You'd think since I'm training for a triathlon and all (thank you all for your sweet supportive words on my last post!) that I'd be really watching what I eat and getting all skinny and stuff.
Annnnd....you'd be wrong. I'm working out now more consistently than I probably ever have in my life and still my pants are too tight. I'm pretty sure I know the culprit:
How can I be expected to eat healthfully when there are a million different ice cream flavors out there just begging to be made?
Among others this summer, I've made Fresh Cherry
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And Fresh Raspberry
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And the BEST, most rich and smooth homemade chocolate ice cream I have EVER tasted:
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There have been three different vanillas and another round of the chocolate. Next up is
rhubarb and I haven't even made my favorite lime ice cream yet, then there's that recipe for peanut butter cup ice cream that I've had my eye on as well. I'd also really love to make some homemade Rocky Road because I love the combination of the creamy ice cream, soft marshmallows and crunchy peanuts. And Palisade peaches will be available soon, so I'd better make some fresh peach as well!
We've had to invite friends over to help us eat all of this ice cream, so I've been having fun with the toppings, too:
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| from our first Sundae Sundae Sunday party: French Vanilla and Fresh Raspberry |
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| from the night we had Fresh Cherry ice cream--had to use my vintage cherry tablecloth! |
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| from our Fourth of July party, with homemade hot chocolate in my US Presidents jug |
So can you blame me for indulging a little
(or maybe a lot)? Pretty soon summer will be over and my ice cream maker will go back into hiding in the basement. Then I'll start in with the salads, I promise.
That's it. Gotta make me some ice cream!
ReplyDeleteAnd wow, you are inspiring the heck out of me Heidi. So excited about your training. Do you read Karen Russell's blog? She just did her 2nd triathlon. It's such a good read ~
http://karenrussell.typepad.com/my_lifejust_not_on_the_ro/2012/07/it-took-months-before-i-felt-ready-to-write-about-last-years-triathlon-my-first-but-only-a-day-before-i-felt-ready-to-writ.html
I agree with Linda -- putting the ice cream canister thingy in the freezer as soon as I finish this comment. Thanks for the yummy inspiration!
ReplyDeleteWell, you haven't sold me on running, but I desperately want to buy one of those ice cream makers now!
ReplyDeleteI love to run....after the ice cream truck. :)
ReplyDeleteWe have two of those canisters in our freezer, but I've never even used our machine. I thought it would be hard, but I guess I should try it. I can do HARD things. (Like making ice cream is really a stretch, huh?)
We have a cuisinart ice cream maker. It also works great for frozen margaritas and pina coladas! To make ice cream, I use fat-free half & half in place of cream and non-fat milk. It's still not healthy, it is ice cream after all. But it's less unhealthy and still tastes just as rich and creamy as the full-fat stuff.
ReplyDeleteYou know how I feel about you and our shared ice cream obsession! We are cut from the same cloth, sister! I am dying to make some cherry ice cream while they are so yummy and in season. I guess I'd better get on it! And none of this fat free stuff....if I'm going to the trouble of making homemade ice cream, I'm sure as heck going to enjoy the full-fatness of it, ever-increasing stomach/hips/thighs be darned! :)
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