My Recipe Box - Ice Cream

UPDATED JUNE 2026
May 2020 - Toronto ON

2016 - Dolores Hidalgo Mexico

I bought a Kitchenaid ice cream attachment last year and went on a kick of making ice cream.

2014 - St. Andrew by the Sea New Brunswick

UPDATED - JUNE 2026

Easy homemade strawberry frozen yogurt.

Ingredients

½ cup plain yogurt (see note)

¼ cup honey or pure maple syrup

16 ounces frozen strawberries, about 4 cups

2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, optional

Instructions 

In the bowl of a 7- or 8 cup food processor, add the yogurt, honey or maple syrup, frozen strawberries (and lemon juice, if using).

Process until the frozen yogurt is smooth and thick, about 3-4 minutes, scraping down the sides of the container several times, if needed, and using a tamper for the blender to help incorporate the ingredients.

Serve immediately for soft-serve consistency, or transfer the frozen yogurt to a container and freeze for several hours or up to several weeks.

2020 post

But a few weeks ago I had frozen some strawberries and wanted ice cream, but the ice cream bowl needs to be frozen for at least a few hours. Ours wasn't in the freezer (it lived there last summer) as we needed room to stock up during the quarantine.

I found a one ingredient recipe which I tweaked with my additions.
I made it again with blueberries which was also good, but not as good as the strawberries.
I then made it with frozen canned pineapple I had leftover from another recipe. Also good.
I can see any number of combinations working.

INGREDIENTS
2 cups chopped strawberries or blueberries or pineapple
1–2 tsp sugar, optional I used honey

35% whipping cream, just a little to make it creamy
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Chop strawberries in half.
2. Freeze strawberries
3. Put frozen strawberries into a food processor and blend. You may need to scraped down the sides a few times.
4. Keep blending until it smooths out into soft serve strawberry ice cream.
5. Eat immediately or freeze for later. Serve with your favorite toppings.

I came across this article in the New York Times a day after I wrote this post.
Make sorbet from canned fruit. It contains some amazing combinations.

June 13 2020 - raspberries

June 21 2020 - blackberry and lemon honey 35% cream

                         4 bananas and peanut butter 35% cream
May 2021 - mango banana peanut butter

IDEAS
Pink grapefruit basil lime zest

Apple and cinnamon
Rum and raisin

August 13 2020

Found a recipe for no churn ice cream and decided I needed to make it since John had bought cherries and I had dark chocolate from another project along with some past its due date whipping cream. The recipe is from Foodie Adventures. I had also just read that if you soaked fruit in a little vodka it wouldn't freeze rock solid in ice cream, so I did that as well and it worked.

Ingredients
500ml-600ml of heavy cream/thickened cream
1 can of condensed milk (390-400g)
Any toppings you wish (think toppings like chocolate, cookies, nutella or flavoured sauces!)

OPTIONAL - vodka or your alcoholic choice
Method


Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. This may take between 5-10 minutes.
Once stiff peaks have formed slowly fold in the condensed milk.

Soak your fruit choice in vodka. 
When everything is mixed, add your desired toppings and mix them through. *Note if you’d like to add some of your desired toppings on top of the mix, don’t add all of your toppings to the mix, set some aside.*
Pour the mix into a freezer safe container and put the mix in the freezer. *Note, if you set aside some of your toppings, place them on top of the mix now.*
Cover the container and put it in the freezer.

I could also see using flavoured liquors such as lemoncello with raspberries.

2021 

2020 Pandemic

Speaking of ice cream,  I named 2019 The Summer of Ice Cream as we set out to try as many places as we could.

Dundas West was our first introduction to exotic ice cream.

On Dundas West

Queen St. West

Here is a video from probably the most interesting! This was on Baldwin St. steps from the AGO but a new neighbourhood for us.

The there was the POOP CAFE! On Bloor St. West

Vegan ice cream on Queen West.

Yonge St,

Japanese on College St.

Sharing with Suzanne at Garbardine's on Bay.

Harbord St.

Chinatown - gigantic macaron ice cream sandwich.

In Stratford for the weekend.

Trinity Bellwoods - Nadege
John - Canadian Gourmet - maple, nuts and chocolate brittle
Mine - lemon cheesecake, not very lemony but lots of cheese chunks
Average.

Samples from Nani's - carrot and cream and sweet potato, both delicious.
He is top of our list for next summer!

World Golf Hall of Fame

December 2016 - St. Augustine FL

We knocked an item off John's bucket list by visiting the World Golf Hall of Fame.
This year he has crossed out several.

The Ryder Cup at Hazeltine in Minneapolis in September.

US Open in Oakmont Pa in June.

Descriptions of the exhibits are taken from the World Golf hall of Fame website.

“Bob Hope: Shanks for the Memory,” is available for viewing with many of the memorabilia, photography, stories, audio tour recordings and video that thousands of guests have viewed since November 2008.

In the exhibit, you can trace Bob Hope’s life from his immigration from England as a young child through his rise to the top of the century’s major forms of entertainment – vaudeville, Broadway, film, radio and television. Covering more than 3,000 square feet, the exhibition also looks at his devotion to the United States troops and the various ways he championed the game of golf.

You can stand on the famous life-size replica of the famous Swilcan Burn Bridge, modeled after the original at the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland,

John did the real thing when he played St. Andrew's  in 2001.

And in 2015 we revisited.

Then put your game to the test on the old putting green using replicated clubs from the 1800s.

In 1618 the feather golf ball or 'Featherie' was introduced. This was a handcrafted ball made with goose feathers tightly packed into a horse or cow hide sphere. The feathers and leather were fashioned into a ball while wet. As the assembly dried out the leather shrank and the feathers expanded to create a hardened ball. The ball was then finished off by painting it and punched with the ball-makers mark. Quality varied according to the skill of the craftsman. Unfortunately, the handcrafted nature of the balls meant that they were priced beyond the pockets of the masses, sometimes more expensive than a club. Notable ball-makers of the 1600s were Andrew Dickson, Leith and Henry Mills, St Andrews.

The introduction of the Gutta Percha ball or 'Guttie' in 1848 by Rev Adam Paterson of St. Andrews and the spread of the railways directly contributed to the expansion of golf. The Guttie ball was made from the rubber like sap of the Gutta tree found in the tropics. When heated the rubber could easily be fashioned into a sphere and used as a golf ball. Not only could the ball be relatively cheaply produced, it could also be easily repaired by re-heating and then re-shaping. Initially Gutties had a smooth surface which meant that they didn't travel as far as the Featheries. The balls were usually stamped with the ball makers stamp, most notably Allan Robertson.

“Honoring the Legacy: A Tribute to African-Americans in Golf” is a celebration of the accomplishments of African-Americans in the game and a testament to their love of the game despite facing steep challenges.

Trying out the golf simulator.

The Hall of Fame’s Member Locker Room has been expanded and renovated to include a new entrance, 22 new lockers, and the addition of a more clubhouse-type feel that includes leather couches, a new sound system and a 70-inch television. The “Championship Moments” video highlighting each Hall of Fame member plays on the television, as well as live golf action when the telecasts are on.