Vanille and Cookie Ice Cream

It's one of the last days of summer so my boyfriend and I decided to spend it in the park playing frisbee and making ice cream.  Many birthdays ago my uncle Kevin gave me this 'Ice Cream Ball' as a gift, however I have a habit of losing things and this time it took three years to pop up again. Considering that this is originally from an infomercial, I was doubtful as to whether or not it would work, but I was happily surprised. The Ice Cream Ball has two compartments; one is where you have to put about four cups of ice and one cup of rock salt (I got mine from the hardware store), and the second compartment is for the one pint of 18% cream, 3 tbsp suggar and any other delicious treats, we used vanilla and chocolate cookies. Once you have filled the two compartments you just have to kick it, roll it or throw it around for 20 minutes, stirring half way. Then it's time to stuff your face with delicious homemade ice cream!

   

Potted Herb and Seed Bread with Tomatoes

 This weekend I was in the Laurentian mountains visiting with my boyfriends parents. His mother Carol has a plentiful garden which inspired me to make my recipe of herb bread with her cherry tomatoes in a planting pot. The pots are  just simple terracotta pots that I picked up at my local hardware store which can be placed directly into the oven. Here's the recipe:

 Ingredient:
3/4 cup warm water
2 tbsp dry active yeast
1 cup warm milk
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp melted butter
5 1/2 cups flour
2 tbsp millet flour
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp poppy seeds
2 tbsp sesame seeds
2 tbsp olive or canola oil

1. Pour day active yeast into warm water, let stand for 10 minutes.
2. Heat milk, honey and butter over the stove top.
3. Add milk mixture to yeast mixture.
4. Add two cups flour salt, millet flour and seeds.
5. Continue adding the rest of the flour as you mix.
6. Kneed dough for about five minutes.
7. Place dough in a oiled non metallic bowl and lay a tea towel over it, let stand for 1 1/12 hours or until it doubles in bulk
8. Deflate dough and place in terracotta pot with a tea towel over it, let stand for 40 minutes
9. Place in a 375 degree oven for about 25 minutes.
10. Now they just have to cool off a bit before you cut around the edges and serve them, enjoy!