Sounds calorie heavy and, a little time consuming.

twinwillow17 - June 11, 2009 02:40:55 PM PST

Although, I do think Martha\\'s final product would be delicious, I feel it\\'s a bit complicated, very calorie heavy and time consuming to put together.
My own recipe for vanilla ice cream, although using less fat, still produces an excellent vanilla ice cream. And can be prepped fairly quickly.
I use half and half, egg substitute, (this way you don\\'t have to cook the egg yolks to make them safe to eat) Splenda instead of sugar and powdered skim milk (for texture).
Of course, I use fresh vanilla beans as in Martha\\'s recipe. And a dash of salt as well.
After all the ingredients are blended well and chilled overnight, I make the ice cream in my Kitchen-Aid ice cream attachment.

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french vanilla ice cream

coolrn4u - June 11, 2009 04:19:38 PM PST

I agree with twinwillow17 that it\\'s time consuming for alot of us with busy lives, but eaten in moderation, is probably ok once in awhile. Also caution to jc zorrow, I thought it meant you could just put it in a container to freeze also, but I believe it means you can do this AFTER you churn it if you don\\'t serve it immediately....hmmmm?
oh well.

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Lighter ice cream

Shirley J. R - July 5, 2009 06:06:18 AM PST

I can make delicious ice cream with much less calories than this recipe. Have not had anyone who didn\\'t like it. And this recipe did not state if you should use a half gallon, gallon or gallon and a half freezer. The servings do not matter if you don\\'t know what size can to use. I think Ed Levine needs to get out of New Yawk once in a while.

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Sounds good to me.

S.A.M. - July 3, 2009 10:46:38 AM PST

twinwillow17 should not hang out with Martha Stewart if she thinks her concoction tastes good. Some people are made to wear silk and others cotton.

Maybe I should make room in my freezer for the ice cream canister.

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calorie issue

You will be seen as: a sexy beast. wait! thats me! - June 21, 2009 01:39:47 AM PST

Hey just to clear up this issue, gregnjen2 is completely right. Food calories ARE the same number as kcal. As gregnjen2 said, one kcal is one food calorie. So, if one serving of this ice cream is 292 kcal, then it is 292 food calories, not 292,000 food calories. Yes the \\'k\\' means kilo, which means 1000, but when labels started being placed on food, it was easier to say 292 calories, then 292,000 calories. Just thing about it. How in the world could one little recipe be equal to as many calories as we are supposed to eat in a third of a year? Haha. I doubt that there is any food item with that many calories, save for an entire cow.

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