If I could pick one food to bring to a desert island, it would be ice cream. Sweet, cool, and so many ways to make it. Salted Caramel is my current favorite. Unfortunately, its pretty much just eating straight cream, so not what you want to have on a regular basis.
Julia and I LOVE our ice cream maker. Each new creation she declares is the best ice cream she’s ever had. So, as I’m trying to eat healthier, and she isn’t having milk right now- I decided it was time to try frozen yogurt. And of course, the first time had to be strawberry.
Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
adapted from The Perfect Scoop, by David Lebovitz
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced
- 2/3 cup sugar (I used 1/2c., which might make it a bit less smooth, but it made me feel better about eating it- so who cares.)
- 2 tsp vodka (optional, but helps make the yogurt smoother)
- 1 cup plain or vanilla greek yogurt
- pinch of salt
- juice of half a lemon
Toss the strawberries with sugar and vodka in a medium bowl. Let sit for about an hour, stirring every ten minutes. The sugar should dissolve and the strawberries will release some heavenly juices.
Puree the strawberry mixture in a blender with yogurt, salt, and lemon juice until smooth. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or up to overnight.
Freeze according to your ice cream maker’s directions and serve. Can be served immediately, or frozen to be used later. Will harden a bit more in the freezer.
This serves two adults, or about 4 kids. I ate the whole thing while writing this at 10 o’clock at night.
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look soo goodd!
Sounds delicious! Have you played with the sugar at all (used less) to see if it does ok with less?
I actually just added a note to the sugar part, because I always halve the amount of sugar, and work from there. I think it makes it slightly less creamy, but I feel ok with that. Thanks for asking!
What a fun recipe to make with children. My 5 year old loves to help make simple treats in the kitchen with me.
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Yummy!
That looks amazing, I would have eaten it all too!
Looks absolutely divine!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
YUM!!
I would just love to have that lovely bowl of Strawberry Frozen Yogurt, it looks so good. Hope you are having a great holiday week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Sounds heavenly! Thanks for sharing.
This looks and sounds delicious. Thank you for sharing it.
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Your ice cream looks so delicious! I didn’t know about using a little bit of vodka to help make the yogurt smoother – great tip! It’s wonderful you were able to cut back on the sugar too, and let the gorgeous strawberry flavour really come through. Thank you for sharing this post with us at Hearth and Soul. By the way, I love the name of your blog! I’m looking forward to visiting more of your posts.
I think I need to go buy an ice cream maker. Wow.
This looks absolutely heavenly. I seriously need an ice cream maker.
This is cute.The color is really vivid and the finished product looks so delicious.
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