Late Night Ice Cream

Tonight, after our pizza dinner, my friend Cameron and I had a hankering for ice cream.  We opened the fridge and found the family favorite.  We opened, ready to scoop out some craving satisfying yumminess only to find an almost empty tub.

Cameron suggested we try a little experiment and make our own ice cream.  We looked up a recipe and went to work.  Here is what we did:

1.  First scoop 4-6 tablespoons of coarse salt into a gallon size ziplock.  Then, fill half the bag with crushed ice.

2.  In a separate quart-size bag add:  1/2 cup of milk, Tbsp of Sugar, tsp of vanilla. (If you want chocolate add 1 Tbs of cocoa powder: this might make your ice cream process a bit longer)

3.  The most fun part: Shake gently for 20-30 minutes.   We recommend playing "cold potato."  Be advised, this could get a bit messy and you might go through a few outer ziplock bags. 

Your ice cream, as ours should be firm and clumpy (that was the best adjective I could come up with)



Enjoy and Let us know how great your ice cream turns out!

Season 3 Teaser

Dearest Readers,

    Season 3 of The View from the Trees is coming up starting next Monday.   There will be posts twice a week (Monday and Friday) highlighting my adventures.   As Pinterest explodes in our society, I have been one of the many women totally ADDICTED to pinning with a wishful heart.  Do I ever use the things I have pinned though?   .... um....  shamefully NO.    

In that light, this semester I am committing to posting my fun projects as pinned on my Pinterest account.  I will be trying to do the things I pin and honestly reporting my success or epic failure in doing so.  I hope that you will be able to relate to my adventures and that they will inspire you to create your own.    All of my posts will include a shout out to the websites who originally  created these fun craft projects.

Things to look for:  Hiking Trips,  Blueberry Lemonade, Blog Giveaway (yes, you could win something), aluminum lanterns... and so much more.  

If you have any projects you would like me to do and write about please leave me some suggestions.

Until Monday, 

Renee