They All Scream for Ice Cream!

The illusive ice cream beast. I know all the promo-videos show someone making ice cream, but it's more like a runny sorbet consistency and if you freeze it, it pretty much turns into a rock. My loyal peanut gallery had expressed making "real" ice cream from the Vita-Mix as a top priority. I was on it. Granted you have to temper it by freezing after you blend it so you can't eat it immediately. If you're looking for instant gratification, you're going to have to settle for the runny stuff, but if you can hold out, this is truly worth the wait. The beautiful thing is that you can use this vanilla base for any number of flavors. I haven't started experimenting yet, but the sky's the limit!

Toasted Coconut Ice cream

Makes 3 to 4 very rich servings

1 cup whole milk

small tin sweetened condensed milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

6 frozen ice cubes of coconut milk

1/2 cup toasted unsweetened coconut

Place all in the container of the Vita-Mix. Start on variable #1, increase speed to #10. Use tamper to make sure the coconut milk cubes are completely incorporated.

Pour into a container with a lid, or cover with foil. Freeze until set, 8 hours or overnight.

Scoop and serve.