I am a 100% chocolate girl. Chocolate ice cream, chocolate cake, chocolate cheesecake - I always choose chocolate when ordering dessert. So naturally, I gravitated towards a chocolate popsicle for #popsicleweek
This week, I wanted to make a chewy brownie, inspired by the chocolate brownie gelato that I had last weekend in Leavenworth. When I think of the perfect brownie, I think of a soft chewy interior and a shiny flaky crust. Intensely dark and chocolatey.
For this recipe, I wanted to change things up from my usual - chocolate chip cookie sandwich with vanilla ice cream. It's what I gravitate towards 9 out of 10 times at my local ice cream sandwich shop. I envisioned a soft chocolate sugar cookie paired with my favorite cookies and cream ice cream.
For my first icy experiment, I decided to make a frozen yogurt (let's ease into it with something a bit healthier), particularly a balsamic strawberry frozen yogurt - which is one of my favorite flavors from my favorite ice cream shop here in Seattle.
When your day starts off with crepes, blueberries, and ice cream for breakfast, you can't help but think that although being a grown-up involves stressy things like mortgages and taxes, when you are a grown-up you can make decisions that involve dessert for breakfast. Sweet indulgent dessert.
These little waffle sandwiches bring me back to my childhood. Each summer we would visit the CNE, and I would get a waffle sandwich. At that age, I thought they only existed at the CNE, which made it even more special. When I got a bit older, I tried to recreate them at home with frozen Eggo waffles, and surprise, it wasn't the same.
Longing for cottage life and tranquil water, I devised a plan to recreate a bit of it at home. What I should have done was filled a kiddie pool with water on the balcony, but of course, I turned to the option that resulted in food. I thought about being super fancy and creative, and making some sort of wild and crazy ice cream sandwich involving elderflower and cherries etc. And then Brent said something to me that really resonated. He said "people like simple classics, done right. There is no need to overcomplicate things. I completely agreed 100 percent.
Once you have found a nice bottle of vinegar, try this recipe, and it will blow you away. A few flavors, fresh strawberries, and some creamy vanilla ice cream. Lets just keep is simple.
I’ve made so many batches of cherry ice cream, tweaking ingredients, adding more cherry syrup, less cherry syrup, but it just never tasted right. Until one day I realized that the key ingredient to a good cherry ice cream is almond extract!