with no yard, evan crafted some troughs to grow our tomato plants in on our building’s rooftop deck. we brought these plants with us from knoxville when they were small in a small plastic bin, and they are growing still and starting to show signs that we’ll soon have a crop.
we have twelve plants in three troughs.
growth!
we have 10 small green guys on three of the plants.
enjoying hanging out on the deck!
my dad was inspired to wipe the dust out of his ice cream maker by our previous post. he found the slushy section of his ice cream recipe book (not ben & jerry’s) and immediately went to buy a bottle of cheerwine for a cheerwine slushy. here’s what you do… after preconditioning your ice cream maker bowl, simply pour in your soft drink of choice and let churn for 15 minutes. voila… slushy! looks fabulous.
we recently purchased an ice cream maker attachment for our kitchen aid mixer and have started making homemade ice cream. we also purchased the ben and jerry’s ice cream recipe book, and i highly recommend both purchases to those without. the ice cream bases that we’ve made have been creamy and delicious. the base is made up of a combination of heavy cream, milk and sugar. we have made oreo mint and reese’s/chocolate swirl, and this week we made a lactose free option. it consisted of almond milk, coconut milk and sugar. it was a little icier, but still great and with a hint of coconut. featured below is the reese’s/chocolate combo.
