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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream | Roots & Boots

Dairy Free Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip {with essential oils}

This mint chocolate chip dairy free ice cream is a family favorite here at Roots and Boots.  If you keep the ingredients in stock, it’s easy to whip up in the blender and add to the ice cream maker at the start of dinner.  By the time dinner is over, there’s a delicious frozen treat…

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Dairy-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Dairy-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

  It does seem kind of strange to be thinking of ice cream with snow on the ground outside, but I’ve been wanting to experiment with an ice cream maker for some time now.  When a friend offered me the $50 Cuisinart Ice-20 she spotted at a thrift store for $9, I said “yes, please”!

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Chunky Monkey

Chunky Monkey: a frozen, sugar-free treat

  This is one of Mr. Native Texan’s favorites, but we all love it here at the Yankee Homestead.  We relied heavily on this recipe at the beginning of our Strange New Journey.  Sometimes we’re too impatient to chill (ha!), but the chilling really does make a big difference.  The ingredients and amounts are suggestions; we…

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