Mint Oreo Cookie Ice Cream

Mint Oreo anything is a good idea, right? ...

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Caramel Brownie Ice Cream

This is the best thing I ate this summer.  No competition. Caramel flavored ice cream with brownie chunks. (Droool.) You can just use leftover brownies or you can try something like Flipz instead if you don't want to bother making brownies. Seriously, if you make one more ice cream recipe this year, please make it this one! ...

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S'mores Ice Cream

This summer we introduced our kids to 'The Sandlot'. (It was all fun and games until my 6 year old played catcher on his T-ball team and started taunting the batters. Thank you Ham..) On the 4th of July we went to the city park and they played 'America the Beautiful' by Ray Charles as the fireworks went off. Magical Sandlot moment. Seriously.  I almost cried. And all summer my kids quoted, "S'more?  S'more what?" and...

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Double Cookie Chocolate Ice Cream

I can't believe how long I have been absent from blogging.  Every day I think I need to edit some pictures or write a post but the pictures and recipes just keep piling up. It was a crazy but wonderful summer.  My kids were in school until JULY (year-round school), and we did a lot of traveling. We found a live sand dollar on the beach at Coronado Island, our youngest rode Radiator Springs Racers for the first time, we...

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream {Tips for making Homemade Ice Cream}

I am slightly obsessed with my ice cream maker.  In the summer I buy the huge half-gallon of heavy cream at Costco, and it all gets turned into cold, creamy, goodness. Homemade ice cream just tastes so much better than store-bought and even better- you can control what goes into it.  When I make Cookies & Cream ice cream for example, I like to put in an entire package of Oreos. (It's okay that you're judging me right...

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