Recently I saw one of the kids at my son’s school eating an ice cream bar. Well, it was called an “ice cream bar”.

Then I looked at the ingredients.

nonfat milk and milkfat

water

sugar

corn syrup

whey

citric acid

stabiliser (mono & diglycerides, guar gum, polysorbate 80, xanthan gum and and carob bean gum

artificial flavour

artificial colour (red #40, yellow #5, blue #1)

I read these ingredients with increasing horror. WHAT is this stuff? It sure as heck doesn’t sound like ice cream! I immediately searched for an easy ice cream recipe. Compare the above with this ice cream recipe:

1.75 cups heavy cream

1.25 cup whole milk

0.75 cup sugar

1/8th teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean split in half

Which would you rather feed your child? I know which one I prefer. Hop on over to Barefeet in the Kitchen for the full ice cream recipe.