OK, I got the ice cream maker....

...and I know there are several variations on the theme of protein ice cream, frozen yogurt, and what is essentially a frozen protein shake.

What are your favorites? I know, I know, they are buried in the forum SOMEPLACE....but 'tis the season and I'd appreciate a few recipes! (Personally I prefer the simple ones, but fire away!)

Here's the basic really, really easy one that I make.  You can vary the fruit, add choc syrup or other flavorings, sf choc chips... whatever you like.  It's BEST immediately after freezing as soft-serve rather than like a "real" ice cream that is best after a couple of hours in the freezer.  But it's still good left over and frozen, just gets a little icier so needs to warm up a bit to get a creamy texture back. 

The key is to start with ALL your ingredients nicely chilled and your fruit frozen.  

The reason that fat-free ice creams get "icy" by the way is the lack of fat... it allows the water to freeze into ice.  Adding a tiny bit of a liquor helps keep the water more slushy (and makes any ice cream a bit "softer" after freezing).  Or, if you're going to make it ahead and don't mind a little extra fat, you can use an even mixture of nonfat evap milk and light cream (or even heavy cream).  Or FF half and half and light cream.  

So far i've made this as strawberry, strawberry banana, peach, cherry vanilla, cherry chocolate (my favorite so far) and am planning to make mint choc chip this weekend. 

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Enjoy!
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Karen

OH... and here's the recipe for the chocolate and stout beer ice cream I brought to cookign class a few months ago... a little more work but OMG worth it....

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K.

Hi Lynn - Eggface has tons of protein ice cream recipes....... 


http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2008/08/protein-ice-cream.html


Lisa

Oh how I love Karens Strawberry Ice Cream