The ‘Gone With The Wind’

Freeze Series…

Scarlett’s Brazen Freeze 

It’s summer time and hot! Not just hot but dry too.

A homemade frozen dessert was on my mind and

I had Green Valley Organics Lactose Free & Gluten Free

 Yogurt and Sour Cream in my fridge.

Green Valley Organics produces a lactose free

cow dairy line of products…

including Lactose Free & Gluten Free

Sour Cream,

Yogurts,

and 

Kefir!

You never have to worry about

the ache in your belly

or

the price you pay for that taste of

ice cream…

They also have certificates from

all of their ingredient companies

stating that to their knowledge the ingredient

does not contain any gluten.

…

My hope is that they will one day they will be certified gluten free,

but with the info they provided,

I felt assured they were in fact gluten free.

…

I  thought it might be fun to just

experiment a little with different ingredients:)

Em had her best friend over

and she was lactose intolerent as

well as my son Jackson…

so between the three

children

someone would tell me

what they thought! LOL

I named it

Scarlett’s Brazen Freeze

because Scarlett,

the main character in Gone With The Wind,

 was 

Brazen ….

shameless, bold and brassy

In the beginning

a bit sweet and a lot sour…

but in the end

 sweeter than sour!

It’s an easy dessert to pair with fruit

and not get the

tummy ache of the normal

frozen yogurts or ice creams that may contain lactose.

If you are a gluten free or allergy mom,

then making the ice cream

relieves the worry of

any allergens sneaking into

dessert.

Scarlett’s Brazen Freeze 

1 1/2 Cups Green Valley Organics Lactose Free Vanilla Yogurt

1 Cup Green Valley Organics Lactose Free Sour Cream

1 Cup Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Vanilla Bean

Use 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the yogurt to wet the sugar in a non stick pan on low to medium heat.

Stir and watch constantly until the sugar is dissolved.

Don’t over cook the sugar or it will candy…

just melt and remove from heat

Place pan in ice to cool.

Cut the vanilla bean down the center and open the bean.

Slide the knife down the bean to scrape the seeds out ….get them all and

put in the mixing bowl with the yogurt, sour cream and remaining vanilla extract.

Mix on low to incorporate the seeds well.

Pour the sugar syrup in the mix.

Turn up the speed a little and really

beat until the syrup is

dissolved.

Pour into the ice cream freezer

and follow your

directions to freeze ice cream

or

in a freezer safe container

to freeze  a few hours for soft ice cream

or overnight for a more frozen texture.

Then I changed a few ingredients to

try a new sugar

a friend told me about….

Coconut Palm Sugar.

It is low on the glyceic index, organic and gluten free.

I melted the sugar just the same as before with about

1/3 to 1/2 cup of the Green Valley Plain Yogurt.

The texture is like brown sugar but

absorbed moisture like

powdered sugar.

Melt the sugar slowly

and it turns into a caramel

consistency.

Allow this to cool a brief period of time

but not too long

because it does get thick!

 The name reflects the flavor. 

This frozen dessert is  

definately enchanting like Rhett

…..

with

charm,

richness 

and

undefined elegance.

Rhett’s Enchanting Freeze

1 1/2 Cups Green Valley Lactose Free Honey Yogurt

1/2 Cup Green Valley Lactose Free Plain Yogurt

1 Cup Sweet Tree Coconut Palm Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract (optional)

1 Vanilla Bean

Take 1/3 of the yogurt and mix

with the Coconut Palm sugar

then heat while

stirring constantly on low heat.

Take off of heat and allow to cool briefly.

Scrape the vanilla bean and add

in the mixing bowl with the

yogurt. (Add extra vanilla

extract if you want to enhance

the flavor.)

Mix well on low to medium then incorporate

the melted coconut palm sugar.

It will get stringy if you cool too much so add

before it gets too cold.

Mix well on low to medium speed.

Pour into a freezer safe

container and

freeze over night.

I think next time a Rum & Butter flavoring (non-alcoholic) 

would be really good in this freeze….

will let you know!

Bonnie Blue’s Sweet Freeze

This freeze has a good balance of a

sweet classic

ice cream but with more

nutrition than you will buy in the store.

The name Bonnie Blue comes from the beautiful little girl that

Scarlett and Rhett loved so dearly.

She was their pride and joy.

This freeze would reflect that exact sentiment

through pride in serving a dessert that has

nutrition as well as the

joy in eating something so delicious.

The Redwood Hill Farms Plain Goat Milk Yogurt

is creamy and good without

including gelatin, refined sugar, preservatives,

artificial colors or flavorings!

The yogurts are made

with live and active cultures to keep your

digestive system healthy and in order.

It’s not known exactly what happens when they are

frozen but it is believed they reactivate after thawing…

either way you will get calcium, vitamin A and iron!

I also used honey in this recipe to see the texture change and

add the benefits of all that honey has to offer.

Let’s end with the last of

the series for

 ’Gone With The Wind Freeze Series’

Bonnie Blue’s Freeze

2 Cups of Redwood Hill Farm Plain Goat Milk Yogurt

1 Cup Green Valley Organics Lactose Free Sour Cream

1 Cup Honey (Orange Blossom or other)

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Vanilla Bean

Mix ingredients on  low to medium until all the

vanilla  and honey is incorporated.

Remember to split and scrape the

insides of the vanilla bean very well to get

all of the seeds inside.

Some even soak the bean (use lactose free milk or kefir)

before scraping to ensure a

more pliable bean.

You can use an ice cream freezer but I found just freezing in a

freezer safe container is easier and a lot less trouble.

Freeze several hours or overnight for a hard

freeze.

Eat and Enjoy……

Many thanks to Green Valley Organics and Redwood Hill Farm,

I truly love your products!

Blessings to all,

Jen