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This weekend was gorgeous in Nashville, and to celebrate my partner Ki’s birthday we went strawberry picking. Apparently we were really excited about his birthday, because we ended up picking about 20 lbs! We ate and froze quite a few, and I’m also planning to dehydrate some, make fruit leather, and so on. (If anyone has suggestions or good strawberry recipes, let me know!) Yesterday I whipped up a batch of vegan strawberry ice cream and it was so, so, so delicious that I must share the recipe. It’s super quick and easy to make if you have a blender and an ice cream maker. *Shout-out to my parents: Thanks for the ice cream maker!* It might work to just freeze the mixture and stir it vigorously a few times as it freezes, but I haven’t tried that.
Ingredients:
-1 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least an hour
-1 can coconut milk
-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
-1/2 cup your preferred liquid sweetener (I used a mixture of maple syrup and sorghum)
-pinch of salt
-4 cups of fresh strawberries, rinsed and tops removed
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Blend the cashews, coconut milk, vanilla, liquid sweetener, and salt until very smooth. Add 2 heaping cups of strawberries and blend until smooth. Pour mixture into ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions. Slice the remaining strawberries into thin pieces. Just before the end of the cycle (once the ice cream has thickened), add strawberries to the mixture and allow them to be mixed in evenly. Store ice cream in an airtight container in the freezer. It will harden up in there, and it’s best to let it sit at room temperature for a few minutes before serving.
(Attention: Even though I obviously don’t own an ice cream scooper, this tastes really good and is worth making.)
My dear friend Rachel came by this afternoon to make a (surprise) strawberry dessert with me to take to our weekly potluck tonight. She had a taste of the ice cream… and see how she’s looking up? That’s how people look up when they love something so much they can hardly believe it.
Here’s the raw strawberry pie we made- an adapted version of Ani Phyo’s raw cheezecake. Yum!
So that’s that. Lots of strawberries here. I hope everyone else is reveling in all that May has to offer. What a wonderful month! In the spirit of overdoing the strawberry thing:
-Nathalie VB
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OK, I’m only doing this since you asked, but I’ve been on a strawberry kick lately if you want to check out my blog, just type in strawberry in the search there. Also, you could do a tag search on wordpress. I’ve seen amazing strawberry cakes lately. I’m one state over and love how early the berries come in. Great photos. I love that first one — perfection.
Comment by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide May 10, 2011 @ 7:35 pmThis looks so so sooo amazing
Comment by itsybitsybrianna May 10, 2011 @ 9:09 pmxoxo
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Happy Birthday Ki, you both look joyful among the strawberry field. Great photos.
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