Eureka, by jove I think I’ve found it!

When I first switched to my raw diet it was a great excuse to go out and buy a lot of stuff. Stuff that I’ve never needed before and stuff that I probably still didn’t need but was shiny and could be slipped in under the radar in the guise of “kitchen stuff”.

One such under-the-radar purchase was my ice cream maker. I love ice-cream, I mean who doesn’t right? I also added the conviction that my son could use it to make himself ice cream. My son, by the way, is the same son who was told at the age of 4 by me that if the ice cream van was playing his music, it meant he had run out of ice cream.

Now before you go getting your panties in a bunch it didn’t mean he went without ice cream, it just meant he went into the house and got a freeze pop off his mother and only had proper ice cream as a treat.

Anyways back to the purpose of this post.

I bought my ice cream maker, unpacked it, set it up, tried to use it, cleaned it up, read the instructions, put the bit in the freezer that needs to be frozen for the thing to work, and tried again.

My first effort at raw ice cream was, shall we say less than stellar. It resulted in a block of what can only be described as pick ice forming in the machine that had to left to thaw in order to remove the contents of the bowl, from the bowl.

But last night, I made, the most delicious Pecan Chocolate Raw Ice Cream ever.

I planned to follow a this recipe from the very talented (and very cute) Karen Knowler, who is my new raw food hero, but realised as soon as I passed the point of no return that I didn’t have all the ingredients. Necessity being the mother of invention and improvisation its second cousin twice removed, here is what I came up with.

2 Cup Pecan Nuts
4 Cups Water
4 Medjool Dates
6 Tbsp Dark Agave Nectar
4 Tbsp Hot Chocolate Powder

Blended everything then poured it into the ice cream maker and 35 minutes later I had the best, guilt free, ice cream ever.

Now I know the recipe is not technically a raw one on account of the Hot Chocolate Powder but damn the ice cream is good.

Next time I make it I will have the proper ingredients and follow Karen’s recipe to the letter. I will also endeavour never to reach the point of no return again.