Pseudo Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt Substitute Recipe

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Gantsu

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I've been making this a lot lately, as a mega-low calorie ice cream substitute. I say substitute because the texture is different then ice cream, but it has all the vanilla ice cream sweetness)

Ingredients
1/2 cup Non-fat Vanilla Yogurt-1 cup = 190 calories (I buy Stonyfield Farms, )
1 cup Non-fat Milk-90 cals per cup (You could add some cream or half and half
for a better texture but far more calories)
2-3cups crushed ice (I tend to use about 3)
3 cups water (watering it down doesn't diminish taste significantly, increases
volume alot)
12-15 packets of Sweet n' Low

Steps
Blend all above ingredients well so there's no chunks of ice left
Pour into a large container (This recipe makes quite a large amount)
Freeze for 3-ish hours (I take it out and stir in between)
Let it thaw a bit/microwave a bit

I buy ice cream cups (15cals each) and eat in those although its great with just a spoon. The great thing about this dessert is how much bang you get for so little calories when you need something sweet. Please leave feedback if you try it.
 
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Sounds good, I think I'd take the water and simmer a few vanilla beans in it, take it down to room temp and then add it to the other ingredients. Vanilla flavored stuff usually doesn't have that kick natural vanilla does.
 
Have you ever tried to freeze a yoplait gogurt? They are great frozen and have a nice creamy texture if not left in a freezer for to long(as in days or weeks). It comes in all sorts of crazy flavors but it is packaged for kids. I buy it because I have kids but I think I eat at least one tube from every box I freeze. It is no quite ice cream but it beats having nothing at all!

Try to freeze some fruit like raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries and take the frozen fruit and put it in the blender or food prosesser. it makes a lovely sorbet. You get the seeds from the berries in it but I have also massed the berries squeezed them through cheese cloth or a thin mesh strainer to remove seeds and then froze the mixer and it works just as good!
 
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