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Thursday, September 11, 2008

My Name is Tamara and I am an Ice Cream-a-holic

Since I am confessing my bad habits I thought I would toss this one into the mix! I seriously live for ice cream. After a long day of chasing my boys around and taking care of my home, I feel I deserve a reward. Once the kiddos are all tucked in bed I make a beeline for the freezer and my long awaited moment with creamy deliciousness.

I justify my love affair with ice cream because I buy the slow churned half the fat kind. It is light and because it is only around 120 calories per serving with 2-3 grams of fat I tell myself it is ok to indulge a little - because I have earned it.

Well, first and foremost I have to stop rewarding myself with food. That is a work in progress but in the meantime I have found a great subsititute for my guilty pleasure!

Here is the recipe:

Mangolicious Sorbet

2 Large Mangoes (you can use frozen mango too)
1 large peach
2 tbsp lemon juice (fresh)
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup of cold water
1/3 cup of sugar
(I prefer organic ingredients)

Peel and slice mango
peel skin off peach and slice
combine items in a food processor
Add cold water
Set on high for approx 1 minute
stir and add sugar, vanilla and lemon juice
process on high for 1 minute
Add to ice cream container (if you don't have one a good storage container or even a ziploc baggy will work. Freeze one hour then stir with fork and freeze one more hour.

Makes 8 servings of sorbet

I still had some vanilla light ice cream left last night so I used 1/4 cup vanilla ice cream and topped it with 1/4 cup of the mango sorbet Yummmmmmmmmm!



Hopefully I can kick my ice cream habit and start enjoying fresh fruit sorbet!

Don't forget the best food is made with love from your kitchen! (It's cheaper too!!)

The recipe was inspired by one I found on allrecipes.com here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Mango-Lemon-Sorbet/Detail.aspx?prop31=2

I omitted a lot of the sugar, added vanilla, and the peach.

Enjoy!!

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