Saturday, September 26, 2009  Making your own ice cream  My
housemate has an ice cream maker that we both use to make ice
cream from scratch to save money. My favourite pint ice cream at
the store (made from coconut milk) costs $6.99 a pint. Which is
far too much for a thrifty hippie to spend. Even a half-gallon
of the organic ice cream will still set me back $4.99.
Unfortunately, even if it's organic, it still contains way too
much sugar.  So I make mine from scratch. I use two cans of
coconut milk. When bought on sale and bought by the case, I can
spend as little as $1.40 per can. Two cans = $2.80  Add 2 T of
coconut oil. Again, I buy the coconut oil when it's on sale for
$5/jar. Serving size is one tablespoon, 29 servings in a jar,
that's .17 for the ice cream.  Four egg yolks. Eggs are 3.89.
Eggs are .32 each, so that's $1.28 for the eggs.  1 T vanilla,
refilled my own bottle in bulk, $3.80, I'm going to guess and
say .23 a T.  Two farmers market peaches, $1.50  Stevia to
taste, probably more around $1. S