Shoes are very important as we all know. Try going barefoot for one day while doing all the things you normally do such as grocery shopping, work, school, etc. Hah! There is a good reason that someone invented the shoe. If you doubt me, ask someone who has chronic foot pain. Shoes protects the feet and makes life a lot more pleasant.
Why am I going on about shoes? Well…because there is a shoe sale! yay! I recently visited DSW and signed up for a DSW card. All I have to do is give my name and telephone number (cell) at checkout to save 10% off all my purchases. That is 10% off in addition to any other discounts. Imagine my glee at finding a shoe at 80% off plus my card discount…that would 90% off!
Starting today June 28 – June 30th, DSW is having an 80% off shoe sale. For my friends and family who know my name and number, feel free to rack up your savings to 90% off. hehe! Hey, if you are going to indulge that shoe habit, for heavens sake be thrifty about it!
FYI, My birthday is coming soon! As in next week and I am so excited! I won’t tell how old I will be and no one had better let the secret out or else! You all know my love for ice cream, so in honor of the birthday, I am sharing a delicious homeade frozen yogurt recipe with you as well as my coupon for a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake which I will not be using. Speaking of Baskin Robbins, sign up to get a free ice cream cone for your birthday.
Notes: Remember to use good-quality whole-milk yogurt. Try different flavors such as pureed mango, raspberries, lavender, green tea, mint, lemon or whatever infusions you want. You will just have to play around with the amounts for each ingredient to get the right consistency.
3 cups (720g) strained yogurt (see below) or Greek-style yogurt
3/4 cup (150g) sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- Mix together the yogurt, sugar, and vanilla (if using). Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Refrigerate 1 hour.
- Freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
- Take a medium sized stainless steel bowl and place it in a large stainless steel bowl
- In the large bowl, place a ice so that it surrounds the medium sized bowl. Cover the ice in Kosher salt.
- Pour yogurt mixture into the medium sized bowl and using an electric hand mixture, mix the yogurt until it is of ice cream consistency.
You can also create your own ice cream maker by: - To make 1 cup (240g) of strained yogurt, line a mesh strainer with a few layers of cheese cloth. Then scrape 16 ounces or 2 cups (480g) of plain whole-milk yogurt into the cheesecloth.
- Gather the ends and fold them over the yogurt, then refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
You may need to add more ice and salt, periodically. Check out this site for bowls that would be ideal to use for this project.
For the above recipe start with and strain 6 cups of yogurt.
Makes about 1 quart.
By the way, I had made cupcakes and cakes in the winter, of which I shared with certain members of my family. Some parties have yet to return my baking pans! Since my birthday is coming soon, I would love to bake myself a cake and thus would appreciate the return of aforementioned baking pans. Has anyone seen my muffin pan??
