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Zeppe's Ice 1812 W. Sunset Blvd #2 St. George, Utah 435-773-7140 www.zeppesice.com When I was a kid, my Mom used to have this laminated ice cream cone (flat paper) on the closet door in the kitchen. Each cone had our name on it. And every time we read a Friend  magazine article we would earn a paper laminated scoop of ice cream for our cone. And at the end of the month she would take us out for ice cream. But actually, we usually went for Frozen Yogurt which has always been the in-thing here in St. George as long as I can remember. The trendy hot spot back then was Dixie Frozen Yogurt. It was in the old shopping center on Bluff where K-mart is still located. It was always a welcome treat. I loved getting gummy bears on my frozen yogurt.  Now all the frozen yogurt places are self serve and you always spend too much money! Okay, there are several yummy frozen yogurt and ice cream places around here now, and I will review each of them another day, but today, I wa...

Awww, this time of year, I love all things cinnamon. For the last couple of years I would look foward to apple cinnamon vla (a type of dairy pudding desert that was sold in Holland).  I would serve it with chunks of ginger bread called ontbijtkoek aka breakfast cake, literally. Even though I grew up in the USA, it still seems somewhat foreign to me. After all, I was an expat in Holland for 10 plus years, and at one time I had every intention of staying there forever. But it was not to be. The excessive rains put a damper on those plans. Now, here we are in sunny St George, and it sometimes doesnt even feel like Fall. For the first two weeks of October we still had highs in the 90 degrees F. Its now beginning to be "cold" at least for a couple hours in the morning, and I saw tiny leaves on the front porch, so some plant out there is shedding for Fall. This is exciting, because with cooler weather we can enjoy the hikes much more, and I can enjoy some Fallish cinnamon d...

I don't know why I felt like making ice cream on such a cold day, I just did... and I'm so glad about it, too. But, I'm gonna wait till a warmer day to repeat this delicious concoction! 400ml whipping cream ¾ cup milk ¾ cup grade A 100% real maple syrup ⅛ cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Dash cinnamon 1 small ripe banana, pureed Warm 200ml whipping cream in microwave or on stove top. Mix in cocoa powder till no lumps and smooth. Remove from stove top - do not allow it to boil. Mix in remaining ingredients. Pour into bowl of ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions. Freeze in airtight container until ready to serve. The consistency of this ice cream is smooth like super soft serve. Freeze for 3 hours to get it to firm but soft consistency. The flavor of this ice cream is oh so yummy - really reminds me of the chocolate frosty from Wendy’s restaurants (fast food) in the U.S. You can taste a hint of the banana but all the flavors...

Hormones are interesting things... because during my last pregnancy I didn't really like ice cream - and that's very strange for me - especially because I was pregnant during those hot summer months. I think I only made ice cream one time last year. I think if you have an ice cream maker and you like ice cream - you should definitely be making a lot more ice cream than that - don't you think? Well, I may finally be recovering from that spell - because I made some saffron ice cream. And wouldn't you know it - saffron goes great with chocolate :) Lately, I've been on this kick where I'm making mixes and then I can create lots of other things, desserts, dinners, etc from one mix. This ice cream is made from Saffron Master Mix - which I also used to make the Saffron-infused Carrot Cakes. Why saffron? Why not? I received 2 grams of saffron from a foodie exchange from Greece. It's Greek Saffron. Perhaps it's cheaper to buy in those parts. My husband us...

What do you do when your 39 weeks pregnant, it's summer vacation, the kids are stuck inside cause of the rain and if you lay on the couch you just know you'll fall asleep? Bake! So, that's just what I did. I got up off the couch, and I walked to my shelf full of cook books and I looked for something to make. I felt like having something chocolately... I let the kids turn the living room into their house/tent for the day - they got all the blankets and pillows they could use for that - and while they played, I baked. I have a friend that has been posting a lot of links related to Baltimore Berger  (Bergers) cookies on facebook lately, and I found a recipe for them some time ago, so I finally decided to make some. Luckily, I even had all the ingredients on hand (as long as I cut the recipe in thirds - which I did)... then I also decided to make some chocolatey fudge gelato as well. If you are not familiar with Baltimore Berger cookies - let me just tell you - they are pil...

Apparently, July was national ice cream month - maybe even international... I didn't make any ice cream in July - even though it was so hot it would have been nice to make some. Here it is August - it's cooler and rainy (thank goodness - for this pregnant momma) and I finally whipped up a batch of ice cream. Pumpkin ice cream would have to be for the fall ideally but I just happened to open a can of pure pumpkin and I didn't use it all up. So I thought I'd make this simple ice cream to enjoy the rest of the week. I got this recipe some where but I did not write down the source. I've looked in my usual places - allrecipes.com and food.com (formerly recipezaar)... and there are quite a few to go through. It's not saved in any of my online recipe boxes... and I've modified it - so I'm calling it mine. It's really good. Really sweet - creamy - and just perfect. It's really easy to put together and contains no eggs. Here is what I did: In a s...

Mint & Peppermint Treats Delicious recipes that are perfect at Holiday time or anytime Chocolate Mint Cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World Recipe Review As always, delicious. All of Isa & Terry's recipes turn out so good - especially from this little tiny cookbook - it's no wonder that it won "Cookbook of the Year" from VegNews and that everyone else is raving about it, too. I couldn't quite get my frosting to set up and hold it's texture - that's because I couldn't wait till they completely cooled... I wanted to eat one so badly. No biggie - the taste is what counts - and it tasted fabulous. My husband who does not generally care for mint flavored items - really liked these... he's becoming converted to more and more mint desserts. Peppermint Stick Ice Cream Just some stuff I threw together in the food processor Recipe Review Yup, that's right - I just threw some stuff together in the food processor. I think the easiest way...