Summer heat cooldown ice cream substitute.

[tulip]

What is "strawberry topping?"

Really, there is no substitute for ice cream. I limit my intake to about once a month. I had some yesterday. I can't buy it at the grocery store because I'll eat it all up. So when I want it, I go out and buy a cone, or a chocolate chip malt as was the case yesterday. Yum.

[Susan]

Oh I think there is a substitute ... well at least sth that comes near for me, being an Icecream addict myself :

I puree mango or raspberry in a blender and add plain yoghurt and put this mixture into the freezer and stir it every half an hour until you have an ice-cream-like texture (I guess if you have an ice cream machine that would be better).

You can also use frozen raspberries (or other berries) or freeze fruit-puree in those ice-cube-making-thingies (whatever you call them) and mix them into yoghurt or curd to get an iced shake.

[Zen]

^That's not ice cream.

Tulip, that's the same thing I do.

[tulip]

^^A Smoothie is great, but it's a smoothie, not ice cream.

And there's nothing wrong with a smoothie. I have them several times a week. Susan, yours sounds delicious. Tzvia, I'm leary of the "strawberry topping."

[abejita]

After our long rides...50+ miles (last week it was 80) we drop the bikes off and go get gelato. Chocolate hazelnut and sea salt caramel in a sugar cone make me forget how hot I was...

[Susan]

Well the first suggestion IS icecream, it's just not sweetened. As I cannot use sugar it's the closest I can get to icecream

[schnitzle]

After our long rides...50+ miles (last week it was 80) we drop the bikes off and go get gelato. Chocolate hazelnut and sea salt caramel in a sugar cone make me forget how hot I was...

And gelato actually has lower calories than ice cream!

"Whereas the typical ice cream has a fat content ranging from fourteen to twenty-five percent, gelato averages between five to nine percent butterfat, a significant difference.

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I recently had a strawberry sorbet gelato (sorbeto?) that was so fantastic I couldn't believe it didn't have any cream in it. Of course I know it's not ice cream, but still, I enjoyed it

[GLC1968]

I've recently discovered that I LOVE Julie's Organic frozen yogurt. Normally I'm a pure ice cream fan, but this stuff is delicious and allows me to feel slightly less guilty. I also find that I can keep it in the house without the burning need to down it all in one sitting (which is a nice change).

[abejita]

And gelato actually has lower calories than ice cream!

"Whereas the typical ice cream has a fat content ranging from fourteen to twenty-five percent, gelato averages between five to nine percent butterfat, a significant difference.

Doesn't that even make it taste better!! I certainly didn't choose it for its lower calories, and if you had asked me before, I would have said it had to have more calories than regular ice cream.