Living Rawesome Day #121 Mint Cacao Chip Ice Cream pg. 132 everyday raw
November 23, 2009
I wanted to tell everyone about what I thought of the Hijiki and the Sweet Tahini Dressing. I am sorry to report that it was the second most disgusting recipe yet. Apparently the taste of hijiki makes my taste buds want to expel the flavor. It was so bad. I tried one bite and thought oh my gosh I can’t eat this, but I’ll try another bite, maybe it gets better, NOPE, I ate the second bite and then I placed it back into the refrigerator. I don’t know why I did, nobody else in this house will eat it. It is still sitting there and I am sure it will remain there until I throw it out.
Tonight I decided to make another ice cream. We all enjoyed it so much the other night. I think that Jason and I will be the only people eating this flavor, but I don’t mind, more for me:)
I had to have Jason run up to the store. I didn’t have any peppermint extract. I felt bad that he just got home and he always asks what I want from the store before he gets home. I didn’t want him to stop because I miss him. He knows that I usually do my recipe at night, and I usually need something, but tonight I didn’t think I wanted anything. When I decided to look in the recipe book I kept looking at recipes with peppermint extract. So out of the kindness of his heart, he went. Even though he has a paper due in less than 24 hours.
It was so easy to make, I threw cashews, coconut meat, water, instead of agave I used stevia and sea salt into the Vita-Mix. I blended it quickly and waited for Jason to return with the peppermint extract and vanilla extract. I poured a tablespoon of each into the mixture, the recipe calls for 2 T peppermint extract, but it seemed like it would be overpowering, so I started with one. It was a good decision. After I tasted the mixture I threw in coconut oil, and we poured it into the ice cream maker. I am surprised that it is working with the stevia. I feel like I get a headache from agave. I wanted to test it out with Stevia and see how I feel. I love stevia. It doesn’t seem to bother me the way agave does. Agave is high in sugar, so after I have some it also makes me feel like I want to eat more sugar then go to sleep. I hope this is still considered to be M.K.’s recipe. I never really alter his recipes, I just wanted to try it with Stevia.
Mint Cacao Chip Ice Cream Ingredients
1 cup cashews, soaked
1/2 cup young coconut meat
1/2 cup agave ( I used stevia)
1 1/4 cups water
1 T vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean, scraped
pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup coconut oil
2 T spinach juice (optional)
2 T peppermint extract (I used 1)
1/4 cacao nibs
All ingredients poured into the ice cream maker.
It took 25 minutes to make the ice cream. Jason and I are going to enjoy some yummy ice cream. Can’t wait. He is serving it in beautiful glasses.
Oh my gosh it is so refreshing. I love the flavor! It reminds me of Breyers Peppermint ice cream that they bring out around the holidays. My mom would always buy that ice cream during Christmas time. I still remember it with the pink and green colors. This is so much better:)
I am sleepy and ready for bed. I can’t believe it is already 11:30, a bit late for ice cream, but it so much fun!
“Without ice cream life and fame are meaningless.”
— Unknown