Snow Cream and Pillow friends

Ok so everyone has been talking about this thing called snow cream and I have never heard of it. I know right. So I asked Ryan what it was and all she said was OOOOO good and OOOOO cold. I told her that's great but it didn't explain what the heck it is. So she told me its this really yummy treat that her mom use to make for her when she was a kid and that she has turned it into a tradition in her family. She told me to google it and get the recipe because everyone makes it differently. So I did and its really easy. So I make some and let me tell you it was the best tasting Snow cream ( a.k.a. Ice cream made from snow) that I have ever tasted. Ok, Ok its the only snow cream I have ever tasted but it was still really good. Anyway after making it I got to thinking about how I can make it my own and decided to add frozen fruit to it to make it taste even better. Not that there is anything wrong with vanilla but for those of us who like other flavors its something different. Anyway I decided that when I make it again I'm going to try it a little different and see how it turns out. Anyway so here is Dale, Elyssa and her friend Hannah eating the end result of my first batch. They really loved it. So did Dominic but for some reason I didn't get a picture of him eating it. Oh ya I almost forgot Dale got the bright idea to had hot cocoa mix to it to make it chocolate. It wasn't bad, truthfully it was kinda good. Anyway enough about that. Here are the pics.

here is my first batch. No it has nothing to do with the Tony's or the grapes they just happen to be there when I took the picture.

Dale and his bowl

Hannah and her bowl

Elyssa and her bowl

Ok so now for the second part of my title. I am always telling Dominic to stop bugging his sister and go out and make some friends. Well with it being so cold and no one wanting to be out longer than 10 min. Dominic decided to make a friend of his own out of pillows and cloths. Sometimes I wonder where his imagination came from. He can be so creative when he is truly bored. Anyway here is what he made. He is so proud of it.

Oh ya I almost forgot to tell you how to make the Snow cream. This way you don't have to google it.

Snow Cream

1 Cup Milk

1 cup Sugar

1/2 tsp Vanilla

and a whole lot of very clean snow.

Mix all ingredients together in a mixer. Start with about 10 cups of snow and add more until you get the thickness of Ice cream. Add any flavoring that you like such as fruit or cocoa to taste and enjoy.

Its pretty simple to make and the kids really love it. Of course you can add or take away from the sugar to make it as healthy as you like. I only added about 1/2 a cup of sugar instead of the full amount just because I'm not a big sugar person but its up to you. I hope you can get creative and come up with some great recipes of your own. Please share them with me when you do. I'm all about the new things.

Well that's all for now. Blog at you later.