[Friday May 11th 2012 blog]
Vegan day 132: Chocolate ice cream (silken tofu)
Often we pick up things from unlikely sources. Well.. as far as I’m concerned- anyone who can cook or prepare anything .. is a mentor for me! I just didn’t expect to hear about recipes from a young non-vegan “party girl” with just one too many vodka drinks in her.. and over loud music.. in the dj booth! But hey.. this is how we roll sometimes! I’ll talk vegan anywhere– anytime!
So I checked out the recipes that she somehow remembered to send me lol- thanks Ioana!
Chocolate ice cream… in less then 5 lines of my email– I am all about that! I never cared for chocolate ice cream as a kid and I never really ate chocolate for that matter either. I was more of a straight sugar shooter! Vanilla ice cream, sherbets, ices and hard core candy! Now that I can eat chocolate- it has become a staple in my diet- not just plain dark chocolate bar bites but also chocolate in shakes and desserts.
So now I hear chocolate ice cream- I resisted at first and then said… “why not” .. I like chocolate now!
Well.. all I have to say is I’m very IMPRESSED!
This simple recipe worked and I ate the whole thing with a little help of course.
Silken tofu- one package 16oz
Unsweetened cocoa powder 4T
Vegan sugar 1/2 cup
Vanilla extract to taste
Put all ingredients into a blender and blend away! Taste it and add more of the ingredients if necessary. Mine came out perfect on the first try. Freeze it in a container. The recipe says to stir it every 45 minutes during the first 3 hours in the freezer. I only stirred mine twice.
I was anxiously waiting to just drop the ice cream on top of a bed of strawberries when my friend who helped me with the polenta said.. hey.. “plating”! So she gets credit there and as for me.. I’m still learning.
Honestly, I’m lucky sometimes that I don’t eat it before I photograph it.. that’s where my mind is at.. eating.. not plating! Looks delicious though and it sure was!
Notes:
Oh did you raise an eyebrow when it said vegan sugar?
This brings up debate among vegans I’m sure. Basically, sugar comes from beets and from sugar cane. These are processed differently. Cane sugar uses systems that may use bone char- which is charcoal made from animal bones. Sugar, of course is a story in itself. Check out this site for alternatives!
Reference:
Stepaniak, J. Is Sugar Vegan?
The information given here is for educational purposes only. You should not use this to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified health care provider.
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