Take a good look at this picture and tell me what you see!? This my friend is a colossal mountain of an ice cream cake gone wild. Inspired by the classic banana split sundae, this cool no-bake dessert is made up of an Oreo cookie crust, bananas, and everything else which goes into a banana split. It was almost too pretty too eat. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an army of willing kids and grownups take on the challenge of eating this dessert – no joke. [click to continue…]
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Today is National Ice Cream day and coincidentally I have an awesome ice cream recipe to share with you. As some of you are aware of, my oldest daughter is allergic to dairy. If she ingests anything with cows milk she will suffer a severe eczema outbreak which often results in tears and frustration. A few months ago I purchased an ice cream maker because we wanted to make our own dairy-free ice cream just as good as “regular” kind. We’ve made ice cream using a soy base which was good but we’ve been making A LOT of coconut milk based ice cream which is our favorite. In fact, I like this ice cream so much, it is my new favorite, even more so than my beloved Häagen-Dazs coffee flavor. Coconut milk is nearly as creamy as heavy cream when using it as a base. The coconut flavor is very mild, slightly noticeable, but completely complimentary to this chocolate dessert. Best part of this recipe is it uses only 3 ingredients: coconut milk, sugar, and cocoa powder.
Not only is this recipe dairy-free, it’s also vegan. Creamy, chocolately, fantastic ice cream for the whole family to enjoy. So dust off your ice cream makers from the kitchen pantry and give this recipe a go – you won’t regret it. My new favorite ice cream inspired by Abigail.. I present to you chocolate coconut ice cream. [click to continue…]
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When food allergies prevent you from enjoying the food you love and want to eat, it has the tendency to make a person sad. Being 8 years old and allergic to dairy has been a challenging journey for my daughter, Abigail, who loves pizza and ice cream but sadly can have neither. Yes, there is dairy-free cheese and ice cream available on the market but Abigail misses the taste of “real” cheese and the flavors her her favorite types of ice cream.
Fortunately for us, we have a very nice blender which can make yummy soft serve ice cream in just a couple minutes. The only problem with making ice cream this way is freezing the leftovers hoping hoping for the same creamy texture as a freshly made soft serve batch. Because I add ice cubes to the soft serve mix, when trying to freeze any leftovers, it is more icy than creamy. Recently I purchased this Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker
to make creamy ice cream you can scoop. I’ve been experimenting with different flavors and proportions of cream, milk, fruit, and other mix-ins with great success. But I was asked by Abigail if we could try making dairy free ice cream we can also scoop for her to enjoy too. I asked her what flavor of ice cream she would like to have and she enthusiastically replied, “chocolate peanut butter banana.” Coincidentally, I had also just purchased agave syrup to use a sugar substitute when cooking and baking. [click to continue…]
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Some of you at this very moment are wondering what the heck is an affogato. After all, isn’t Savory Sweet Life all about everyday recipes? Coffee lovers rejoice! You’re in for a wonderful treat. Affogato is an Italian coffee dessert made up of a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a shot of espresso poured over. And let me tell you… it is absolutely divine. So simple yet so good.. my kind of dessert. If you don’t have an espresso maker, strong coffee works too. Either way you have it, affogato is one of life’s greatest pleasures. [click to continue…]
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