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Wifezilla Thu, Jan-10-08 20:21

Instant Low Carb Ice Cream
 
VERY fast and very tasty. Takes about a minute to make.

http://wifezillasway.blogspot.com/2...-ice-cream.html

Who doesn't love ice cream? With all the sugar in regular ice cream, I have had to avoid it. I did try some no-sugar-added ice creams, but they contain sugar alcohols. Not only did they not taste good, I got a stomach ache for my troubles. I tried making ice cream in my ice cream maker, but it was a mess, took forever, and cost me more in ice and rock salt than the resulting goo was worth.

Luckily, I did some experimenting with my food processor the other day. The result is a recipe so fast and easy, I could kick myself for not coming up with it sooner. It literally takes less than 1 minute to put everything together and have creamy, tasty low carb ice cream read to eat. In fact, I have an electric ice cream maker if anyone wants it. I wont be needing it anymore!!!

Wifezilla's Instant Blueberry Ice Cream
(Makes 2 servings)

Ingredients
1 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp Da Vinci sugar-free simple syrup

Substitution options: You can use packets of Splenda or Equal if you don't have any Da Vinci syrup. Try 2 of each (mixing sweeteners tends to lower aftertaste). You can also use frozen strawberries, but they must be cut in to smaller pieces. Whole frozen strawberries are too big and hard to mix/cut properly. You can partially thaw them and slice, but they must be mostly frozen for this method to work. You can also dice fresh fruit and freeze it. Just keep the chunks about blueberry-sized and it will work great.

Directions: Place ingredients in a food processor with a chopping blade (mine is an old Black & Decker ShortCut). Pulse for a few seconds until heavy cream & blueberries turn in to nice, creamy, soft serve looking mix (you can also use a blender, but you have to mix & pulse repeatedly to get it evenly whipped). You can set it a bit more by placing in the freezer, but honestly, it seldom makes it that far. Hubby and I just take the food processor container and grab a couple of spoons (fewer dishes to wash!).


Yummmmmm....Low Carby Blueberry Goodness! Drooollll!

I am not sure what the texture would be like if you froze it overnight, but I do have some in the freezer right now. I will check it after work and see if it is still edible or if it turns in to a rock.

Here are the approximate carb and calorie counts. I list this recipe as making two servings, since hubby and I share a batch and it is very satisfying. This is not something you want to eat if you are on Atkins induction unless it keeps you from diving in to a pint of Ben & Jerry's. Other phases of Atkins, Barry Groves plan, or maintenance phases should have no trouble with this if you keep track of your total carbs for the day.

Per Serving...
Calories: 243
Fat: 23g
Total Carbs: 12
Fiber: 2
Net Carbs: 10


Enjoy everyone!

UPDATE: I froze some for about 6 hours and it did get kind of hard, but it also seemed to get "dusty" and crumbly. Yuck. I recommend only making what you immediately need.

tracy Thu, Jan-10-08 21:57

sound yummy I cant wait till Im done with induction to try it out!

dane Fri, Jan-11-08 05:10

Ohhhhh yes, I've made this with strawberries, and it's SO GOOD. Top of the line luxury, thanks to the cream. :yum:

zorra_1 Fri, Jan-11-08 12:49

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wifezilla
I have a regular ice cream maker and I am getting rid of it. Takes too much time, too much money for ice and rock salt.


Same here! I got so sick and tired of having to literally chip and chisel my rock solid ice cream out!! :lol: <dented the inside of the machine doing that anyway!>

Wifezilla Fri, Jan-11-08 12:50

Mine was plastic and I cracked it! LOL

I need to get to maintenance so I can try other fruits :D Maybe by summer I will be ready for cantaloupe ice cream!

ElleH Fri, Jan-11-08 14:06

When I was eating my strawberries with whipped cream, I thought of your recipe. I will try that very soon!

Can you use fewer berries and have it come out OK? That carb count is kinda high, and I know I would eat the whole thing at once. I know, I'm a pig. But hey...whatever works? Right? I always eat 1/2 C of cream at one time when I whip it...so will it work if I use, say, 1/4 C of berries?

