8/7/15

Decadent 3 Ingredient No Churn Ice Cream

My husband and I LOVE ice cream!  We used to eat it several times a week.  But when the weight started to creep up, we held back and saved it for just the weekends.  Now it's more like every other weekend as we are still working at dropping pounds and inches.

However, my husband found this recipe, and we only needed to buy one ingredient.  So off to the store we went, and we made our Decadent 3 Ingredient No Churn Ice Cream that very night.

Ingredients:

1 pint heavy cream
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 teaspoons vanilla (the better the vanilla, the better the flavor)

Directions:

Mix the heavy cream with a hand mixer until soft peaks form.  Mix just a little longer till peaks are more firm.  STOP mixing, or it will turn to butter.


Fold in the sweetened condensed milk and the vanilla.


Place in a regular size loaf pan or dish that can be frozen.  Freeze at least 6 hours.


Slice or scoop. Serve. Eat. Enjoy. Repeat Till Gone!

This will provide 9 slices, and each slice will be approximately 300 calories.

I must say I was extremely impressed by the texture, the flavor, the creaminess of this ice cream.
This was impressive to say the least.  Cost wise, you'll have to decide.  It depends on what brand of ice cream you are used to purchasing to determine if it is worth it to you or not.  At the very least, it is still a home made ice cream that is absolutely fantastic.  It was a huge hit for my husband, and one we will definitely make again.

8/4/15

Delicious Baked Coconut Chicken

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to eat dinner on a WWII Battleship.  Part of that dinner included coconut shrimp.  It was absolutely the best I had ever eaten.  Due to various life activities, I forgot all about that dinner, until I ran across a recipe for Coconut Chicken.  I just happened to have all of the ingredients and made it for dinner that very night.  Give it a whirl.  You may just find you like it too.


Ingredients:

1/4 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
dash pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 cups shredded, sweetened coconut
2 boneless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces or strips

Directions:

Cut up the boneless chicken breast into small pieces or strips.


Mix the cornstarch, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper together in a bowl.  


Place eggs in a separate bowl, and slightly beat them together.


In a third bowl, place the shredded, sweetened coconut.


Get a cookie sheet, and cover with aluminum foil.  Lightly grease or oil it.

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Next, Take the chicken pieces and dip first in the cornstarch mixture, 


then into the egg mixture,


 then into the coconut. 


 Place on the lightly oiled aluminum covered cookie sheet.


Bake for 15 minutes.  Turn pieces over and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce or eat just like they are.


Super delicious!