COOKING VIDEO: Watermelon Sorbet

  The only problem with watermelon sorbet is how difficult it is to find it. If you live near a motherlode, consider yourself fortunate. Otherwise, if you have an ice cream maker, you can make it yourself. So light and delicious, watermelon sorbet is more than worth the effort. Use red or yellow watermelon. Fortunately,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Olive Oil Ice Cream

Olive oil ice cream (photo © Funkybg | Dreamstime).   Ice cream is our favorite food, so we look for special ways to celebrate in July, National Ice Cream Month. A delicious olive oil ice cream recipe (you heard that right!) is below. But first, we treated ourselves to three pints of Jeni’s Splendid Ice…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 10 Uses For Bananas & Banana “Ice Cream” Recipe

We didn’t buy quite this many, but it sure seemed like it! Photo by Alessandro Paiva | SXC.   We were overly enthusiastic when we purchased a very large bunch of bananas at an excellent price. But of course, it’s no bargain if half of them spoil. There were far more bananas than we could…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easy Summer Ice Cream Desserts

“Summertime is about simplicity,” says TV chef and “Chopped” judge Alex Guarnaschelli, as she shared these summer dessert ideas with us (originally published in The Daily Meal). Ice Cream: Buy lemon verbena or five varieties of mint, mash the leaves and stir them into ice cream. EDITOR’S NOTE: We also use basil. Purée the leaves…
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