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Strawberry Lemonade Shaved Ice
Dessert American

Strawberry Lemonade Shaved Ice

5.0

Prep
15 min
Cook
Total
15 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix lemon juice and sugar in a bowl until sugar is dissolved.
  2. 2 Put strawberries in a strainer and place over the bowl. Mash berries against the strainer to extract their juice. Remove strainer and discard mashed berries. Mix strawberry juice with lemonade.
  3. 3 Place ice cubes into a shaved ice machine or snow cone maker. Shave ice into serving bowls and pour strawberry-lemonade over top.

By kittylover1234456

Vanilla Vegan Nice Cream
Dessert

Vanilla Vegan Nice Cream

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Soak for 1 to 3 hours. Drain.
  2. 2 Combine soaked cashews, banana, ice cubes, tofu, dates, vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon soy milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add an additional teaspoon of soy milk only if needed, in order to keep the mixture as thick as possible.
  3. 3 Pour into a bowl to serve.

By Mackenzie Schieck

Chocolate Vegan Nice Cream
Dessert

Chocolate Vegan Nice Cream

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Soak for 1 to 3 hours. Drain.
  2. 2 Combine soaked cashews, banana, ice cubes, tofu, cacao powder, dates, vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon soy milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add an additional teaspoon of soy milk only if needed, in order to keep the mixture as thick as possible.
  3. 3 Pour into a bowl to serve.

By Mackenzie Schieck

Chocolate Chip-Mint Vegan Nice Cream
Dessert

Chocolate Chip-Mint Vegan Nice Cream

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Soak for 1 to 3 hours. Drain.
  2. 2 Combine soaked cashews, banana, ice cubes, tofu, dates, mint extract, and 1 teaspoon soy milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add an additional teaspoon of soy milk only if needed, in order to keep the mixture as thick as possible.
  3. 3 Stir in chocolate chips and pour into a bowl to serve.

By Mackenzie Schieck

Strawberry Vegan Nice Cream
Dessert

Strawberry Vegan Nice Cream

3.0

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Soak for 1 to 3 hours. Drain.
  2. 2 Combine soaked cashews, banana, strawberries, ice cubes, tofu, dates, mint extract, and 1 teaspoon soy milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add an additional teaspoon of soy milk only if needed, in order to keep the mixture as thick as possible.
  3. 3 Pour into a bowl to serve.

By Mackenzie Schieck

Easy Ice Cream in a Bag
Dessert American

Easy Ice Cream in a Bag

4.7

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
20 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine milk, half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla extract in a pint-size resealable plastic bag; seal tightly.
  2. 2 Place pint-size bag of milk mixture, scoop of ice, and 3 tablespoons rock salt into a gallon-size resealable plastic bag; seal tightly.
  3. 3 Rock gallon-size bag back and forth (do not shake) until thickens into ice cream, about 10 minutes. Wipe salt from top of the pint-size bag before opening to prevent salt from getting into ice cream.

By JOLEANB

Chocolate-Cherry-Chip Vegan Nice Cream
Dessert

Chocolate-Cherry-Chip Vegan Nice Cream

4.0

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Soak for 1 to 3 hours. Drain.
  2. 2 Combine soaked cashews, banana, ice cubes, tofu, dates, cacao powder, vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon soy milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add an additional teaspoon of soy milk only if needed, in order to keep the mixture as thick as possible.
  3. 3 Stir in cherries and chocolate chips; pour into a bowl to serve.

By Mackenzie Schieck

Salted Chocolate-Peanut Butter Vegan Nice Cream
Dessert

Salted Chocolate-Peanut Butter Vegan Nice Cream

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Soak for 1 to 3 hours. Drain.
  2. 2 Combine soaked cashews, banana, ice cubes, tofu, cacao powder, dates, peanut butter, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon soy milk, and salt in a blender. Process until smooth. Add an additional teaspoon of soy milk only if needed, in order to keep the mixture as thick as possible.
  3. 3 Pour into a bowl and sprinkle with crushed peanuts.

By Mackenzie Schieck

Watermelon Pops
Dessert American

Watermelon Pops

4.0

Prep
35 min
Cook
Total
215 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix 1/3 cup sugar and lime gelatin mix in medium bowl. Add 1 cup boiling water; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add enough ice to 1/2 cup cold water to measure 3/4 cup. Add to lime gelatin; stir until ice is completely melted. Refrigerate 25 min.
  2. 2 Meanwhile, repeat Step 1 using strawberry gelatin mix and omitting the refrigeration step. Pour into 16 (3-oz.) paper cups. Freeze 20 min. Stir 1/2 tsp. chocolate chips into gelatin in each cup.
  3. 3 Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer in medium bowl until well blended. Stir in COOL WHIP; spread over gelatin in cups.
  4. 4 Pour lime gelatin over cream cheese mixture. Insert wooden pop stick into gelatin in center of each cup. Freeze 3 hours or until firm. Remove pops from cups just before serving.

