The fabulous Naomi, of Straight into Bed Cakefree and Dried, created Go Ahead Honey, it's Gluten-free, much to the enjoyment of all of her fans. I want to say thanks to Naomi for having me host this February, I'm so excited!
My theme for February is Sweets for your Sweetheart. Valentine's Day is what comes to my mind when I think of February. And although most of us think of our significant other as our "sweetheart," Valentine's Day is for anyone you love. It could be a child, or a grandchild, a neighbor or a friend. Maybe you know someone who would really appreciate you showing them that you care.
I remember one Valentine's Day when I was young. My friend, Paul, came to sit by me at lunch. He opened his bag and began to take out his food. Everything his mom had packed him in his lunch was red. She gave him strawberries I remember, and a clear little bag of red M&M's, that looked as though they had been separated from the other colors by hand. There was also a red bow and a card. Paul must have felt pretty good about that, and I did too, just admiring it.
I don't know who I'm going to give this Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream to yet, but I think they're going to love it. It's chocolate and creamy, and there are chunks of chewy brownie bits in every bite. I know it's cold outside, but I will always remember the very first time I came to Colorado, ten years ago. It was covered in a ton of snow, and I was at my girlfriend's place in Denver. We curled up on her couch with about 3 pints of Ben&Jerry's and dug in! This may have even been one of those flavors!
If you would like to participate too, send your photo and a link to your post to me: kelly (at) theSpunkyCoconut (dot) com this month. I'll post the roundup at the end of February, and we can all enjoy each other's sweets :-)
Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream:
Dissolve 1 tbs gelatin into ¼ cup boiling water and set aside/Or substitute with ½ tsp xanthan gum.Add to blender:
1/2 cup hemp milk
2 cups almond milk
1/4 cup honey or agave
2.5 tbs cocoa powder
Add gelatin just before blending.
Puree. Add to ice cream machine. .
2.5 tbs cocoa powder
Add gelatin just before blending.
Puree. Add to ice cream machine. .
When it's almost ready add a cup of crumbled Flourless Brownies.
13 comments:
Looks yummy! They don't sell hemp seeds here in Israel:-( so can't make any hemp milk. Last summer when I went to Finland brought back some hemp seeds and made hemp milk;will have to wait till I go back there again and get hold of some more hemp seeds.
whoever you give that to will love it for sure! chocolate brownie :)
I really like your theme and it goes along great with what I had already thought to make Matt for Valentines Day! I can't wait!
Kelly-
Another theme that's going to make me put my thinking cap on again! I hope this doesn't have to be too sweet, but I'll make something for my sweetie.
Thanks Yaelian! I bet it would be good with whatever kind of "milk" you use!
Thanks Heather! I can't wait to see it!
Sounds good Vittoria! I think some of the best sweets are also the simplest!
Boy, does that picture make one drool! I wish I were one of your sweethearts, Kelly, and closer to you obviously. ;-)
Loved the story about your friend's special Valentine's Day. I remember one Valentine's Day, my son and I made homemade mints for all the family and made "pocket" heart containers to hold them out of construction paper, lace, and yarn. Everyone loved that gift.
Hmmm, I hope I have time to participate. I will be making lots of sweets for our big party on Valentine's Day though and I did plan to blog on some of those, so why not? Fun.
Thanks, Kelly!
xo, Shirley
Hey Shirley! I'm so glad your going to join in!
I want to come to your party! If only it wasn't for those two thousand miles ;-)
Love the pocket heart containers! Andrew's mom sent heart doilies - gives me an idea - thanks!
I looked online to see if I could find the pattern we used so long ago. Instead I found this video on how to kirigami a heart pocket.
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-kirigami-a-heart-pocket-169503/ Pretty cool! But, if I find our old pattern (which I do have somewhere), I'll snap a picture and email it to you for the future. In the mean time, heart doilies also rock!
Thanks Shirley!
That video is awesome! We made those at Christmas, they're Scandinavian! People hang them on the tree in red and white, like the Danish flag. But I sure could have used that video in December! LOL Man, did we have a tough time figuring it out from the book!
We are totally going to make them for Valentines with pink and red paper! I'll see if I can get some little flowers to put inside and maybe we will go around the neighborhood, giving them out :-) Thank you so much! I'm sure lots of others will enjoy that as well!
Oh, yum! I love we both made nondairy chocolate ice cream... great minds. :) Looks so healthful and yummy!
What is the deadline for our submission to Go Ahead, Honey?
Fabulous blog! :)
Thanks Lauren! I think your blog is so beautiful!
I'm going to post the roundup at the end of February, so I guess that the deadline is Feb 27th.
Thanks for asking, since I didn't clarify that!
:-) Kelly
I am definitely going to do this but I need to post mine. I think I am going to post the dessert that I made for Valentine's Day. but I'm not sure yet!
Sounds good! Can't wait!
Do you know what it is in this recipe that results in a creamy ice cream? I've been trying to make ice cream with almond milk recently, and the results have been closer to ice than cream. The last batch used 8 eggs and 1 tsp gelatin, which was closer... I use Truvia to try to keep it low carb... I wonder if that's it?
I thought it might be lack of fat that makes it more like ice, but your recipe here would have less fat than mine, since you don't use all the eggs.
Post a Comment