Wifezilla Fri, Jan-11-08 15:27

If you replaced some of the fruit with some finely crushed ice, I think it would work. The point is you need something frozen to chill the cream and get it to freeze. Having a husband who knows the sounds of the food processor means something tasty keeps me from eating it all myself!

KvonM Fri, Jan-11-08 15:33

i'll have to try this sometime... personally, i prefer making the ultra-premium ice cream that takes 3 days before it's ready to eat. it's a little on the tricky side and you have to watch it, but it is SOOOOOOO worth the time and effort.

Wifezilla Fri, Jan-11-08 15:38

If I had any patience at all, I might agree with you. But I have the attention span of a 2 year old on pixie stix...so this works better for me...LOL

deirdra Fri, Jan-11-08 21:33

I've been making single servings for ages in my Magic Bullet with:
1/4-1/3 cup frozen blueberries (any berries)
1/4 cup heavy cream
stevia to taste

but never thought of adding lemon juice. It sounds good.

Single servings eliminate the chance of eating the whole batch or having a less-than-ideal taste and texture after a while in the freezer.

dan's mom Fri, Jan-11-08 21:52

Note to self:

-Buy a magic bullet or similar device.
-Ensure there's a plentiful supply of berries and cream

Sounds like a great recipe! Can't wait to try it.

Wifezilla Sat, Jan-12-08 12:29

I saw the magic bullet on sale at Kind Soopers. They apparently brought in a bunch for Christmas and now they are clearing them out. You may want to check around.

gallard Sat, Jan-12-08 22:53

I have a magic bullet and it is great, use it to make shakes all the time in it.

I have eaten ice cream like this many times in the past in the magic bullet, expect I never included lemon juice.

Whenever I plan on having a frozen treat later in the day or at night, I just put some heavy cream, cocoa (I use Hershey's Special Dark), and sweetener (usually a combo of erythritol, xylitol, and splenda) in a container and shake well. Place in the freezer until frozen. It is a really good treat. Like chocolate ice cream. Very low in carbs and quite nutritious with the cocoa.

I find that just using splenda in a cocoa recipe produces a very bitter taste. So that is why I use a combination. Erythritol matches very well with cocoa.

Also, I highly recommend a dark cocoa over regular cocoa in this recipe and all other recipes. There is more of a chocolate and less bitter taste. Also, if you look at the carb count for Hershey's Cocoa and Special Dark, there is only one net carb per serving in Special Dark. While the regular cocoa had two net carbs.

chubbygrrl Sun, Jan-13-08 10:25

OMG I adore you!! Every time my TOM rolls around, I crave ice cream sooooo bad. I got a couple chunks of unsweetened dark chocolate and froze them and added a couple ice cubes extra and WOW the chocolate ice cream totally quenched my craving!

Wifezilla Sun, Jan-13-08 11:19

Oooooooo!!! I adore you right back! That sounds awesome!

easylyvin Sun, Jan-13-08 16:19

I make something like this for my husband, but I whip the whipping cream with a hand mixer, add vanilla, splenda and a little natural peanut butter. Then freeze it. He loves peanut butter, keeps him on the right path.

2007 Tue, Jan-15-08 00:33

Hmmm, now I've just gotten the idea to try some Russell Stover or Hersheys 1 Net Carb Reese's mixed with heavy cream to make some ice cream. I'll give it a go soon.

Nancy LC Tue, Jan-15-08 10:19

I'm going to try this with coconut milk instead of cream. Or coconut cream even.

Culturista Tue, Jan-15-08 10:21

That's how I make ice cream too (coconut milk and cream).

Wifezilla Tue, Jan-15-08 10:36

I tried to make the frozen chocolate pieces version, but it didn't have the same cool texture as the blueberry. It DID still taste good, and adding a bit of cream cheese made the texture more how I like it.

Hard to call it a failure if you eat it all :p

I did finally add a photo in case anyone wants to see...
http://wifezillasway.blogspot.com/2...-ice-cream.html

Culturista Tue, Jan-15-08 10:42

That looks delicious!