By Philadelphia

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Dessert American

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

5.0

Prep
20 min
Cook
10 min
Total
750 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine strawberries, 1/4 cup sugar, and lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until strawberries are coarsely chopped. Transfer to a bowl; refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
  2. 2 Heat 1 cup heavy cream, milk, and remaining 3/4 cup sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat until warmed through and sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and cool for 30 minutes.
  3. 3 Whisk egg yolks together in a bowl; slowly whisk warm cream mixture into yolks, whisking constantly. Transfer egg yolk mixture back into the saucepan.
  4. 4 Heat egg yolk mixture over medium heat, constantly stirring and scraping the bottom of the saucepan, until custard thickens and coats the back of a spatula, about 5 minutes.
  5. 5 Pour remaining 1 cup heavy cream into a large bowl; set a strainer over the bowl. Slowly pour custard through the strainer into heavy cream; stir. Add vanilla extract and salt; stir in chilled strawberry mixture and chocolate chips.
  6. 6 Place ice cubes into a large bowl and add water; stir. Place bowl of strawberry custard into the ice bath; cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove bowl from ice bath; cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until well chilled, 8 hours to overnight.
  7. 7 Pour chilled custard into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions until it reaches "soft-serve" consistency. Transfer to an airtight container, cover surface with plastic wrap, and seal. For best results, ice cream should ripen in the freezer for at least 2 hours or overnight.

By Rose

The Perfect Blended Margarita
Drink Mexican

The Perfect Blended Margarita

3.5

Prep
5 min
Cook
Total
5 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine 2 cups ice cubes, lime juice, triple sec, tequila, and lemon juice in a blender; blend margarita until smooth.
  2. 2 Place remaining 1 cup ice cubes in a cocktail shaker; pour in desired amount of margarita. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a chilled glass.

By Darren Hurley

Mezcal Old Fashioned
Drink Mexican

Mezcal Old Fashioned

5.0

Prep
5 min
Cook
Total
5 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine simple syrup and bitters in an old fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice. Squeeze orange peel over the glass to expel oils, then place peel in the glass. Add mezcal and tequila; stir until the drink is ice cold and alcohol has mellowed, about 20 seconds. Garnish with cherry to serve.

By France Cevallos

Joe's Perfect Anti-Sour Mix Margarita
Drink Mexican

Joe's Perfect Anti-Sour Mix Margarita

4.4

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Pour salt onto a small, shallow plate. Moisten rim of a large glass with water; dip into salt. Fill glass with ice; set aside.
  2. 2 Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; add tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into the prepared glass; slowly add grapefruit soda.

By Amy L Drouillard

Margarita On The Rocks
Drink Mexican

Margarita On The Rocks

4.6

Prep
5 min
Cook
Total
5 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Rim 2 margarita glasses with salt, if desired, and fill with ice. Pour tequila, sweetened lime juice, triple sec, and lemon-lime soda into a shaker filled with ice, hold your hand firmly over the top of the shaker so it doesn't pop off from the carbonated soda. Shake vigorously. Pour into prepared margarita glasses, and serve.

By UNCLEBEN1980

The Best Horchata
Drink Mexican

The Best Horchata

4.3

Prep
15 min
Cook
Total
195 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Pour sugar, cinnamon, and rice into hot water; stir until sugar dissolves. Cover, and let stand at room temperature for at least 3 hours, but preferably overnight.
  2. 2 Stir in milk, then puree with a hand blender, or in batches in a standing blender until the rice resembles fine sand. Strain through several layers of cheesecloth, or through a very fine strainer. Serve over ice.

By Lindsay W

The Perfect Margarita
Drink Mexican

The Perfect Margarita

4.8

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Moisten the rim of a glass with a lime wedge. Sprinkle salt onto a plate. Lightly dip the moistened rim into the salt.
  3. 3 Place a large ice cube in the glass and freeze the prepared glass until ready to serve.
  4. 4 Fill a cocktail shaker with fresh ice. Add tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Cover and shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker has frosted.
  5. 5 Strain margarita into the salt-rimmed chilled glass and garnish with a slice of lime.

By John Mitzewich

Easy Frozen Margaritas
Drink Mexican

Easy Frozen Margaritas

4.9

Prep
5 min
Cook
Total
5 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Working in 2 batches, place 1 quart ice cubes in a blender. Add 1/2 can limeade, 6 ounces tequila and 2 tablespoons Cointreau. Blend at highest speed until drink is almost smooth. Pour into a pitcher and repeat with remaining ingredients. Store in the freezer.
  2. 2 To salt the margarita glasses, pour a single layer of salt on a small plate. Moisten each glass rim with lime; dip each rim in the salt. Pour margaritas into each glass; garnish with lime. Serve immediately.

By USA WEEKEND columnist Pam Anderson