Friday, June 15, 2007

I scream, you scream we all scream for ice cream


I have this-


I had these-



And I made this-

Blueberry Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
from: Vegan Ice Cream Paradise blog

2 c. Silk soy creamer
1 c. vegan cream cheese (approx. 8-ounce container Tofutti)
¾ c. sugar
1 T. lemon juice
½ c. soy milk
2 T. arrowroot
1 t. vanilla
1 c. blueberries strawberries fresh or frozen)
1/8 c. sugarsplash lemon juice

Combine soy creamer, cream cheese, sugar, and lemon juice in a saucepan. Heat and mix contents. It will take some whisking to break up the cream cheese and get it to dissolve. While heating, combine the ½ cup soy milk and 2 tablespoons arrowroot and set aside. Once the pan’s contents are boiling, take from heat and add soy milk–arrowroot mixture. The liquid should thicken quickly. Add vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
Combine blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Heat until boiling and some blueberries have burst. Set aside to cool.
Freeze cream cheese mixture according to ice cream maker instructions. Add blueberries strawberries 5 minutes before end of freezing cycle.
Extremely yummy- extremely easy and sooooo much better then store bought soy ice cream!
Not sure what flavor I'm making this weekend from her blog.

Friday, June 08, 2007

Time to BUG you....

I've been so busy gardening, I've been way too busy to blog to the 3 people who read Good-Dees. I little bit of info about me - I kill nothing. I won't even not kill a bug, not even in the house- okay with a couple exceptions- if it's a mosquito and it land on me- it's MY personal space- there is a whole world at your disposal, please don't land on me. And there is another reason I will scarific a bug's life, it will be explained later. Oh, and I've been known to name our spiders in the house (but that's in the winter, otherwise I put them outside to live in the fresh air) and I upright bugs that need help.

So anyway.....There's some excitment happening in Good-Dee's yard! Last year I planted some milkweed in the yard - Monarch butterflies love milkweek, in fact that is the only plant they will lay their eggs on, that is why I planted it. So last night, Goods & I inspected the milkweed that is about to bloom and........WE HAVE BABY MONARCH CATAPITTERS! (okay calipillers to everyone else)

I'll give you a looksie


Hummm...maybe a closer looksie will help!



It is (I need to name it yet) not more then 1/4 inch long. And befriended a tiny misquito - how sweet. It must be a very social catapitter - maybe I should name it "Paris" - I think not, and don't get me started on HER!

We found a half of dozen little ones on the plants. Hopefully they will turn out like this one from last year-


More exciting news, it's Fish Fly season in Michigan

You can read about Fish Flies here - becuase I'm not reposting what I just wrote about them, which I lost! urrrrr
Goods, in his lederhosen and I are off to Frankenmuth - have a great weekend!