Have you ever used mascarpone cheese to make ice cream? It is so good!

Wifezilla Tue, Jan-15-08 10:47

Noooo...but I am intrigued :D

ElleH Tue, Jan-15-08 15:20

I have a question about the magic bullet...

Can you do liquids in it? I see you're doing cream in it. But, I mean does the manual say it's OK to do liquids?

I saw the "Kitchen Assitant" made by Sunbeam that looks exactly like the MB at Walmart, but the manual says NO LIQUIDS. I opened a box to see what the manual said before DH bought me one for my birthday. I really wanted that thing, but when it said no liquids that made it impractical for me.

Wifezilla Tue, Jan-15-08 18:56

Here are a bunch of reviews Elle. People either seem to love it or hate it :D but they are using it for liquids.

http://www.infomercialratings.com/product/magic_bullet

Since the price has come way down recently, I would say it might be worth a try if the old Black & Decker dies on me. (I have had that thing for 12 years and it still works great!!)

gallard Tue, Jan-15-08 19:21

You can do liquids in the magic bullet. In fact, whenever I use it, liquids are usually involved. I often use it for protein shakes. It incorporates the ice quite nicely. I also use it to grind nuts. I do not like using it for other things like chopping. It really pulverizes things like eggs when I make tuna salad

Some of my family members have magic bullet knock offs. I think the brand name is Bella Cucina, they were on sale at Macy's over a year ago for about 20.00 each. The knock offs are the same as the original magic bullet. Pretty much the same performance and I have used liquids in the Bella Cucina.

In my first post I mentioned the cocoa and heavy cream dessert, I think I should point out an important point. Everytime I make it, I use erythritol along with some splenda. Erythritol makes a big difference in terms of texture. In another low carb message board, there is a long thread about homemade ice cream and the fact that when someone only uses splenda as a sweetener in frozen treats, the final product is rock hard. But with erythritol, the final product will be scoopable and a nice texture, somewhat reminiscant of store bought ice cream.

CaddyM Wed, Jun-03-09 20:27

I thought I would bump this up as berry season is upon us.

Wifezilla Thu, Jun-04-09 13:36

I have seen blueberries on sale in several places. I was going to try the melon version, but my son ate my cantaloup while I was at work ::grrrrrrr

GlendaRC Thu, Jun-04-09 14:20

My friend does this with yogurt rather than cream. Mmmmm ... frozen yogurt is an old favourite of mine!

mainecyn Wed, Jul-01-09 17:59

Was going to make a post of my own about sf ice cream. Glad found this..but heres what I was asking anyway..

Well, finaly dragged out the ice cream maker. It is a small little thing that (demi brand) that makes great ice cream. The rest of the family still has that amazing frosted choc. cake to eat and I've been craving something sweet. So, cleaning out the cupboards this afternoon I found the ice cream maker. After some serious thinking I decided I'd try making some sf ice cream, i had whipping cream in the fridge, and a box of pitascho (spelling) sf pudding. I mixed up a batch of vanilla sf ice cream using splenda, and added the box. Its mixing right now. Of course the reason I was hesitant was the fact that everyone is gonna want to try it, which is good, but the down side is everyone can eat what i am making and I can't touch the cake. Knock on the door, ..yup, just what I thought. An army of kids, "is that an ice cream maker?" told them nope, its a banana maker. So, everyone will be trying it. Told them they probably wont like it since its sf.

This machine doesn't use rock salt or anything else, and is done in 30 min. does anyone have varations of sf ice cream recipes that they use for their maker?

I want to make some ice cream for the family for the fourth, but would like to have some i can eat as well. Hopefully it comes out.

kaarren Wed, Jul-01-09 19:03

I'm so glad I found this recipe! I had been searching for something sweet RIGHT NOW! Needed a fix.
I usually have Bawdy's Cheesecake, but get tired of making it.
I had to add more sweetner also tried a little bit of SF choc sauce with it mmm- BOY does this make a lot... more than I need or want. GOOD DEAL!


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