20th except to drive 15 minutes down the road to take the dogs to the kennel and another trip to pick them up so getting dressed in anything presentable has been futile but let's see what we got for ya!

Going back to Tuesday, the 23rd, I have no pictures of dinner but we had a big salad with broken up black bean burgers on top.  Easy, fast and yummy and that's where dinners are headed for this heat dome time of the year.  

Wednesday morning, bright and early at 6 am the roofers arrived to start.   The dogs, thankfully, went to the kennel last Tuesday afternoon because they would have lost their shizzle with all the noise.  I, however, got woke up by the roofers banging on the door but I crawled back in bed and a little before 9 Hubster comes in and wants to know how on earth I'm sleeping through the noise.  Just fine until you woke me up was my answer.  haha    Hubster had a dental appointment and I started cleaning the house.  I mean like the kind of cleaning where you pull all the couches away from the walls and vacuum everything kind of cleaning.   By about 7:30 pm I was tired, the roofers were still working and since Hubster's car was out of the driveway he ran to pick us up a pizza at Tony's Pizza & Pour House.    The roofers were here until after 9 pm!!!  

Here's some fun pics I took from inside the house because, well, you weren't getting out of the house!

From my front dining room window.  

Yes, they put tarps over a lot of the space. 

Driveway from my kitchen window.  

The number of roofing nails I found the next morning was crazy!

That's a lady and she was the hardest worker out there, she was on clean up crew. 

This is a pic from the back doors looking out to the patio.

Another one from the back door....see, no getting out of the house.

This is when you are really glad you put the dogs at the kennel.

Another from the front door.  

My pool is under there somewhere.  Yes, they did cover the whole pool and that's all my patio furniture out in the yard. 

Let's move on to Thursday shall we.  I spent the entire day combing the driveway and back porch picking up overlooked roofing nails and various roofing materials and sweeping all that crumbly stuff from the shingles up.   The roofers did an exceptional job cleaning up, especially since it was dark when they left for the day so I'm not complaining, it just comes with the territory of getting a new roof.

I did make dinner Thursday evening after I went and picked up the Fur Babies at the kennel.  

We had a Hello Fresh meal that we never ate when Court was here the previous weekend so we had Vegan Turkish Spiced Chickpea Bowl for dinner.   It was pretty yummy, Hubster said it just needed some meat to make it perfect. 🤣   

And Friday, the roofer sent us a drone pic of the top of our house with the new roof.

Obviously, there is no solar system or gutters but that's the new roof. 

And someone was still made at me for taking her to the kennel for two days.

Friday night we had Fish Sticks & Biscuits, yes, again!

Saturday morning Hubster and Reggie took off for the deer lease while little Rouxby Sue and I held down the home front.  I had things planned, ended up doing none of them but spent the afternoon with two of my neighbor lady friends out on the porch and in the pool.  We snacked on a cheese tray and a fruit bowl, hung out in the pool when we got really hot and chatted about all kinds of girl things.   

Sunday morning Hubster and Reggie got home so we all just hung out in the pool and had a lazy day.  Reggie got too hot at the deer lease so he hung out in the house all day but little biscuit was floating like the princess she believes she is.

I'm trying to find her a sun hat but so far everything is too small for her big ole noggin.

But never fear, she got under the porch when she'd had enough sun and there's a fan blowing on her in that chair too.  And yes, she sits wherever she deems comfortable, even if you are already sitting there. 

Sunday evening Hubster wanted a steak so he grilled those and I had a few leftover potatoes and made some Pioneer Woman's Crash Hot Potatoes.   

These two were so wiped out from the week that they crashed on the couch together.

It rarely happens but they were clearly exhausted.

Yesterday was a normal Monday of tidying up after the weekend and getting the laundry back in order but I did grab a pic as I had grandiose plans of leaving the house....alert:  I did not leave.

skort (old) T-shirt (old)

The skort is several years old from Lilly Pulitzer, it's too big in the waist but I love it so much I keep it plus the colors are the best!    The T-shirt is also an old J Crew with Aquarius on the front.  Obviously, I have not done anything to my hair and I desperately need a haircut and color.  

This morning the gutter folks were supposed to be here between 9 and 12 to start the gutter install, they showed up a little after 8 but they got done with the gutters today! whoop whoop.  The solar guy came and dropped off all the new solar panels and picked up the old ones, they will start tomorrow on those. 

I had some breakfast because I was starving...it's another balance thing.  This was a big bowl of greek yogurt with some mini chocolate chips, Golden Grahams cereal and honey.  It was pretty yummy but honestly I like the blueberries with Fruity Pebbles version the best.

I did leave the house today!!!  It's been 10 days you know!  I had an Amazon return to Staples, my Nuuly return to the UPS store, a package to mail at the post office and then I made a quick stop at the Dollar General to pick up some bug spray that Hubster needs for the deer lease so I did actually get dressed and put on shoes.  I have not yet washed my hair this week so I threw a cap on. 

shorts (s) shirt (s)

I was in such a hurry I didn't even edit the phot but it's the same Wallyworld t-shirt and shorts you've seen several times.    When I left the house, it was people and stuff everywhere, when I came home, everyone was gone.   Hubster is outside washing off the solar panels so the installers can get right to work in the morning.  His words "I'm tired of all these people being in and out and keeping us from being able to do anything and making so much noise."  Roof work is not quiet.

Let's wrap this up so I can go get dinner started!

Watching:  We started watching the final season of The Bear, we're only 3 or 4 episodes in and so far, I'm beyond confused.   We also started the new season of America's Sweethearts: DCC and it's the usual stuff but I love anything DCC so I'm there for it.    I watched the first episode of House of the Dragon but I need to rewatch it sometime when no one is around and I can turn on the closed captioning.  HBO really needs to do something, we can never hear anything on that channel plus it's so dark.

Reading: I finished The Widow by John Grisham on Sunday, I started one of my palate cleanser books All Roads Lead to Michigan, it's book 5 in the Wynn Harbor Inn series by Hope Callaghan 

And no, I haven't finished The Goldfinch! 

And finally, I'm going to be so sad when the World Cup is over, social media has been the fun space that it was for so long with all these countries being in the States and enjoying the things we take for granted.

Ok, that's a wrap because we're all a little hungry and I need to get busy with dinner.

Maybe we'll get those ice cream recipes up tomorrow in case you want to make some this weekend!

Peace, Love, & Gutters