Cowdolier

A Gondolier Sings in Venice

La Vache Vase

Cow cream bottle recycled as a small vase.

Crème de la Crème

I found this heavy organic cream in a collectible glass bottle at Jimbo's Market yesterday. After I use the cream to make ice cream, the decorative cow bottle will make a nice little vase for flowers!

The Best Homemade Ice Cream Recipes

(BEFORE)

(AFTER: Coconut ice cream)

It's super easy to make homemade ice cream, fresh and delicious, using a hand-cranked ice cream maker, such as a Donvier. For best results, keep the cylinder in the freezer for seven hours or longer. Just as the secret to great pizza is a hot oven, the secret to great ice cream is a cold cylinder. I store mine in the spare freezer, so it's always cold enough to use.

Use the best ingredients you can find--preferably organic.

Vanilla Ice Cream
Ingredients:
2 cups heavy cream
2 cups whole or skim milk
Slightly less than 1 cup of sugar (if you don't want to use sugar, experiment with smaller amounts of maple syrup or coconut nectar) 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Gently mix ingredients in a large bowl, then pour mixture into ice cream maker. Crank to mix, and then crank every few minutes for about 30 minutes. After about 30 minutes, enjoy, or transfer ice cream to container and freeze.
Makes about 1 quart
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Other flavors to try:
Follow vanilla recipe above, modified by instructions below.

~Chocolate Chip Ice Cream: Add 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips.

~Coconut Ice Cream: Substitute 2 cups light or regular canned coconut milk for the milk. If you are a fan of coconut ice cream you're in for a real treat!

~Coffee Ice Cream: Add 1 cup of fresh, strong, black coffee, which has been refrigerated, and reduce milk to 1 cup. Add 1/4 cup of mini chocolate chips if desired for mocha chip. Either way, this has incredible coffee flavor.
 
~Cookies and Cream: Add 1 cup of crushed oreos (or other cookies), to ice cream maker during the last ten minutes or so.

~Mint Chocolate Chip: Add 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips and 1/3 teaspoon of mint extract.

~Pumpkin: Decrease milk by 1/2 cup and add 1 cup canned pumpkin and a dash of cinnamon. Good year round (if you can find the canned pumpkin)--why wait for the autumn?!
 
~Strawberry: Add 1/2 cup of mashed strawberries and 1/2 cup chopped strawberries, fresh or frozen. Or try using peaches instead.
 
As with any recipe, vary amounts of ingredients to taste.

Beef Haiku Daily

Cow Pitchers with Apples

Les Vaches avec Beurre, Olive, et Chocolat

Queen

Queen ( a haiku)

Beautiful Holstein,

Who's milk helps give life to all.

A true dairy queen.

~Clover

Le Beurre

Hero

Hero ( a haiku)

My Bovine hero,

from high atop the mountain.

Strong and wise and proud.

~Clover

Gumball Machine

Dans le frigo

Birthday Bovine

Happy birthday to all my fellow Virgos (including Google)!!

The Purple Cow

THE PURPLE COW

NEVER saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.

~ Gelett Burgess (1866-1951)

The Cow

The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day;
And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.

~Robert Louis Stevenson

Ferdinand (of Central Park)

Millie's a real angel

Spill the wine, dig that cow

Laverne

Bobbie

Bernina

Stay tuned for more cows!
Comments are welcomed.