On Mon, 07 May 2012 09:44:42 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 07 May 2012 06:33:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I forgot to mention. I can easily do the ice cream in the
>> Ninja.
>
>I saw that on the internet Ninja ad. The recipes I read made it sound
>less easy than the advertisement made it seem. So, what's the real
>truth?
I think my Ninja came with a cookbook -- they all don't. I'll look
for you later, I'm on the way to an appt. right now. With this ice
cream, it's probably proportions that count. I haven't done it since
last summer, but I get the frozen strawberries from Costco. A lot of
them are 'huge' so I cut them in half vertically. Then you simply put
berries in the vessel, cover with cream, half and half or the milk of
your choice and I add about a serving spoon of sugar (optional).
Again, sweetener of your choice. Turn the Ninja on. Probably pulse
it a couple of times and then let her rip until thick and smooth. I
make my smoothies the same way, so sometimes they are sweeter and
sometimes not so much. I haven't looked for any recipes for the ice
cream so I don't know what embellishments some cooks have applied.
I've accidentally made coffee-chocolate ice cream when making a
smoothie. Ice, cold coffee or instant coffee, chocolate syrup,
sweetener and ice. What I like about this kind of ice cream is that I
really am not a huge fan of ice cream. If I or my husband gets a
craving, it is a matter of a couple of minutes and we are sitting down
to a bowl. I think it's like anything else in the kitchen. Once you
get the hang of the process you can do anything you want.
Janet US