Enjoy a gluten-free summer freeze-out diet! My list of preferred summer food includes all things really, really cold! Perhaps it’s because my kitchen and favorite sitting room hold heat late into the evening, or perhaps it’s because it’s, well, really hot outside. At least once per summer I resolve to eat nothing but ice cream until the leaves turn orange.
Today, I’ve been making a list of all the things I want to include in my Specialized Gluten-Free Summer Freeze-Out Diet. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:
Lepops Gourmet Iced Lollies
These delicious frozen pops are handmade using locally grown produce and herbs. If you buy several, they throw in an insulated bag. My grand dog Stewart likes many of the flavors including Cucumber Jalapeño.
Red Mango® Frozen Yogurt
What I love about Red Mango is that the frozen yogurt retains the tanginess of regular yogurt instead of tasting just like ice cream. I don’t really have a favorite flavor here. I try whatever sounds good. My next choice will be the Taro flavor.
Talenti® Gelato
I especially like the Sea Salt Caramel flavor with its chewy chunks of chocolate I’m totally curious about the Black Cherry and Black Raspberry & Chocolate flavors too, but they never seem to be available at my local store.
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
The names may be better than the ice cream, but Cherry Garcia® will pass in a pinch.
Blue Bell Ice Cream
We can only hope Blue Bell gets its problems worked out. I like their flavors and the party they hosted at the facility in Broken Arrow.
I don’t much like sweet tea, but I’m still intrigued by Chef Andrea Litvin’s recipe for Sweet Tea Granita as published in Garden & Gun: http://gardenandgun.com/article/anatomy-classic-sweet-tea-granita/page/0/1. I think it’s the ice in the photo that keeps luring me in.
Ice cold anything is appealing to me when the mercury tops 100. Later this week I’m going to a fundraiser featuring ice cream cocktails that combine locally distilled spirits with locally made ice cream. It sounds like the perfect way to enjoy giving back!
I may not be totally serious about eating nothing but ice cream this summer, but I love the idea! Have anything you’d like for me to add to my list? Let me know and I’ll try it out.
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