Summer heat cooldown ice cream substitute.

[tzvia]

Finally, it's hot, though not the heat wave we normally get in SoCal. All the same, it was a 99f commute today so I thought I would try my 'gotta have ice cream' cool down substitute. Simply grabbed the new ice crusher and let it rip. Then I put some strawberry topping on it and mixed it in. Two tablespoons=80 calories. Not bad. Nice and cool. I guess I could mix in some jelly instead, or my concentrated berry supplement. No, it's not ice cream but it's not 500 calories either, and it was refreshing.

It's hard being a recovering junk food addict (who needs to lose 10lbs) with an ice cream passion in the summer...

[Zen]

There is no substitute for ice cream.

[bmccasland]

You're not helping her Zen!

Isn't that what the 100-calorie bars are for?

[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.