Too many things have been going on in our lives! The biggest news is I’m officially not a homeschooling mama anymore. You would think I would take the opportunity to do the gazillion things that I wasn’t able to do in the past due to lack of time. However, my heart is just not into […]
Ice Cream
Avocado Ice Cream
Looks like avocado season must be in full swing somewhere. I’ve been getting avocados (6 medium to large ones in a bag) from Costco for under five bucks a bag for the past two weeks. Amazing! We’ve been using the beautiful avocados in our salsa, sandwiches, as a topping on the Chicken & Tortilla Soup, and we even use them […]
Matcha White Chocolate Ice Cream
Of course, one can’t have sushi without having green tea ice cream for dessert. :) Instead of turning to the one recipe that I know and love, I decided to try a new recipe that I saw from Steamy Kitchen blog as well which pairs white chocolate and green tea. This combination excited and intrigued […]
Alex Helping to Make Green Tea Ice Cream
We were making Green Tea Ice Cream a couple of weeks ago and below are pictures of Alex adding sugar to the egg yolks and whisking them together to get the mixture ready for tempering. We still can’t convince him to try the food he helps make but he loves making them. Someday, maybe he’ll […]
Green Tea Ice Cream
We have a favorite Japanese restaurant that we used to frequent (before Alex came along) that serves the most wonderful, delicious green tea ice cream we had ever tasted. I’ve always thought about trying to recreate the flavor (especially since we cannot find any similar ones from store-bought brands) but have never gotten around to […]