I have been blessed with courageous and kind colleagues. When I dare to try a recipe that I was inspired to write and make, they ignore the warning signal altering them of danger. They flock to the breakroom and assist me in reducing the carbs and sugar in my home. I am grateful for their willingness to try my experiments and give feedback. And with all the treats I feed them, they are getting sweeter by the week.
Last week I brought in four flavors for them to all try, with surprising results. I try to not give too much input on how I feel about the ice cream flavors until they share their opinions first. This week however, I shared three flavors and my tone of voice gave away how disappointed I was with the Strawberry Lemonade. My request was that they tried that one first (I need to get it out of my freezer!) because it is even more sour after the sweeter ones.
To my surprise, no one said they hated it, and there were two who preferred the very lemony Ice Cream #4 over the other Froyos. How? They claimed the strawberry came through well and were pleased with the underwhelming sweetness. Okay, to each his own.
The Blueberry Cheesecake Crumble, remains a solid top choice for everyone else. The container was more than half depleted by 11am. It is yogurt and fruit, I can serve that for brunch, right?
The cream cheese really sets this Froyo over the top.
At the first ice cream social, I had 2 recipe requests and 2 colleagues seriously discussing using their ice cream makers or purchasing the missing parts. Today’s social escalated the notions and requests for recipes. Success!
Honestly though, they take about 20 minutes to make and how can you go wrong with ice cream?
For the blueberry cheesecake, the consistency is thicker like ice cream and rich enough while still giving the impression of a sherbert-like consistency. I hope you find as much joy as we did.
Take-Home Tips: The crumble bits can easily be substituted with almond flour to help any gluten-free friends. They are present as a texture supporter, or if you reduce the sugar in the yogurt blend, they will help sweeten the final product.
Scoring: 9 of 10. There is nothing negative to say about this star player. The texture is spot on, the flavor is solidly blueberry without being bitter, and it is true to its name. I knocked off a point because one could argue the cream cheese ruins the core of the dessert being a frozen yogurt. It is perfect though, don’t change a thing.
Food of the Month 